A few hours had passed and Zoe was still refusing pain killers, she had asked for paracetamol to which the midwife laughed as she had never been asked by a woman in labour for paracetamol before.
Zoe was pretty calm and happy. Laughing and joking with Max and the midwife.
It was 6am and the doctor returned.
"Right Zoe, I'm going to break your waters now as babies heart rate is still having trouble are you okay with that?"
"Yes that's fine" Zoe replied holding Max's hand.
The doctor pulled out an amniotic hook to pop her waters whilst a midwife had a firm grip on Zoe's bump to ensure the baby stayed in the same position. Zoe felt a sudden warmth around her legs as her waters started rushing out.
"Nope I've lost it" the doctor said.
Zoe shot them all a worried look. "What?"
"Babies moved up and there is a chance the placenta could come out first and baby could be in serious trouble, I'm so sorry but we're going to have to do an emergency C-section" the doctor walked over to the wall and pressed the big red buzzer.
Within seconds 10 nursing staff burst into Zoe's delivery room. Connecting machines & fluids to her. They told Max to grab all of the bags and follow them as they wheeled Zoe to theatre. She lay there watching lights fly past on the ceiling not believing this was actually happening.
"Unfortunately we're going to have to put you to sleep so your partner can't be in the room with you." Zoe burst into tears in disbelief. In minutes she was put to sleep.
Max was told to sit outside the operating theatre whilst they started the surgery. He sat there holding back tears wondering whether Zoe or his daughter would be okay.