A/N: Mild sexy times and birth of the baby! I'm reaching the ending point with this story and will probably be wrapping it up in another chapter of so. I greatly appreciate all who have given such support of both the stories and have stayed by me with the slow updates as well. THANKS!
Chapter 35
Addison POV
This last month has been hectic but so very rewarding. We are only about 2 months away from opening our clinic and the response from the community has been amazing. Right now my main focus is getting ready to have this baby. While I would not change getting to finally have the experience of carrying a child, I'm so ready to be done. I'm still about a week away from my due date but our little girl can make an appearance anytime now. Our friends have been amazing this last week with helping me out with the kids when I get too tired. Nicole has been really busy this last week with getting April transferred into her new position as the Head of Trauma and Nicole has been getting to know the residents as well and has started mentoring some of them. She wants to make sure everything is running smoothly before she takes time off for when our newest member makes her appearance. My wife has been amazing all thru the pregnancy but especially this last week. As my body prepares for birth I have become increasingly restless and uncomfortable in my body, which has also lead to some epic meltdowns. Nicole never complains she just holds me, rubs my lower back, tells me I'm beautiful, she is amazing. I have the house to myself as that Noah is over at Teddy and Henry's house, having some guy time with Henry. Dylan and Liam are with Callie and Arizona for the night. Nicole should be home a bit later and I'm thinking a nice warm shower is in order. I smile as I walk past the nursery to our bedroom to head to the shower. As I stand in the shower letting the warm water soothe my lower back my mind wanders to thoughts of meeting our new baby and if she is going to look like Nicole. I subconsciously rub my belly as if soothing my little girl.
"Just when I think you can't get any more beautiful or sexy you prove me wrong." I startle at hearing my wife's voice and I slide the glass door open and see her leaned against the doorframe of the bathroom.
"Hey you, I didn't think you would be home for a while yet." I smile at her as I turn back towards the water. I love how even when I feel like a beached whale, Nicole always makes me feel sexy and wanted.
"Yeah I was pretty much done with everything that needed to be done and am now officially all yours. Want some help washing your back?" Nicole asks as she starts to shed her clothes and climbs in the shower behind me. I moan as I feel her front flush against my back as she strokes my baby bump and leans down to kiss along my neck.
"Not sure if I told you this yet today, but you are so incredible beautiful carrying our baby. While I'm excited for our lil pumpkin to come out I have to say I will miss pregnant you. You are so stunning like this." Nicole says as she gently caresses my tender breast. I slowly grind my ass back into her mound. Nicole takes one hand from my breasts and slowly works it between my legs. Thankfully Nicole has such long arms as that my huge belly has made intimacy the last month a bit more difficult.
"Oh my sweet Addison you are so wet for me." Nicole moans into my ear as she slides 2 fingers inside. I'm so sensitive right now that it doesn't take long for my wife to push me over the edge. Nicole holds me up as my legs recover and then helps me finish washing up and helps me out of the shower and dry off.
"So what do you want to do tonight honey?" Nicole calls out from the bedroom to me. I only kind of hear what she said as that I'm focused on the large puddle that has formed at my feet. Now you would think with what I do for a profession it wouldn't take my brain nearly as long as it did to register what that puddle meant but hey I'm human and a first time birthing mom.
"Baby did you hear….Addison are you okay?" Nicole asks as she appears in the doorway again and notices me just standing there naked looking down at the floor.
"Uuummm I'm pretty sure my water just broke." I say still in shock as to what is happening.
"Seriously?! Okay can you get dressed or do you need my help? I will grab our hospital bag and the baby's bag and go start the car." Nicole says excitedly and starts bouncing around the room pulling out the outfit I picked to wear to the hospital, grabbing our bag for the hospital and then heads to the nursery to grab the baby bag.
"Baby are you okay? Do you need help? Why aren't you getting dressed?" Nicole fires rapidly at me as she reenters and sees that I haven't moved. I'm officially terrified, I'm about to give birth and I'm not sure I'm ready and I think I'm freaking out.
