Two Against the World

Chapter 26

... After pushing for a few seconds, Jac paused, taking in a couple of deep breaths before continuing with pushing, before seconds later, Mr T announcing, "Baby's head had been delivered, On the next contraction Jac, I need you to push harder, so we can deliver the shoulders and body!, ready ... Push !" Mr T said, as Jac pushed with all her strength with Jonny holding on to her tightly as he hid her head in to his chest, Mr T held one of his hands underneath the little girls head as he waited for the shoulders and body to follow...

Jac pushed as hard as she could, using what little energy she had left in her,
"Ahhhhhh!" She screamed, as a huge sense of relief hit her,

"Congratulations! One little girl safely delivered! Time of birth 22.39pm on January 28th 2014!" Mr T announced, as he scooped up the little baby, who was letting out a mighty cry, and placed her up on to the crisp clean blankets that lay across Jac's chest and abdomen. By this point Jonny was taking photo's on his phone, wanting to document the very first moments of their little girls life, so he would never forget the experience of a child being born.

Jac and Jonny were overcome with emotion, bursting into tears as soon as they set their eyes on to their little girl, they both lay there, oblivious to what was happening around them, observing and absorbing in every little detail of their daughter, from the little tufts of auburn hair to her ten tiny toes.

"Right the cut on the top of her head seems to have stopped bleeding now, and only looks superficial, ill pop a few paper stitches on there to help it bond together!" Mr T said, picking up a few paper stitches from out of the trolley and laying them neatly across the small cut located on the right side of the baby's head.

"Jonny! Did you want to cut the cord?" Mr T asked, holding up the surgical scissors as he used the other hand to secure a clamp on to the cord. Jonny looked at Jac's tear stained eyes for confirmation,

"Can I?" He asked, his voice breaking up as her quickly glanced at their beautiful little girl,

"Yes of course you can!" She replied with a huge smile on her face.

Jonny then took the surgical scissors and cut between the two plastic clamps,
"Would you like the injection for the delivery of the placenta?"Mr T asked, clearing away all of the stained sheets and replacing them with clean ones ready for the arrival of the placenta,

"Injection please! The birth was bad enough!" Jac said, letting out a small giggle, as she looked at Jonny, who was still looking at the baby, in complete shock that he was now a daddy,

"Would you like to hold her Jonny?" Jac asked, tucking the blanket around the tiny tot so she couldn't feel the chill of the room, Jonny held his arms out to receive the little girl, nodding his head as he just couldn't find the words to speak.
Mr T had finished what he was doing, placing the sharp needle into the disposable needle box, "Do we have a name yet or are we still at the 'discussing' stage?" Mr T said, as he stood up and disposed of all the used equipment.

Jac and Jonny looked at each other, knowing that they really hadn't spoken to each other in the last few months properly and never really spoke about names,

"Nope not yet, but we will soon!" Jonny replied, as he made funny faces at his little girl, who all of a sudden let out a loud roar of crying, which echoed around the room,

"She's certainly got a good set of lungs on her!" Jac said, as she got herself comfortable,

"Right, I'll be back in about 10 minutes to get ready for the placenta's arrival, maybe you could have a chat about it then?" Mr T suggested as he picked up Jac's notes and swiftly left the room to allow the new parents to bond with their newborn,
"Maybe she's hungry?" Jonny suggested as he handed the unsettled little girl to her Mummy, Jac quickly lay her in the correct position and lifted her top up, offering her little girl her breast so she could feed,

"She's not latching on, i'm doing it wrong, what mother can't feed her own child!" Jac said, getting frustrated as she knew how to do it, but the baby wasn't latching on correctly, Jonny quickly came over to her rescue, turning his little girls head, moving her lips around so quickly latched on to the nipple,

"There! Much better! It will take some time to get used to it sweetheart, you just need to be patient!" Jonny said, before kissing Jac gently on the forehead, before sitting on the edge of the bed next to his new little family,

"Shall we talk about names then, because we can't call her bump or sweetheart all her life!" Jac said as she watched her little girl feed.

"Well... i've been thinking about names for a while actually, but wasn't sure what you thought about it, I assumed that you had chosen without me knowing!" Jonny said, stroking his finger across the baby's hand, which was dangling down behind her,

"I'm not that cruel, she's your child as much as mine, you have your say, but her last name is Naylor-Maconie! No buts!" Jac said, deadly serious,

"Well I like Chloe or Courtney..." Jonny said, before Jac interrupted him,
"I was going to suggest Courtney too! I love that name!" She said, smiling as they both seemed to have the same taste in names,

"Ok, How about Courtney Mae Naylor-Maconie!" Jac added, looking directly into Jonny's eyes as she waited for an answer,

"Yes... I love it, Courtney Mae Naylor-Maconie!" he replied, placing his free arm around Jac as they both sat there observing there little girl as she continued to feed,

"When Mr T comes back in, could you dress her, there's baby grows, nappies and mittens and a hat in my hospital bag!" Jac said, as Courtney unlatched and began to cry, Jac then gently lifted her so she was resting by her shoulder and gently rubbed her back, so she could bring up the excess wind that she needed to release, moments later Courtney let out two almighty Burps along with a bit of regurgitated milk,

"That's my girl!" Jonny said, laughing at the magnitude of the burps,
"She's just like her Daddy, Does massive burps, although we are yet to hear what comes out of the other end!" Jac replied, with a smirk across her face...

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