He wakes up with a grin on his face. He looks over, and finds Amy asleep on the couch, next to him. They have fallen asleep after watching a marathon of Star Trek. Sheldon stretches, and then scoots closer to Amy. He stares at her stomach. In seven weeks they will welcome a child into the world. He considers the thought of holding his child in his arms for the first time, and he feels incredibly nervous. Amy has agreed to spend more time nearby as the time approaches, so that Sheldon won't miss a moment of the action. Sheldon reaches forward, and removes a book from the coffee table. He begins reading the story of a little engine who thought it could. Soon Amy's eyes flutter open.
She yawns.
"I am sorry did I wake you?"
"No, you woke the baby up," she informs him.
"And she woke you up?"
Amy furrows her brow, "She?"
He nods, "Yes that is what I said."
"I thought that you wanted a boy," she points out.
"That is my preference."
"Why did you say she? We still don't know what it is going to be?"
He shrugs, "It is silly, really."
"Tell me," she insists.
"I dreamt that it was a girl."
"Oh, really?"
"She was pretty cute, once they wiped all of the bodily fluids off of her."
"It's pretty late, I should head home."
"Why don't you just stay here? I can sleep on the couch."
"Are you sure?"
"I want the two of you close by."
"You're being weird."
"Weird? I am just trying to be cordial."
"I know, and it is uncharacteristic of you."
"You are carrying my unborn progeny, I believe that it is the least that I can do to extend you a little bit of courtesy."
She furrows her brow in disbelief, "Have you been abducted?"
"Excuse me?"
"By aliens," she clarifies.
"I assure you that I most certainly have not."
He wakes up the following morning, and begins to get ready for work. He has just gotten out of the shower when someone begins knocking on the door.
"I'll be out in approximately seven minutes. If you need to urinate that badly, go over to Penny, and Leonard's."
"Sheldon!"
"You'll just have to wait."
The door flies open. He stares at her blankly, as he stands in front of the bathroom mirror wearing nothing more than a towel.
"Amy! You are being rude."
"Get dressed!"
"Get dressed? I will be dressed in a few minutes. I am in the middle of my morning routine."
She winces.
"Are you okay?"
"No, I am having contractions."
"How far apart are they?"
"I don't know!" She grimaces.
"Go sit down. I will get dressed, and we will go to the hospital."
"It's too early."
He hears the apartment door open.
"Amy what's the emergency?" Penny calls out.
"We're in here," Sheldon calls from the bathroom.
Penny comes into view.
"What's going on?"
"She's in labor," Sheldon informs her.
"Okay. Sheldon, get dressed. Amy do you have your hospital bag?"
"Yes."
"Let's get you to the living room, where you can sit down."
Two minutes later Sheldon is dressed, and ready to go. They are at the hospital in ten minutes despite the distance, and the heavy morning traffic. They are quickly registered, and situated into a room. Penny, and Sheldon standby feeling completely helpless as Amy is hooked to monitors. A team of personnel comes into the room. Sheldon's anxiety increases with each passing second. The doctor soon comes into the room. He does an examination.
"Can you please tell us what is going on?" Sheldon demands.
"The monitors confirm that Amy is in labor. Her contractions are strong, and she has begun dilating very rapidly. The monitor is showing some fetal heart decelerations."
"Indicating that the baby is in distress?" Sheldon questions.
"At your last ultrasound a few days ago the baby was in frank breech position," the doctor adds.
"We were told that the baby would move positions closer to delivery," Amy reminds him.
"The baby is on its way now, and base on m examination, the baby is still in a frank breech position. There is a manual way to change the baby's position, but it is incredibly risky, and I don't feel that it is right for this situation. I am seeing late decelerations," the doctor explains.
"What does that mean?" Sheldon queries.
"We are going to do an emergency c-section."
"What?!" Sheldon's eyes widen.
Penny pats him on the back, "It's, okay. They can have the baby out in a couple of minutes."
"She's right," Amy winces, "It is the safest thing to do."
He turns to Penny, "Will you come with us?"
Amy begins to speak up, "Sheldon I don't think that they allow more than one person in the room, in a case like this."
The doctor grins, "We typically don't, but I think that it might be calming for the both of you for her to be there."
"Are you saying that I don't have a calming presence?"
Five minutes later Penny and Sheldon are suited up in disposable outfits, and matching paper booties. They are escorted to the operating room, rather quickly.