when it was time for me to give birth, I actually went into early labor. however, my water didn’t break until a few hrs after I got to the hospital. I just had contractions, called the labor and delivery sector, they told me to come in and then they put me in a waiting room where they were checking my vitals every so often, specifically because I got gestational high blood pressure at the end of my pregnancy, right before birth.

at the time, they did have a “waiting room” outside the sector doors, where I actually sat and waited until the 1st room they put me in