"I'm scared." I whisper but loud enough Nicole hears me.
"Oh sweetheart I know you are, all moms go thru this. You know better than anyone that it is going to be okay and god forbid if something does go wrong, which it won't, but if it does we are surrounded by amazing doctors that will help if it does. Now come on let's get you dressed so we can go meet our daughter. "Nicole says as she steps to me to help me get dressed then we slowly make our way to the car.
"You need to call everyone to let them know, but please make sure you call Noah first no matter what. He wanted to be the first one to know if I went into labor when he wasn't around." I remind Nicole as we pull into the hospital parking lot.
"I will call everyone once you are settled into a room. I will tell Bear that she can bring Noah over if he wants to wait with us but I will tell Bones to hold off with the younger ones until we are closer to pushing." Nicole says as we check into the maternity ward. They get me settled and Dr. Fields did a quick exam. I'm only at a 4 but seem to be moving a fairly steady rate.
"Alright love you are all settled in. I'm going to step out to call everyone; you should try to rest a bit if you can. I love you so much Addison and I can't believe our little girl is coming." Nicole says to me as she kisses me and walks out the door. I can't help but think again how lucky I am, I get to have that woman's baby today!
Coop POV
Holy shit! We are having a baby today! I would have never guessed that me coming home early to surprise my wife, which led to sexy shower time, would lead to us being here at the hospital getting ready to have a baby. I know Addison is scared, quite honestly so am I. I just pray that both Addison and the baby will be okay and healthy.
"Hey Bear is Noah around? Can I talk to him real quick?" I ask my best friend as she answered the phone. I hear her shuffle the phone around and soon hear my teenage brother answer the phone.
"Hey buddy so I thought you might want to know where Addison and I are right now. We are at the hospital getting ready to meet our new baby!" I tell Noah excitedly. I hear him whoop in excitement and I hear Bear in the background asking what is going on. I tell Noah to put Bear back on the phone.
"Hey Bear so today is the day! Our baby is coming!" I tell her and she yells out excitedly that she and Noah are on their way. I remind her to take her time as that Addison is only at a 4. I finish up with her and make the call to our other best friends.
"Hola Coop!" Bones answers the phone.
"Hey Bones so I thought you might be interested in knowing that you will be meeting your new niece very soon." I tell her proudly.
"Wait is Addison in labor? When? How long? What is dilated to? Shit I'm on my way!" I hear Bones scrambling around as she fires off questions.
"Deep breath there Bones. Her water broke about an hour ago and we just finished an exam and she is currently at a 4 but progressing nicely. You are welcome to come down but we would like to hold off with the little ones until we are closer to pushing. Noah and Bear are on their way." I tell her as I pace outside the room.
"Okay I will leave the kiddos with Arizona and then I'm on my way. I'm so excited and happy for you guys!" She squeals as we hang up. I walk back into the room and can't help but smile at how gorgeous my wife is laying there with her eyes closed.
"I can feel you staring creeper. Get over here and help me sit up so you can rub my lower back." I smile at the demand and walk over and help her sit up. She leans forward with her forehead against my chest and I reach down and start massaging her lower back.
"How is the pain love?" I ask her as we sway back and forth a bit.
"The contractions are coming closer together and are definitely more intense but so far I'm okay. Dr. Fields said that once I'm around a 6 we can do the epidural. I kind of feel like walking, will you walk with me?" Addison asks and I assist her up and wrap my arm around her waist to steady her as we begin a slow lap of the hospital floor. We have to stop half a dozen times for Addison to work thru a contraction and when we get back to the room we find Teddy, Noah, Callie, and Dr. Fields in the room. After everyone says hello to Addison we all step out so Dr. Fields can examine her.
"Hey guys thanks for coming, it means a lot to Addison and I to have you guys here." I tell them as I hug them each.
