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Baby Grissom

Chapter 1

Gil and Sara Grissom walked into the doctors' office. It was hopefully Sara's last appointment before she delivered their baby girl. The pregnancy had gone perfectly. The baby's development was right on schedule and Sara had not been sick at all. In fact the only pregnancy symptoms she had were her huge baby bump and a sudden obsession with ice cream. On more than one occasion Grissom had to make a midnight ice cream run, a task he did not mind in the least. He had been incredibly sweet during the pregnancy, catering to Sara's every want and need, and he had not missed a single doctors' appointment, Sara was truly grateful for all his love and support throughout the pregnancy.

Sara normally hated doctors' appointments, but while pregnant she actually looked forward to them, it made her feel wonderful to hear that the baby was healthy, and she absolutely loved hearing the baby's heartbeat on the monitor, but as much as she loved that, she enjoyed seeing the baby on the ultrasound even more. Today was no exception, sitting in the waiting room the couple couldn't help but be excited.

After what seemed like forever a nurse called them back so the doctor could see them. First the doctor did a check-up on Sara just to make sure she was healthy, everything checked out great. Then they listened to the heart beat. It was right where it needed to be. Then came to the best part, the ultrasound. Since Sara was so far along in her pregnancy the couple already knew that their baby was a baby girl, but seeing the baby on the ultrasound was fun none the less, or it usually was anyway. The doctor began the ultrasound and it wasn't long into it when Sara noticed the look on the doctor's face change, the doctor was squinting at the screen, and she looked concerned. Sara's heart immediately begin to beat faster, was something wrong, what was going on? Calm down you are probably just paranoidSara told herself, but Gil's tightening grip on her hand confirmed Sara's fear. Oh no, he noticed it too. Sara thought. She looked at Grissom and he looked back at her, both had horribly worried expressions on their faces.

"Is something wrong, is the baby ok?" Sara asked the doctor with her voice shaking, she was almost afraid to hear the answer.

"Yes the baby is fine." The doctor said.

Sara breathed a sigh of relief but Grissom did not.

"Is Sara ok?" He asked with fear obvious in his voice.

"Yes she is fine too." The doctor answered. Grissom then took his own sigh of relief.

"But there is a problem." The doctor said.

The couple again looked at each other. "What is it?" Sara asked, her voice barely audible.

"The baby is breech." The doctor said.

"What does that mean?" Grissom asked.

"It means that the baby is facing the wrong direction." The doctor said

"But she is ok right?" Sara asked again.

"Yes the baby is just fine health wise, but this does make for a much more complicated and dangerous delivery." The doctor stated honestly.

"Why's that?" Grissom asked.

"Well usually babies come out head first, breech babies come out with their buttocks first. This is potentially very dangerous for the baby because if the head gets stuck after the rest of it is delivered the baby's oxygen supply gets cut off, this could lead to brain damage or worse." The doctor said.

"Worse" Sara exclaimed.

The doctor nodded "yes if the oxygen supply is cut off for a long enough period of time we could lose the baby."

Sara immediately began sobbing.

"Honey, its ok, calm down sweetie, that isn't going to happen, just relax." Grissom said.

She calmed down but was still extremely nervous.

"Isn't there anything you can do to turn her around the right way?" Grissom asked.

"Well there is a procedure we can do, but I have to be honest, it will be very painful for you Sara, and at this late in the pregnancy, the chances of it working are pretty slim."

"Why?" Sara asked.

"Well the fact is that because you are so far along in the pregnancy there is just not very much room for the baby to move around, it is pretty crowded in there, so the chance that she will turn all the way around just isn't very likely." The doctor explained.

"So what do you recommend?" Grissom asked, rubbing his temples, he was starting to get one of his famous migraines.

"I would recommend a scheduled Cesarean section." The doctor said.

"Surgery." Grissom exclaimed, his headache getting a lot worse.

"Yes, I think that is the safest way to insure both the baby's health as well as Sara's, especially because it is her first baby."

"What does it matter that this is my first baby?" Sara asked.

"Since you have never delivered before we have no idea how big a baby you can accommodate, if you had previously delivered a nine or ten pound baby before I would feel much more confident in trying to go the more conventional route for delivery, but since you haven't, it is a lot more risky." The doctor said.

"That makes sense." Sara said, then she added "sorry for all the questions."

