"There has to be a way to break this down. Gold you can fix this right?" David asked while pacing up and down the living room. Regina was sitting back down trying to breathe through her pains. She was so sure that it was false labor, or braxton hicks, but now she was not so sure. Her pains were getting more intense and they were not going away. They were coming every 10 minutes or so. She was still about 3 weeks our before her due date, it was too early.

She didn't want to say anything yet, they had to worry about getting out of here first.

"I have tried already your highness. You were there. My magic is beyond this. This is an entire different type of magic. Something out of my realm of knowledge. That is partly why I locked her up in the first place." David sighed. Regina tensed as she felt another contraction come on. She tried to breathe slowly so as not to alert Snow or Robin who were sitting next to her. But Snow eyed Regina and watched as her body tensed for a couple of minutes before relaxing.

"Regina, you okay? You have been having regular pains for the past 30 minutes." Robin tensed at the revelation and looked down at Regina.

"You have? I thought you only were having back pain?" Robin rubbed Regina's back.

"It started out that way. But it has gotten more frequent, and more painful."

"Regina, are you in labor?" Snow asked

"No, I can't be, I am still 3 weeks out, I can't have my baby now." Regina said a bit panicked. She knew that it was probably the truth. But there was no way she was having her baby now, not in the middle of all this, she had no way to even get to a hospital.

"Regina, babies have a way of coming when they want. There is nothing you can do to stop that. How often are your pains?" Snow knelt down in front of Regina, grabbing her hands to give some comfort.

"They are coming about every 10 minutes or so."

"On a level of 1 to 10, 10 being the most painful, what would rate your contractions as?"

"About a 4, they are slowly getting more and more intense." Regina knew what all this meant. She was in labor. And there was nothing she could do about it.

"Regina, I think you are in labor. Let's wait and see if they get more intense and closer together, that is a sure way to know for sure." Snow gave her comfort and confidence that she didn't realize she was needing. Regina looked around and noticed that everyone was tuned into her. She gulped and relished in Robin's strong arms around her.

"But the baby is not due for another couple of weeks. Is it not dangerous to be born this early?" Robin asked nervously.

"Yes, it can be a bit dangerous. But with modern medicine, babies can survive a lot better now then in the enchanted forest." Belle offered her assurance. "But there is nothing more important now then getting that ice wall down, because nothing about modern medicine will matter if Regina can't get to the hospital."

Regina felt her breathing start to come faster. She needed to get to the hospital or her baby was going to be in danger. She looked at all the faces in the room. They were all looking on with concern and worry.

"This can't be happening, not now. I am not ready, the baby is not ready. Maybe Rumple you can stop the labor?" Regina asked hopefully.

"Sorry Dearie, that is not in any magically ability. This is natures course. Nothing I can do." Robin pulled her close and kissed her forehead.

"It's okay darling, we will get to the hospital before our little comes." Robin assured her. Regina sighed and cuddled into his side. Taking in his strength.

Two hours later, Regina was pacing the room rubbing her rock hard stomach and trying to take deep breaths between her contractions. Her contractions were definitely coming closer and more intense. When it became apparent that she was definitely in labor, it became a race against time and magic. Rumple and Emma were trying everything to try and get rid of the ice around the house. Nothing was working, and Regina had begun to panic. Robin had held her to calm her. But now, she could feel her panic arise again.

Regina heard Snow on the phone with Whale, and she was trying to listen in on what she was saying. She just finished a contraction when she felt a gush of liquid leave her. She looked down in panic as the floor below her feet was wet, she felt water dripping down her legs. Regina gasped and got everyone's attention in the room. She stared up in horror as Robin looked down at her legs then matched her expression as he realized what had happened.

"Regina what's wrong?" David asked rushing over.

"I think my water just broke." She finished the sentence as a pain worse then ever started at her back and reached around her front. She gasped as Robin's arms came around her to steady her. She groaned in pain and tried to breathe. She felt herself start to hyperventilate, this could not be happening. She felt a sob leave her as she felt the pain clutch her entire front.

"Just breathe darling, I'm right here, breathe through it." Robin kissed her forehead and held her tightly. When regina felt her breath come back. She stood up and saw the entire room frozen in fear.

"Stop looking at me like that! I have no control of it!"

"Okay, here is what we are going to do!" Snow stood in the middle of everyone. Taking charge, Regina felt very grateful for another mother to be there, someone with experience. "We are going to all remain calm. Babies have been born for thousands of years, so this is nothing new. We are going to get Whale on the phone, and he is going to direct us all on what we need to do. Gold and Emma you both are going to keep trying the break down the ice. Belle, I would like you to call Granny, and the dwarves, maybe they can track down Elsa and reason with her. Maybe if we can get her to see that Regina needs the hospital, then she will take the ice down herself. Little John, I want you and David to go and gather as many towels and pillows as you can. David put them in the dryer, we need to keep her warm and the baby warm. Hook I want you to go up to Regina's room and pick out a night gown that she can wear, or a large shirt, something that she can keep herself covered but still be open at the bottom. Does everyone know what they are doing? Good, now get to it."

Snow walked over to Robin and Regina and helped Regina sit back down on the couch. Regina was breathing through another contraction. "Robin, were you present during Roland's birth?"

"No, the midwife made me wait outside the tent."

"Okay, then what you can do is keep her calm. Keep her breathing as smooth as possible, help her keep focus. She will go through moments where she will want you near, then others where she does not want to be touched at all. Her skin is very sensitive. So be careful with rubbing and such." Snow left them to go and call Whale again. She brought her phone over and put it on speaker phone.

"Regina, can you hear me okay?" Regina heard Whale's voice through the phone.

"Yes I can." Regina sighed, feeling the relief between contractions.

"Good, I am going to help you out from here okay? The best thing you can do it be honest with me with my questions and try and remain calm and breathe okay?"

"Okay."

"Okay, Snow I need you to get helpers to get some cleaning products and clean the area as best you can. Get her to a room where a fire can be lit, it needs to be warm in there. She is going to need a cool wash cloth, so get a bowel of cold water and a rag. Get her on the floor and into something comfortable. She can walk around as she feels, but she needs to have an area on the floor with pillows and blankets to prop her up for checking her." Snow agreed. David, Little John, and Hook all had come back from their duties before and then took off to start on the next list of items. Robin made his way over to the fire place and started a fire.

Snow led Regina to the bathroom where she helped her strip out of all her clothes and undergarments, she put on a soft nightgown that went to her feet. Regina had realized early on that she owned nothing soft and motherly like that, so she had bought a couple of soft cotton night gowns for when the baby was born. Regina moaned in pain as she felt another contraction coming on. Snow turned Regina to face her, she put Regina's arms on her shoulders and held her elbows for support. "Breathe Regina, breathe through it." Regina moaned and breathed. After about a minute, Regina looked into Snow's eyes.

"Snow? I'm scared." Snow smiled sadly. She knew for Regina to admit that, meant she was really scared.

"I know, but we are all right here with you. You have an entire room of people out there who love you, and are here to help you okay? We are going to take care of you, and bring that precious baby into the world." Snow kissed Regina's forehead and grasped her hands. Regina breathed and nodded. "Okay, let's go out have ourselves a baby okay?"