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Previously…
"Santana! Bonnie!" Autumn said, rushing into the room. "I'm bleeding!" she said with fear filled eyes.
Saturday (April 13th) Afternoon 4:00pm:
Bonnie stood up, "How much, honey?" she asked evenly, wanting to keep Autumn calm.
"Not too much but enough to be concerning." Autumn said grimacing in pain, "Shit!" She mumbled through clenched teeth.
"That was a contraction!" Santana said, looking at Bonnie worriedly.
"Let's go." Bonnie said, "We need to get you to the hospital."
"Bonnie, it's too soon. I'm not due yet!" Autumn said as tears slipped down her cheeks.
Bonnie nodded, "I know, honey. Let's get you there so they can help. Anna!"
Anna walked into the room, wiping her hands on a towel, "What's up?"
"Autumn is having contractions. I need you to get Benny and meet up in the garage." Bonnie said.
Anna nodded and rushed out of the room. She swiftly walked to the basketball court, "Benny!" she hollered as she got closer.
"What's up?" Benny asked, as he shot the ball.
"Autumn's having contractions!" Anna said, catching all the adults' attention.
Benny froze, confused, "What?" he asked.
"Oh no" Antonio said, "We need to get her to the hospital."
Benny's eyes widened and he ran to the garage.
Brittany looked at her father, "You drive. Take the truck. Tell them we'll take care of Kate." She said, trying to stay calm so she didn't freak the kids out.
Brent nodded and followed his son.
Brent, Bonnie, Benny and Autumn all climbed into the truck and left for the hospital.
Autumn squeezed Benny's hand, "What's happening?"
Benny shook his head, "I don't know, babe. Just breathe. Pop, let's go."
Brent nodded, "I want to get us there safely, son."
Benny nodded and kissed Autumn's hand, "I love you."
"I love you too" Autumn said, trying not to cry, "Who's watching Kate?"
"Bolt said they'd take care of her. Don't worry." Brent said.
Bonnie looked over her shoulder at the young couple, "Try to stay calm. You need to keep your blood pressure down. We're nearly there."
Autumn nodded and took a deep breath before another contraction came.
"Shit" Autumn hissed in pain, squeezing her husband's hand tightly.
Bonnie looked over at her son who was trying to hide his fear. She turned to her husband, "Pull in there." She said, pointing to the spot in front of a taxi that was parked outside of the ER's main entrance.
Brent nodded and pulled into the spot before hopping out. He ran inside to grab a wheelchair while Benny and Bonnie helped Autumn out of the truck.
Benny wheeled her into the ER with Bonnie by his side. They went straight up to the front desk.
The man behind the desk smiled, "How can I help you?"
"I'm 8 months pregnant and I'm bleeding and having contractions." Autumn said, nervously, holding her stomach.
The man nodded and pressed a button that opened a door by the desk, "Come on back."
Bonnie seemed surprised before she realized that the waiting room only had a few people in it.
Benny pushed Autumn's wheelchair through the door and into a room where they took Autumn's blood pressure and temperature.
"Call up to OB and tell them we've got preterm labor coming up." One nurse told another who nodded and left the room.
With Britt:
"I need to be there." Brittany said as they took the kids down to the basement to watch a movie.
Diego nodded, "We'll watch the kids. You, Bridge and Blake should all be there for Benny. Go ahead and go."
"Thanks." Brittany said, running back upstairs. She found her wife in the kitchen, talking to Bridgett.
"Hey, are we going?" Bridgett asked her sister, worriedly.
Brittany nodded and turned to her wife, "Bridget, Blake and I are going up to the hospital."
"Ok. Keep me updated." Santana said before kissing her wife on the aw, "Be careful. I love you."
Brittany nodded, "I will. I love you too."
Brittany and her siblings hopped into the van and headed to the hospital.
5:15pm:
Brittany walked into the ER with Bridget and Blake.
"Pierce. Autumn Pierce." Brittany said to the guy behind the desk, "She's having preterm contractions."
The guy nodded, "They just took her up to OB. Birthing Suite 312."
Brittany looked at her siblings, concerned and nodded, "Let's go."
The 3 Pierce siblings headed up to the third floor. They found the room and knocked before walking in.
Autumn was lying in bed, talking to Benny, who was sitting on the edge of the bed. Bonnie and Brent were standing in the corner, quietly talking.
Brittany walked over to her parents while Bridgett and Blake went over to Benny.
"What's going on?" Brittany quietly asked her parents, glancing over her shoulder at her siblings before turning back to her parents.
"She's in labor. The doctors are trying to stop it. They gave her some meds to stop the contractions and to mature the baby's lungs…just in case."
Brittany sighed and rubbed her forehead, "So she could have the baby today or tomorrow?" She asked and Bonnie nodded. Brittany took a deep breath, "Is she still having contractions?"
