Chapter 2: Oh Baby!
Mike and Connie were laying on the couch watching their favorite movie "Mamma Mia" she then felt a kick and placed Mike's hand on her belly she then looked at him and said
"Our girls gonna be a dancer"
"She might be a volleyball player but it's open to debate"
"I'm 38 weeks a long so it could happen today, tomorrow, next week"
"I'm trying to stay calm here, but we have 3 names picked out and we don't have an exact name picked out"
"So here are our choices Olivia Jane, Alexandra Lynn, Jacqueline Marie. I'm personally leaning towards Jacqueline because I love that name and that fits our daughter unless you say otherwise"
"I actually thought Jacqueline was a great name for our daughter and we would call her Jackie"
"We agree on so many stuff together, that's why we're great being married together"
"So when and if we have a son we're naming him Michael Jr right?"
"We'll see when the time comes"
1 week later*
Mike and Connie went to bed and went to sleep fast. Then at 4:30 am Connie woke up to the bed wet and woke Mike up and said
"Mike my water broke"
"Your water broke?"
"My water broke, the smell is absolutely disgusting and I feel like I wet the bed"
"What's the plan? please tell me the plan"
"Get the bags that are packed on the couch get dressed in your clothes and just take me to the hospital in my pajamas, take me to the car and drive us to the hospital. I'm ready for all of this"
"You're amazing, I hope you know that"
"I do. I have you and you're pretty amazing"
"I don't want to have our daughter in our house so maybe we should go to the hospital right now"
Mike got dressed fast and then walked Connie out slowly with two duffel bags around him they got into the car with the car seat installed perfectly in the car and drove off to the hospital. Connie looked at Mike and said
"So are you nervous?"
"Well yeah kind of, I don't want you to break my hand I brought mad libs to keep us company because you're not in a lot of pain, later you will be"
"You will be there every hour when we're in the hospital?"
"Absolutely, for both of my girls. I'm going to be there every second, I'll sleep on the chair which will hurt my back but it will be worth every second"
Mike and Connie pulled into the hospital parking lot. Mike was able to get those two duffel bags around his arm and walk himself and Connie into the hospital and for Connie to get checked in. Connie looked at the desk and said
"I need to check in. My water broke"
The nurse at the desk said
"Of course, I'm going to get you a wheelchair and we're going to room 128. Your husband needs to sign some paperwork. I'll take your guys stuff to your room"
Connie was wheeled away in the wheelchair and she looked at Mike and said
"Room 128, I know you will be there as fast as you can"
Mike finished the paperwork and ran fast to room 128, he then looked at Connie and the nurse said
"Good news, you guys are going to be parents today. She's 3 centimeters dialated right now. Doctor Caine will be here to check on you. She's already on pitocin so we'll have the baby later today or tonight"
"That's great" Mike said
The nurse then left the room and Mike turned on Today he looked at Connie and said
"I'm looking forward to all of these sleepless nights together and raising our daughter together not apart"
"Me too Mike, I'm ready for all of that"
"We just have to sit here and wait"
"I don't know what to do"
"I brought a crossword puzzle just to kill time"
A person came by the hospital door and knocked the door twice. She then came in and Connie said
"Dr. Caine"
"Hi Connie, I saw that the nurse checked you in so I'm checking in. You're on pitocin now and it's going to go up every hour. I'm going to check and see how much you dilated at"
Doctor Caine looked at Connie's cervix and said
"You're still at 3 centimeters. Labor could take all day. You can have your epidural when you're at 7 centimeters. You're doing great, just relax the nurse will get you some ice chips"
Doctor Caine left the room and Connie looked at Mike and said
"Nothing to be scared of right?"
"Right, I'm right here all day and all night. We'll do a crossword puzzle together until you tell me to shut up or you throw that crossword puzzle book across the room"
"That will be when my labor is more intense and I need the epidural. Let's do the crossword together"
"Okay 1 across, he's won 3 oscars for acting his last name is Nicholson"
"Jack"
"Great job. Just got to wait. Next clue 1 down 7 letters it's kinda of like a hot tub but it's in a spa"
"Jaccuzi...ow that hurt"
"Is there something wrong?"
