I was already shaking through contractions when my mother-in-law stormed into the labor waiting room and started yelling, “She’s faking it! She just wants attention!”
By the time the contractions were coming every few minutes, my entire body was already shaking. The pain rolled through my abdomen like a tightening wave, forcing me to grip the armrests of the hospital wheelchair while I tried to breathe the way the nurse had shown me. Then the waiting room doors flew…