Both of her parents nodded with worried faces.
Brittany turned and walked over to the bed, "Hey" She said quietly.
"Hey" Benny replied as Autumn grimaced.
"Another contraction?" Blake asked, concerned
Autumn nodded, holding Benny's hand tightly.
The nurse walked, "Alright honey, I need to check your cervix."
Benny stayed with his wife while his siblings stepped away to give them privacy.
The nurses eyes widened slightly as she examined Autumn, "Alright. I'll be right back."
Autumn looked at Benny with terrified eyes, "It's too soon" She said, beginning to cry.
Benny opened his mouth to reply but Autumn squealed, "My water broke!"
Benny's eyes widened as Bonnie ran to get the nurse.
The nurse and Dr. Williams came back into the room with Bonnie, "Alright, Autumn, just breathe. I need to check…" the doctor said as she reached under the sheet to check Autumn's cervix, "Autumn, you're having this baby today." She turned to the nurse, "Call Weaver. It's time for her epidural."
"Wait!" Autumn said, "It's too soon! I can't…"
"Autumn." Dr. William's said calmly, "Listen, you are 6 centimeters dilated and fully effaced. Your water broke and your baby is in position. I know it's scary but you're 35 weeks along so it is highly likely that everything will be fine."
Benny wiped a tear from Autumn's cheek, "Babe, we can do this. He's tough, I know it."
Autumn sniffed and sighed, "Is there no way to keep him in there for at least a couple more weeks?"
Dr. William's shook her head, "No. He's coming today." She replied as another doctor walked in. "Autumn, Benny this is Dr. Weaver. He'll be giving Autumn an epidural."
Autumn nodded and sniffed, "Ok."
Everyone except Benny stepped out of the room while Autumn got her epidural. While they waited in the hallway, Brittany called her wife.
"Hey, what's going on?" Santana answered the phone.
Brittany sighed, "Her water broke and she 6 centimeters dilated. They're giving her an epidural now. Dr. William's thinks that the baby will be ok, but we have to wait and see."
Santana sighed, worriedly, "Do I need to come up there?"
Brittany shrugged, "Um…I don't know. It's up to you. She might need you."
Santana and Autumn had grown close, bonding over their pregnancies.
Santana nodded, "I'll be up there soon, and I'll bring the bag they have packed".
"Ok. It's in their apartment coat closet." Brittany replied, "Be careful. I love you, San."
"Ok. I love you too, Brittany."
Brittany hung up as Dr. Weaver stepped out of the room.
"She's all set." Dr. Weaver said before heading to the nurse's station.
Bonnie led the way back into the room. Autumn was going through a contraction when they all walked in, but she seemed much calmer than before.
"Is the epidural helping?" Britt asked as
Autumn nodded, "I can still feel the contractions but its more like pressure than pain."
"Good." Brittany replied, "San should be here soon. She's bringing the bag with her."
Benny nodded, "Thanks."
6:45pm:
Dr. Williams walked into Autumn's birthing suite, "Autumn, the nurse called me. I need to check you again." She said as Maribel and Santana walked into the room.
Maribel handed the bag to Brent, "Here you go."
"Alright Autumn" Dr. Williams said, "You are 8 centimeters dilated. How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine. What's going to happen once he's born?" Autumn asked.
Dr. Williams nodded, "Well, he'll be taken to the NICU where he'll stay for a while. It could be from a week to a month or longer. However, since you're at least 35 weeks and we gave you the steroids to mature his lungs, he's got a better chance and will most likely not have to spend too much time there."
Autumn nodded, "How much longer till it's time to push?"
"You're progressing rather quickly so I think we'll get to meet your baby within the next 2 to 3 hours."
Benny took a deep breath and squeezed his wife's hand, "So at least we know he's got my impatience." He muttered
Autumn sighed, "Yeah"
8:15pm:
"It's time, Autumn." Dr. Williams said as she walked into the room.
The doctor pulled on a gown and gloves as everyone left the room except Benny and Bonnie.
A nurse pulled an incubator into the room and stood near Dr. Williams.
"Alright Autumn, push!" Dr. William said.
It took about 9 pushes for Christopher Bennett Pierce to enter the world.
"Want to cut the cord, Dad?" Dr. Williams asked, grinning.
Benny nodded and cut the cord before the nurse took Christopher over to the incubator.
"Is he ok?" Autumn asked the nurse who was cleaning and drying the newborn off.
The nurse smiled, "He's beautiful."
Benny walked over to see his son with wide eyes. Chris let out a soft cry making Autumn smile in relief.
"That's a good sign." Dr. Williams smiled.
Benny grinned, "He's perfect, Babe."
"He needs some O2." Th nurse said, catching everyone's attention.
"Take him to the NICU." Dr. Williams said, "Dr. Adams is waiting for him."