"We wouldn't miss this for the world; we are so excited to meet her. So are going to tell us the name yet?" Bones asks me with a smile.
"You will find out soon enough Bones. Noah do you want to hang out here or do you want to go to Bear's office and play on her computer for a while?' I ask my younger brother.
"Can we wait to see what Dr. Fields says, that way if we are close to the baby coming I will stay here, and if we have a while I might go to Aunt Ted's office." Noah answers me just as Dr. Fields steps out.
"Everything looks perfect Coop. Addison is progressing nicely and she is handling the pain well. She is already at a 7 so I went ahead and ordered the epidural. Now the epidural usually does 1 of 2 things, it will either speed up the progress or slow it way down. I will be back after she gets it to see where we are at." Dr. Fields says as she heads off to another patient.
"I'm going to go call Arizona with an update and might go down to the cafeteria for some snacks. You want to come with me Noah?" Bones says as she pulls out her phone. Teddy and Noah both decided to go with Callie and I head back into my wife.
"Hi sweetheart, how are you doing?" I ask Addison as I sit next to her bed and hold her hand.
"I'm good honey, excited to get the epidural." She answers just as she squeezes my hand and breathes thru another contraction. I help Addison sit up and lean forward into me as they getting ready to put in the epidural. Soon the effects kick in and Dr. Fields comes in to exam her again.
"Well Addison you are just about ready to push. I'm going to go get the birth team together and get gowned up and come back to push." Dr. Fields says as she leaves the room. I run out quickly to inform the group waiting the status and that we are going to be pushing soon.
"You ready to do this my love? You have already been so amazing. Thank you so much for doing this for us." I tell Addison as Dr. Fields prepares Addison to push. And push she does, for almost 3 hours my wife has been pushing and Dr. Fields tells me that she can see our daughters head.
"One more push my sweet love and she will be here. I know you are tired but you are almost done…one more push Ads!" I encourage my wife. Then I hear the most beautiful sound I have ever heard, my baby cry.
"It's a girl! Do you want to cut the cord Coop?" I look down at Dr. Fields with tears in my eyes as she lays our daughter on Addison chest and extends the scirrors to me to cut the cord. They take our daughter away to clean her up and run test as Dr. Fields cleans Addison up. I lean down and give her the softest kiss on the lips.
"I'm so proud of you my wife. You did amazing and I love you so much." I tell her. Soon they bring the baby back and I hold my daughter for the first time as Addison watches us adoringly. She is perfect; she has my dark hair but seems to be leaning towards blue eyes. I had asked the nurse to grab everyone waiting outside for us to bring them down. I stand holding my daughter next to Addison bed as Noah, Callie, Arizona, Teddy, Dylan, and Liam all pile into the room.
"Everyone tonight at 802 pm Addison gave birth to a healthy 7lb 2oz, 19 in long baby girl. This little angel is Charlotte Calliope Montgomery-Cooper. Charlie this is your family." I say with a kiss to her head as I walk towards the group to introduce her.
"This is your uncle Noah and your big brother Liam and big sister Dylan." I smile as I watch my children and brother fall in love with Charlie.
"These amazing women are your aunts and I couldn't ask for better woman than these to have in your life. This is your aunt Teddy; she might be one of the bravest people I have ever met. This is your aunt Arizona; I only hope that she shows you how to find joy in the world always like she does. And this right here is your aunt Calliope. She is who we named you after because she is a very special woman, who your momma and I adore." I walk down the line of my 3 dearest friends and introduce them to my daughter. As I reach Callie she has tears running down her face and silently asks to hold Charlie and I hand her over.
"Thank you for the honor of your daughter carrying my name. I have never been fond of the name but to know that my beautiful niece shares it with me makes me hate it just a bit less. It's so nice to meet you baby Charlie." I watch my best friends fall in love with my daughter and I take a minute to look around the room at my wife and family and I think; now I feel complete.