She gnawed on one side of her lower lip when she was ushered to the table. With help, she sat down and found that she didn't want to get up again. Sweat beaded on her upper lip from the discomfort she felt in her back. She heard that some women started to feel pain in their back in the day or two before going into labor and she felt herself panic just a little at the mere thought that it might happen. Oh please, she silently begged, not today... Wait just a little longer, baby, mine.

"Ye're all so very kind, I must say. Ye didn't have ta take me in but ye did. I am very grateful." And there was also fear in those big brown eyes of hers.