"Get Doctor Caine to check, it hurts"
"Okay, you're going to be okay, just breathe"
Mike buzzed in Doctor Caine and Doctor Caine walked in looked at Connie's cervix and said
"You're at 3.5 centimeters you're almost at 4 centimeters. You're doing great just a few more centimeters and you can get the epidural"
"Okay"
"Don't worry Connie, you'll be there pushing out your daughter in no time"
"Okay I'll see you later Doctor Caine"
2 hours later*
Connie's labor was more intense but she was putting on a brave face through it all. She was 4.5 centimeters dilated she was in labor for more than 7 hours. She kept thinking about getting the epidural when she was at 7 centimeters. Mike was outside calling family members and knew that he had to be in the delivery room at any second. He was able to get coffee and some more ice chips. He thought back to the day when Connie told him she was pregnant and then when he found out he was having a daughter. Connie's sister Carina came and was in the delivery room with her when Mike was making calls, then Mike's Mom came as fast as she could from New Jersey to the hospital that her granddaughter was going to be born in. Mike went to the hospital room and Connie's sister Carina went into the waiting room. Connie looked at Mike and said
"It's painful"
"I bet, I called all of our family members. My mom came a few minutes ago"
"Doctor Caine came in I'm almost at 5 centimeters I'm feeling sharp pain"
"You just got to breathe"
"Carina brought me a hot blanket because she told me when she was in labor and got an epidural she kept shivering and feeling nauseous that her husband brought a hot blanket"
"Carina's going to be an amazing Aunt"
"She is. Oh my god it's starting to hurt now, Ow, it hurts Mike. Please come here, it hurts so badly" Connie started to say in tears
"It's going to be okay, Dr. Caine is going to be here soon to check on you" Mike said while he was sitting near her bed with Connie's head sobbing on his arm
"It hurts Mike, I just want her out"
"I know it hurts, she's going to be here before you know it you're going to be okay"
Dr. Caine walked into the delivery room and checked Connie's cervix again Dr. Caine then said
"You're at 5 centimeters, 2 more centimeters you'll get the epidural, you're almost there"
Dr. Caine left the room and Connie tried to relax, the pain hurt a lot, she wanted more than anything to give birth at this moment but she had to wait. It took more than an hour for her to get at 6.5 centimeters she would tell Mike how bad the contractions hurt. It was soon 2:36pm when she was finally at 7 centimeters and ready to get the epidural. Dr. Caine came into the hospital room and Connie turned away before she saw the needle, Dr. Caine looked at Mike and said
"Just hold on to her where she is sitting so she doesn't see the needle"
"Okay"
Connie couldn't stop crying Mike looked at her held her and said
"Connie, Connie, it's going to be alright. You're going to be fine. Soon you'll give birth to her and I'll be here"
Soon it was 4:48pm Connie thought she was in labor for the whole day but in truth she was in labor for more than 13 hours. She was at 8 centimeters and she thought that 2 more centimeters that her pregnancy would be over and she would meet her daughter. She started to feel nauseous and Mike looked at her and said
"You're going to be okay, I'm right here"
"I'm scared Mike"
"Scared of what?"
"Scared of giving birth" she said in tears
"Hey, you're going to be okay. You're fierce, stubborn and you're strong. Both of my girls are strong. I promised you that I will be here. You're going to be fine"
"You did promise me and I'm stuck with you"
"Well you're stuck with me, forever"
2 hours went by fast and she was at 9 centimeters she was thinking she was going to get there and the pregnancy would be over with and done. An hour later she was at 9.5 centimeters and the Dr. Caine said
"In half an hour I will check if you're at 10 centimeters, then you're going to give birth"
"Okay"
It was finally 8:17pm Dr. Caine came into the room again and said
"You're finally at 10 centimeters. We're getting ready for you to start pushing. The nurse right here Taylor is going to hold your right leg and Mike's going to hold your left leg. Are you ready?"
"Yes but I'm scared"
"You're going to do great at this. So every time you push Mike's going to count and once you hear the number 10, you're going to relax and then you're going to push again"
Connie looked at Mike and said
"Let's do this"
"Okay ready" Dr. Caine said
"Let's go"
"Okay get ready to push, push I can see the head a bit" Dr. Caine said
"1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Relax" Mike said
"Relax for a bit you're doing great" Dr. Caine said
For the past few minutes Connie could only here counting, push as hard as you can and that she was doing good. The next push Dr. Caine said
"You got the head out, now her body needs to come out, push as hard as you can"
"Push you're doing great you're almost there" Mike said
"Connie, she's almost here. Give me one last good push and she'll be here"
Connie gave one more last push then she heard a soft cry and Dr. Caine said
"Great job Momma, February 17th 2013 you'll never forget this day"
"Let me meet her"
"Sure" Dr. Caine said putting Connie and Mike's daughter on a towel on her chest and the Dr. Caine said "Mike are you ready to cut the cord?"
"Yes, I'm so nervous"
"Don't be, here's the scissors and cut here"
Mike cut the cord after being nervous, he looked at Connie and she said
"You're still signing the birth certificate"
"I knew you were going to remind me about that"
"I can't believe she's here"
"I'm already looking forward to this other adventure in our lives"
Connie looked at her newborn daughter and said
"Hi Jackie, I can't believe you're here with us. I was waiting for this moment for 9 months. I'm guessing you're going to be daddy's little girl and I should let him hold you"
Connie handed Jackie over to Mike. Mike looked at what he and Connie created. There beautiful, gorgeous daughter who was obviously going to be daddy's little girl. Jackie's little hand grabbed on to Mike's finger and Mike said
"Thank you for the best gift ever, I'm lucky to have both of you as my girls. You did great. We did great"
"Of course we did great, we make great babies together"
"I love you Connie"
"I love you too Mike"
Mike then kissed Connie while he sat next to her on the bed. They were ready for late nights, arguing about who was going to feed Jackie, who was going to do the next diaper change. They were ready to start a family and raise there kids and be the best parents they could be for a child.
