Two Against The World
Chapter 21
... "Pass me my phone please Jonny!" Jac asked, holding out her hand as Jonny rummaged through the bag to find her iphone, seconds later he grabbed it from the bottom of the bag and handed it to her, "Who are you calling, may I ask?" Jonny said, intrigued as to why she wanted her phone when she was about to give birth, "I'm going to call Eliot and Sacha before I have another contraction!" She said, scrolling through her phone contacts, "Dont worry about that now Jac i'll tell him when I pop up to Darwin!" Mo said, causing Jac to stop what she was doing as they entered the reception area and waited outside the lift...
5 minutes later the lift had arrived on to the maternity floor, as soon as the doors opened they were all met by a cluster of expectant mums waiting to be seen by their midwives. After bustling and trying to avoid a crash, they had made it through to the reception area where a familiar and grumpy looking midwife was frantically looking though the computer and cursing to herself at how she was going to get all of the women seen, Jonny cautiously approached the reception desk and placed his hands on the desk as Mo wheeled Jac over to a quieter area of the ward,
"Hello, I'm Jonny Maconie, Can you point me in the direction of labour and delivery please, my girlfriend is in labour! Mr Thompson sent us up here!" Jonny asked, knowing the chance that the annoyed looking little midwife could snap back at him.
"Hello, but I am too busy for Mr Thompson to be sending whoever he likes up here, you'll just have to wait like all these other ladies!" She replied, not taking her eyes off of the computer, Jac overheard the conversation and hauled herself up on and slowly walked over to the reception area, before her next contraction was due, as soon as she got there, Jonny took hold of her, giving her a concerned look,
"You should be in your...!" Jonny said, before Jac started to snap at the midwife,
"Listen, Ms rimini, I am In labour, my waters broke half an hour ago and I demand you send me to Labour and delivery, Do you want me to call Guy?" Jac snapped, earning herself an alarmed and quite frankly a frightened look off of the shocked midwife, who for once was speechless. Jonny stood there, his jaw dropping to the floor , as he saw how terrified the midwife looked as Jac spoke.
"Thought not, now where is it!" Jac said, as Mo wheeled the wheelchair over for Jac to sit back down,
"You go through the double doors and turn left!" The startled midwife said, pointing in direction of the double doors to her left,
"Thank you!" Jac said as she sat down in the wheel chair as the beginnings of the next contraction started. Jonny and Mo then began to walk towards the double door, letting out a small giggle, finding it highly amusing that Jac could be rude and funny at the same time,
"Jac, I think you traumatised that poor midwife for life!" Jonny said, still laughing as he pushed the doors open for Mo to wheel her through them. Jac sat there speechless for a moment as she tried to control her breathing during the contraction, Jonny walked close by her, taking hold of one of her hands, allowing her to squeeze it as and when she needed to.
"I... don't care... she's obnoxious and ... annoying!" Jac replied, pausing throughout as the pain shot through her lower abdomen, Jonny looked at his watch and worked out the timings between this contraction and the last one,
"There getting closer together, that was 11 minutes apart!" Jonny said looking at Mo and Jac, somewhat excited at the fact that he was going to be a father in the matter of hours. Mo looked back at him, smiling at how happy her best friend was.
A few moments later, the trio arrived at the empty looking labour and delivery ward, Mo wheeled Jac up to the desk as Jonny began to talk to the receptionist,
"Hello, how can I help?" the midwife asked, stopping what she was doing to attend to the group,
"Hello, My names Jonny Maconie, I've brought my girlfriend in, her waters broke about 45 minutes ago, Mr T asked us to bring her straight up here!" Jonny said, calmly as Mo and Jac were chatting about the birthing process.
"Ok, I remember Mr Thompson saying we have a delivery coming in, is it Jac Naylor?" The kind looking midwife asked as she scrolled through her computer notes, looking for a room to allocate to the parents to be.
"Yes, Jac Naylor!" Jonny said, confirming what the midwife had asked, before the midwife walked around from behind the desk and joining them at the front,
"Would you like to follow me, Mr Thompson will be with you shortly, I'll be your midwife, My names Alex!" Alex said kindly as she began to lead them in direction of their labour suite.
Jac looked up at Jonny cautiously, unsure and uncomfortable at the thought of someone she didn't know, examining her and seeing all her body parts, Jonny looked back, winking at her before mouthing, 'Everythings gonna be fine!" he then took her hand and held it tightly for the whole walk to the room.
Moments later, they reached the room, located at the end of the long and narrow looking corridor, Alex opened the door and walked in, holding the door whilst Mo wheeled Jac in.
"Ok, so this is your room, the bathroom is through there, there's entinox at the end of the bed, if you need anything else just give us a buzz on this and someone will be with you as soon as they can!" Alex said, writing down in the notes at the end of the bed about Jac admission and details. Jonny helped Jac get up out of the chair and guided her over to the bed, gently sitting her down before swinging her legs around so she was sitting comfortably.
"Here's the birthing plan!" Jonny said, rummaging through the large, overflowing hospital bag that he had packed, immediately passing it to the midwife, who gratefully took it and had a look through.
"Thanks Jonny! I'll be back in a giffy, i'll go and page Mr Thompson to tell him that you have arrived!" Alex said looking at Jac as she placed the birthing plan underneath her arm...
Hi,
I hope you enjoy reading this, I'm gonna prolong the birth until about chapter 23, 24 ish and try and incorporate some funny Naylor comments and remarks as the pain becomes more intense...
Any suggestions on quotes or things that could happen please leave them in a review xxx
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