Lena had her own group of nurses flocking around her, checking all her vitals after she had fallen unconcious. Eleanor was grinning from ear to ear as she tidied up the baby, who wailed until she was placed on Lena's chest.
Lena awoke almost immediately, and was sobbing just as quickly as she cradled little Sabine.
The CEO was – there's no easy way to say this – an absolute mess.
Her hair, which had initially been locked in an incredibly tight bun, was sticking out at all kinds of odd angles, and a fair bit of it was plastered to her cheeks by the sheer amount of sweat and tears she had shed.
Sabine's crying had fallen to whimpers, now, and she stared up at the face lovingly smiling down at her (not that she could really see all too well).
Lena relaxed against the endless cushions behind her.
"Don't get comfortable just yet," Eleanor warned her. "We still have the afterbirth to deliver."
Lena nodded, and looked up at Kara. She was stood by the window, staring blankly at Lena and Sabine, in total shock.
Lena reached one hand out for her, and Kara ambled forward uncertainly. Lena held the baby out, and Kara shook her head. "I might break her," she whispered. Lena gave her a supportive smile.
"You won't," she assured. Kara hesitated, and then took the bundle into her arms.
Another midwife came forward and showed Kara how to swaddle Sabine into her blanket, a little purple one that Eliza had knit especially for them.
Lena watched as Kara wandered back and forth along the room, gently bouncing Sabine as she moved. Lena knew nothing could ever top seeing the look on Kara's face.
"Hi, baby," she whispered. "I'm your jeju." Lena grinned as the medical team helped to tidy her up, handing her a cold towel to wipe her face. Jeju was loose Kryptonian for 'mother'. "That sweaty lady over there is your mom," she continued, looking down at Sabine with such awe, reverence, love and joy that Lena felt herself start to cry again. "And later you're gonna meet Auntie Alex, and Auntie Maggie, and Uncle Winn and Uncle James and Grandpa J'onn and Grandma Eliza! Yeah!"
Kara giggled and Sabine had now stopped crying. She was staring up at the blurry face above her, flexing her arms and fingers experimentally.
Kara seemed a lot more comfortable holding the baby now than she had when Lena had first handed her over, so much so that she cradled her with one arm and booped Sabine's nose gently with her free hand.
"Not forgetting Uncle Clark and Auntie Lois! Absolutely not! You're gonna have the biggest, best family in the whole wide – ow!"
Sabine, like all babies do in what has become such an overused and yet completely true stereotype about babies, wrapped her whole tiny fist around Kara's finger and squeezed tightly. With all babies, this is a fantastic sign, especially so soon after birth. But you might recall that Sabine is half Kryptonian.
"Wow, that actually hurt," Kara laughed, coming back to the side of Lena's bed.
Lena's lead-lined glasses had come off at some point during the labour, and she was surprised to note that she could still hear everyone in the building. She'd been learning to tune it out a little more, but it was still disorienting.
She couldn't see hers nearby, so she reached out and took Kara's from her face, knowing she was much better at controlling her powers. She slipped them on and sighed gently. "That's so much better," she said, and reached out to take Sabine back.
Kara watched as Lena stroked the little girl's face. "Hey, I'm that sweaty lady who's your mom!" she said excitably.
Eleanor watched as Sabine kept turning her head, pressing her nose against Lena's chest. She ushered the rest of the medical team out and moved to Lena's side, gesturing to the motions Sabine was making.
"She's hungry," she said, smiling softly. "She knows you can feed her."
You are undoubtedly aware that, during pregnancy, the breasts increase in size as they produce milk, ready for feeding. You're also aware that a fully grown Kryptonian like Kara has to consume roughly ten thousand calories a day.
"Do you know how many articles I've read," Kara began, as Eleanor helped Lena get into the appropriate position, "where all these dudes are talking about how their favourite part of your pregnancy is the size of your boobs?"
"One too many?" Lena queried. She winced a little as Sabine started to feed – the first was always painful.
Kara nodded, sitting down and resting her elbow on the bed, and her chin in her hand. "After I read the first, that was one too many," she sighed. "I have to say, though, it's certainly not a negative side effect..."
Lena glared at her playfully and rolled her eyes. The feeling of Sabine feeding was probably one of the strangest things she'd ever experienced. "Says you. You're not the one who has to lug these jugs around all day long." She looked up at Eleanor. "Will I ever go back down six million sizes?"
Eleanor raised an eyebrow. "Sweetie, before my first, I was an A cup."
Both Kara and Lena let their gazes drop to Eleanor's chest (where she was gesturing). Lena pouted, while Kara grinned at her girlfriend.
"I'll give you guys some time," Eleanor smiled gently. "Just give me a call if you need me."
As she exited, Kara could see everyone they knew gathered down the hall. Eleanor made straight for J'onn, and after assuring everyone that mother and baby were both fine, she took him aside.
Kara didn't eavesdrop. Any other time and she might have, but for now her full attention was on Lena and Sabine.
"I love you," Kara whispered, looking up at Lena. "You did so, so good." They shared a few gentle kisses.
