When I went in for my gall bladder troubles on Christmas Eve, they sent me straight to L&D. I was not admitted the the ER, even though I had 0 signs of labor. I think once you get to a certain point, they want you hooked up to fetal monitoring systems ASAP, and skip the nonsense that is the ER.
This might depend on your hospital and what time you check in. We were told to go to ER first, so we drove over, got out of the car, walked up to the door and found a sign that said the door was closed and to go around to another door. So we went over to the L&D door and they let us right in. I was rather annoyed.
I recommend calling the hospital and letting them know you're on your way.
Re: Dumb question....
This might depend on your hospital and what time you check in. We were told to go to ER first, so we drove over, got out of the car, walked up to the door and found a sign that said the door was closed and to go around to another door. So we went over to the L&D door and they let us right in. I was rather annoyed.
I recommend calling the hospital and letting them know you're on your way.
Congrats to both my TTC buddies, Amberley18 and sb2006 on their beautiful babies!