Disclaimer: I don't own How I Met Your Mother or Let's Go To The Mall.
Ninth and Final Month
Everyone became edgy as Robin entered her ninth and final month of pregnancy.
"I'm not fragile," she complained to Barney as he helped her down the steps to MacLarens.
"You're nine months pregnant," Barney pointed out.
"And you can't get off a seat without help," Lily said unhappily. Robin glared at her, and Lily shut up.
"I can't wait until you have the baby," Marshall said.
"It's going to be great," Ted agreed.
"You'll still have to deal with pregnant Lily," Robin pointed out as she eased herself into the normal booth and kicked her off her shoes.
"Ow," Ted protested as one of the shoes hit him. Off of Robin's glare, he also shut up.
"You need out a name," Lily told the couple.
"We've narrowed it down to sixty-six," Barney explained.
"We're narrowing it down even more," Robin said.
"He'll need a name soon," Ted said.
"We know that," an annoyed Robin muttered.
Ted turned to Barney. "You did this, Barney. Do something now."
Barney snorted. "Are you kidding? I'm not saying anything to incriminate me."
"Wise choice," Robin said.
January 12th passed, and Baby Stinson hadn't arrived yet.
"I want him out," a crying Robin told Lily. Because Lily's hormones were out of whack too, she also started crying. It was now January 14th.
By January 16th, Robin was angry.
"Don't touch me," she yelled when Barney tried to help her out.
"Sorry," Barney apologized.
On January 18th, Robin was crying again.
"I want to meet my baby," Robin sobbed to a freaked out Ted and Marshall.
By January 20th, Robin was resigned to the fact that the baby was going to be late.
On January 22nd, everything changed.
It was 8:30 at night. Robin had been experiencing back pain since early afternoon.
She shifted uncomfortable in the booth.
"Are you okay?" asked a concerned Lily.
"My back hurts," Robin admitted. Barney froze.
"That's an early sign of labor," he told her.
"You're wrong," she shrieked. Her friends winced at the sheer volume of her voice.
When the first real contraction occurred thirty-five minutes later, Robin finally admitted she was in labor.
Barney called Robin's doctor. The gang was so excited that they stayed up with Robin and Barney through the early contractions.
At 3:20AM, Robin finally left for the hospital. Ted, Marshall, Lily, and Ranjit followed Barney and Robin to the hospital.
"It hurts," Robin moaned when a contraction hit. She had denied an epidural, wanting a natural childbirth.
"You can get through it," Barney soothed.
"Hello, Miss Scherbatsky," said her doctor.
Robin shifted in pain and refused to answer.
"You're about seven centimeters dilated," Dr. Myers said.
"You're more than halfway there," Barney assured her.
"It hurts," she whimpered.
"I know it does, Baby. But think of our reward."
"It'll be worth it," Robin said.
"You're right," Barney told her.
Robin got up to walk the hallways.
When a contraction hit, she grabbed onto Barney when her knees buckled.
"You're okay," Barney assured her as he supported his fiancé.
Two hours later, Robin was fully dilated.
She began to push. "You can do this," Barney told her as Robin started crying.
"I can't," Robin sobbed.
"Yes you can," Barney told her.
A few minutes later, a cry was heard. "It's a girl, born at 5:43AM on January 23rd, 2009," Dr. Myers announced.
Barney and Robin stared at each other in shock before the nurse handed their daughter to Robin.
"She's eight pounds, seven ounces, and twenty and a half inches long," the nurse told them.
"You're so beautiful," Robin told the baby.
"You're beautiful," Barney told Robin. She smiled.
"Look what we made," a sniffling Robin said.
"We did good," Barney said.
"We never chose a girl's name," Robin whined.
"We had Emily picked out, but it doesn't fit her."
"I've always liked the name Annabelle," Robin confessed.
"Annabelle Liliana Stinson," Barney decided.
"It's perfect," Robin agreed.
Barney went to go tell their friends about Annabelle's arrival while Robin sang Let's Go To The Mall to the baby.
Barney came back immediately.
"I love both of you," he said to Robin.
"I love both of you too," she said.
The Stinson family was happy. They couldn't ask for more.