It was almost ten minutes later that they had their first visitor. Eleanor had insisted they get longer alone, that Lena needed to rest, but Eliza was not about to be away from her first grandchild any more.
She sidled into the room with the biggest, stupidest grin on her face, her hands balled into fists and resting at her chest in sheer joy and excitement.
"Oh, look at the little angel," she sighed, dropping into the seat on Lena's other side.
She seemed hesitant to do anything else, as this was actually the first time she'd properly met Lena. But Lena almost immediately made to pass Sabine over.
"Are you sure?" Eliza whispered, asking for permission even though she practically already had Sabine in her arms. Lena just nodded, and rested her head on Kara's shoulder.
Sabine's bright green eyes blinked innocently up at Eliza. She had wisps of black hair on her head, still untidy.
Neither of our couple were quite sure why Sabine's eyes were such a bright emerald green. Kara's eyes were more of a hazel than green, and while Lena had tinges of green in hers, there was no doubt she had cerulean blues.
"A Luthor child if I ever saw one," she whispered to Kara, holding back a yawn.
"I think Luthor still fits Sabine best out of all three," Kara told her honestly, rubbing her arm. "Hey, why don't you get some sleep? I'll take her outside and parade her around," she suggested with a smile.
Lena nodded, and after sharing a quick kiss with Kara she slumped back onto the pillows.
Kara squeezed her hand, and Eliza looked reluctant to give Sabine up. Kara took her in her arms, carrying her like this was second nature to her.
Granted, she used to change Clark's diapers, but she'd always been so ridiculously careful when carrying him around – and it was never further than from his crib to his changing table and back again – but with Sabine it was different. It felt right.
Eliza held the door open for her, and Kara blew a kiss Lena's way as she curled up in the strangely comfortable hospital bed. She realised she was still wearing Kara's lead lined glasses, and made to throw them over, but she saw Kara slip Lena's glasses out of her jeans waistband and put them on. Jess was, of course, waiting with everyone in the lobby of the medical bay.
It was the only part of the DEO she'd been allowed to see – she'd been told it was just a really upscale, super private hospital.
Qua-rug now stood inside the door to Lena's room, guarding her especially so in her vulnerable state.
Kara grinned and made her way over to the whole group. She swore she saw Alex wipe a tear or two away as she came forward.
"Oh, Kara, she's beautiful! You did so good!"
Kara laughed at her sister, and shook her head. "Lena did all the work, she's the one who's been growing her."
"Well, she has Astra's eyes," Alex smiled, squeezing Kara's shoulder.
"Shit, yeah, you're right! We wondered where they came from."
"Don't swear, there's children present," Maggie said, gasping mockingly.
"She doesn't know what I'm saying," Kara smiled.
"I meant you, Junior," she smirked, then looked down at the baby, one hand holding tight to Alex's. "Do you want one?" She asked Alex bluntly, completely out of the blue. It took Alex by surprise, and she blurted the truth, not even having a chance to wonder if it would hurt Maggie's feelings.
"No, never," she scoffed.
"Oh, thank god," Maggie sighed dramatically, and pulled Alex out of the way so that J'onn could get a look in.
"Now, Kara," he started, placing his hand on her shoulder gently. "What's this I hear about being grandpa J'onn?"
Kara struggled for words, and Alex hid her snorting laughter in Maggie's hair. "Well, you're, you're -" she babbled.
"I think what Kara means is," Winn interrupted, "that you're such a strong father figure for her!"
Kara nodded emphatically, looking like a deer in the headlights.
J'onn smiled and scrunched his nose up a little, a habit he'd actually picked up from both the Danvers sisters. "Well, I... Thank you." Kara knew he meant this sincerely, and after Winn, James and Jess had all gotten a closer look at the little one, Alex scooped her up.
"Now don't you worry about a thing, you sweet little angel," she grinned, brushing some of Sabine's hair to straighten it out. "I'm gonna be the coolest aunt you could ever dream of having! I'll come with you for your first tattoo," she smiled, rocking Sabine gently. "And I'll be there when you buy your first motorbike even when mommy and jeju don't want you to! And I'll be the one you call the first time you get drunk at a party at sixteen, and I'll hold all that beautiful hair back while you throw up! Yeah, I will!" She was grinning down at the baby, and Kara raised an eyebrow.
She couldn't say in front of Jess, but it seemed Alex had forgotten that Sabine was part Kryptonian, and therefore was probably unable to get a tattoo or get drunk, and Kara would have no qualms about her getting a motorbike if she'd inherited any of her own super traits.
Sabine seemed to enjoy all the attention she was getting at first, but it soon turned into a little too much too soon, and she started to cry in J'onn's arms.
Kara scooped her up immediately. "Bedtime, I think. For all three of us," she sighed, stifling her own yawn. "I'm gonna go join Lena."
She let Eleanor guide her in giving Sabine a proper wash – though the latter wasn't too happy about the whole situation. All she wanted was sleep, but they kept moving her around, how rude!
Kara lay Sabine gently on Lena's chest (she was already asleep), and then snuggled up to Lena's side awkwardly, the both of them fitting almost perfectly on the bed.
Sabine quietened almost immediately, having both mothers now so close to her again.