"Don't be sorry, that is what I am here for, I know this all sounds very foreign and scary." The doctor gave Sara a smile, which Sara returned gratefully.

"How about I give you two a couple of minutes alone to discuss things." The doctor suggested.

But Sara didn't need a couple of minutes, her mind was made up. "That won't be necessary, I want the C-section." She said.

Grissom looked at her in shock "Sara honey I think we need to discuss this a little." He said.

"No Gil, if she says that a Cesarean is the safest thing for the baby, then that is what we are going to do, we have come this far, I am not risking the baby's health now."

"I know but I am worried about you." He said giving her hand a squeeze.

She smiled at him "I'll be fine, and if not, then so be it." She said.

"Sara" Grissom exclaimed.

The doctor could see how scared Grissom really was, and she tried to ease his fears. "Mr. Grissom, I know this is all very scary, and not what you had planned on, but I really do think this is the safest way to go to insure both Sara's health as well as your baby's health."

Grissom sighed, "Alright, if you think it's the best way to go, then that's what we"ll do."

The doctor smiled. "Do you have any questions?" She asked.

"Yeah how many c-sections have you done, no offense but I don't want Sara being your guinea pig."

"Gil" Sara hissed.

"It's alright Sara, I understand." The doctor said.

"To answer your question, I have done over one hundred, c-sections are very common, and while like all surgeries there are risks involved, I assure you Sara and the baby are in very good hands."

Grissom seemed impressed.

"Any other questions?" The doctor asked.

"Yeah, what if Sara goes into labor before the scheduled c-section?" Grissom asked.

"Yeah if that happens, will the baby be ok?" Sara added, getting nervous again.

"Yes, the baby will be fine, just come in right away and we will do the c-section then, instead of waiting until when it is scheduled." The doctor said.

"One more question, how long will I have to stay in the hospital?" Sara asked.

"If everything goes well, the average time is around four days." The doctor answered.

"Any thing else?" The doctor asked.

The couple both shook their heads no.

"Ok then, if that is the case what day would you like to have this baby?" The doctor asked.

"We get to decide?" Sara asked sounding astounded.

"Yes, the only thing I would recommend is that we do it early in the morning."

"How come?" Sara asked.

"Because you are not allowed to eat or drink anything before the surgery so the longer in the day we wait, the more miserable that will be." The doctor said.

"Then if that is the case, the earlier the better because I am always hungry these days." Sara said.

The doctor just laughed.

"Ok then, what day?" She asked.

The couple looked at each other, and shrugged, neither had an idea.

"Ok how about next Tuesday, at 8:00 A.M?" The doctor suggested.

"Sounds good to me, what about you Gris?" Sara asked.

"Ok with me." Grissom agreed.

"Ok, good, get here about 6:30 in the morning so we can start prepping you for surgery Sara."

"Ok." The couple said in unison.

"Ok then, if there are no more questions, I think that is everything."

"I don't have any more questions." Sara said.

"Me neither." Grissom added.

"Ok then, I will see you both next Tuesday, if you think of anything you want to discuss with me before then, don't hesitate to call; you know my private cell phone number."

"Thank you." Sara said.

"Yes thank you." Grissom added.

"Don't mention it, I will see you next Tuesday, baby day." The doctor said with a smile.

The couple returned the smile before walking out of the appointment room and down the hallway to outside so they could go home.

On the way home Sara said "hon, I'm hungry, can we stop and get lunch?"

Grissom looked at her in amazement "how can you possibly be hungry after all that, I feel like I am going to throw up." He said.

She grinned at him, "When you're pregnant you are hungry all the time." She said.

Grissom stopped and bought her lunch.

Then they went home, Grissom went to lie down, he still had his migraine and it showed no signs of going away. Sara went though some of the baby's clothes, sorting them by size, just trying to get organized. After that she did laundry, then she made dinner, after it was done she decided to not wake Gil up, so instead she just wrapped his in tinfoil and went and watched some TV. She decided it was getting late, and she realized that she was getting tired herself, so she got ready for bed. Once she was in bed she tried to fall asleep, but she still had not gotten used to sleeping on her back, so it was difficult. "I'll sure be happy when I can sleep on my side again." She mumbled to herself before sleep finally won over and she drifted off.

To be continued: This was meant to be a one chapter story but it got a mind of its own, so I am making it longer. I hope to update it within the next couple of days. This is my first Grissom and Sara story so I would appreciate your thoughts. Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoy it!