Two Against The World
Chapter 7
... "So she is in labour, just not active labour?" Eliot said, looking at the gynaecologist, who replied with a simple nod, before turning around and walking towards the lift, "Any changes, page me!" He said as he walked, waving his hand in the air, "Thank you Mr T!" Eliot shouted across the ward, "My pleasure!" Mr T said, turning around as he spoke, before returning back to his first walking position, before bumping into Mo...
"Oh sorry, Mo, I didn't see you there! Are you ok?" Mr T said as he came to a stand still, "Hi Mr T, i'm fine thanks, you ok?" Mo replied, coming over all flustered as she played with her hair,
"Oh erm, i'm fine, just dandy!... sounds like its all happening up here today!" He said playing around with his tie as he looked at Mo, "Oh yeah, trouble at the inn, the Darwin duo are having a domestic! Actually Mr T could you check something for me?" Mo asked, stepping closer to the nervous gynaecologist, knowing that he would do anything for her, "Yeah sure, What is it?" He answered, intrigued to learn the task that he was about to be set.
"Could you check a patients notes for me, Names Bonnie Wallis!" She said knowing that he didn't know she was a member of staff on the ward, "Checking for?" Mr T asked,
"A confirmation of pregnancy and appointments attended in the past 6 weeks!" Mo replied, sighing in relief as he agreed to check for her, "I would do it myself but I have a day full of clinics and outpatient appointments!" Mo added, flapping her hands against her side, "That's fine, i'll give you a call when I have the chance!" Mr T said as Mo walked up to him, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek, which made him blush, before skipping off down the corridor to the nurses station to join Eliot, "Thanks Mr T!" She shouted half way down.
As she sat herself down next to Eliot, Bonnie came walking out of the relatives room, still with a face like thunder as she headed towards the side bays, "What do you thinks going on there?" Mo said as she browsed the computer, "I don't know, but from what we heard, it doesn't sound pretty!" Eliot said as he slumped back in chair as they had hit a quiet moments on the ward. Mo sat there thinking whether she should mention to Eliot what she heard, unsure that he was paying attention when she heard what Bonnie had said, so she kept it to herself.
Back in the office...
Jac had been sitting in her office for a while, in the silence thinking about all the things that were running through her mind, impending motherhood, labour, pain and most of all a certain Scottish nurse, by the name of Jonny Maconie, who she loved with all her heart, thinking that if things were done differently would they still be together now, if she would have let him in to her isolated world and let him support her maybe just maybe they would be together now.
After sitting on her own, away from all the others, she decided she best get on with the clinics that she was supposed to be doing with Mo. Just as she stood herself up, Mo came walking through the door, "You ready for the clinics, I thought we could grab a coffee and a bite to eat before we start? We have another half hour or so?" Mo said, hanging on to the door as she waited for an answer, Jac stood there with her hands on her hips, pulling a face,
"Erm yeah, i'm not hungry but ill come down with you!" She replied as she waddled her way over to the worried surgeon. Mo began to click on to something, picking up on some of the signs that Jac was displaying, was there more to all the pain and discomfort that Jac was letting on?. Mo then thought back to when she was pregnant, remembering as she came to the end of it she had no appetite, constant back pain... until it clicked, Jac was in the early stages of labour.
The pair then left the room and headed towards the lift, to find a large groups of new F1's being shown around the different wards, waiting for the lift to arrive at their floor, "Oh great!, i'm taking the stairs!" Jac, said, still with one hand on her hip and one slyly rubbing the base of her back, where she had the uncomfortable sensation as they turned to the direction of the stair well. Mo noticed Jac rubbing her back, but hesitated to question it about her, seeing as her hormones seem to be all over the place just lately.
"Everything ok Jac, because your looking a bit flushed there!" Mo asked as they entered the stairwell, "Yes, i'm fine, just back ache!" She replied, trembling slightly, Mo looked at her, knowing she wasn't 'fine' she was in pain, "Jac, I wasn't born yesterday, you're in labour aren't you?" Mo blurted out making Jac stop in her tracks, she slowly turned around to face Mo, with a worried look on her face, "Erm.. yeah the early stages, im not dilating yet!" Jac said quietly, her eyes filled with worry, Mo felt a sudden urge of empathy for the expectant mother as she stood there, worried and frightened about what she was about to face.
"Mo, i-i'm so scared, I don't think i can do it alone!" Jac blurted out, trying to stop herself from crying, not wanting to express her feelings. Mo looked at Jac and took her hands, "Listen to me, you can do this Jac, you've gotten this far... you need to tell Jonny, all he wants to do is help you... Right, I want you to stop at mine tonight, no buts! Bring your hospital bag just in case, Then if your waters do break you're prepared and not alone!" Mo said, staring in to Jac's eyes. Jac looked back at her, nodding slightly as she spoke to her, "Ok, ok, thanks, i'll go get my stuff on my break!... I can't tell Jonny, he's with Bonnie now, he has different priorities now, with her and their..." Jac said, moving her hand quickly towards her mouth, Mo quickly passed her a cardboard bowl, from a pile which some nurse had left by an entrance, Jac took the bowl, but the moment seemed to pass...
Hi this one of two updates tonight,
I hope it makes sense and im portraying the labour process ok,
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