"Benny, don't leave his side." Autumn said, "Stay with him"
Benny nodded and followed the nurse as she wheeled the incubator out of the room.
"To go in there, you have to put on a gown." The nurse told Benny once they got to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
He nodded and pulled on blue gown to cover his clothes before they headed into the NICU.
9:30pm:
"He's 5 ½ pounds." Benny told his mother a s they looked through the glass into the NICU. "The doc says that he looks extremely healthy, especially for a preemie"
Bonnie smiled, "Thank God. I love his name."
Benny nodded, "Autumn wanted to name him after her grandfather that died when she was a kid."
"It's a great name. We need to see if they'll take him to Autumn or if we can bring her to see him…" Bonnie said.
Benny nodded, "There's the doc. I'll go ask him." He said before grabbing a gown and walking into the NICU.
While he talked to the doctor, Brittany walked over to Bonnie, "Hey, which one is he?"
"That one." Bonnie said, pointing to an incubator across the room.
Brittany nodded, "How much does he weigh?" she asked, concerned.
"5 ½ pounds." Bonnie replied, "He seems to be doing really well. Benny is trying to get the doctor to sign off on taking Christopher to see Autumn."
Brittany nodded, "Autumn is miserable right now. She needs to see him."
"I know. Where's Santana?" Bonnie asked
"She went home. Her ankles were really hurting."
They saw the doctor nod and they smiled as Benny walked out of the NICU to get a wheelchair for Autumn. He found one and went to get his wife.
"Babe, you gotta use germ-x before we go in there." Benny told his wife as he helped her out of bed and into the wheelchair.
Autumn nodded.
Once they were ready, they headed into the NICU. He wheeled her over to the incubator and parked the wheelchair next to it.
Autumn swallowed and felt a tear slip down her cheek, "Is he ok?" She asked the doctor as he walked over.
Dr. Adams nodded, "Yes. He's a bit jaundice so we are doing something called Phototherapy. That is this light up here He's also on Oxygen since his lungs are bit weak right now." He said, pointing at the blue light above the baby.
Benny squeezed Autumn's shoulder, "He's 5 ½ pounds." He muttered.
She nodded and smiled, "Can I…can I touch his hand?" She asked the doctor anxiously.
Dr. Adams nodded, "Sure."
She shakenly reached towards her son, "Hi Christopher." She whispered and smiled when he wrapped his tiny right hand around her finger, "When do I need to nurse him?"
"Well he's going to need to stay on the oxygen for now, so you'll need to pump and feed him through bottles."
Autumn swallowed, "So I…I can't nurse him?"
"Not yet" The doctor replied.
Benny squeezed her shoulder again. "But soon…right, Doc?"
"Yes, as long as he continues to progress." Dr. Adams said.
Benny looked over tot the NICU door and noticed Brittany standing there, talking to Brent, Andy and Blake.
"I'll be right back." Benny said and headed out the doors.
"Hey. How's he doing?" Brittany asked her brother.
Benny nodded, "Better than expected. One of the nurses said he a miracle. The only problem is that he's a bit…uh…jaundice, I think is the term." Benny sighed tiredly, "But overall, the doc says he looks great."
Brittany and the guys smiled, relieved.
"That's great, Striker." Andy said, "When can we see him?"
"I'm not sure." Benny replied, before looking at his watch, "Wow, you guys should go home. I'll call you with updates in the morning."
Brent nodded, "You sure?"
"Yeah." Benny yawned.
Brittany sighed, "We'll bring you some breakfast in the morning."
"Thanks" Benny smiled before hugging his father, siblings and cousin.
10:45pm:
Brittany walked into the master bedroom, yawning.
Santana was lying in bed, reading a book. She looked up when she heard Brittany enter the room, "How are they?"
Brittany nodded, "Better than expected. Doc says that Christopher is strong."
"That's good. Any idea how long he'll be in the NICU?" Santana asked, setting her book on the nightstand.
Brittany shook her head as she sat on the edge of the bed, next to her wife, "I'm not sure." She said as she placed her hand on her wife's round stomach.
Santana sighed and placed her hand on top of Brittany's, "Want to talk about it?"
Brittany took a deep breath, "Today felt so…weird." She said, shaking her head, "And look what happened. I hate the thought of this happening to anyone…and now it happened to my little brother."
"And you're terrified of it happening to us." Santana said knowingly.
Brittany licked her lips, nodding, "We've already lost one child."
Santana blinked at the unexpected remark and nodded, "Yeah." She said, her voice cracking.
Brittany leaned over and kissed her wife on the lips before leaning down and kissed her round stomach, "And you, mister, need to stay in there for like another…7 weeks. Don't even think about pulling what your cousin did."
With a small smile, Santana whispered, "He won't."
Brittany kissed the Latina once more before standing up. She took a shower before climbing into bed.
"Goodnight, Baby. I love you." Santana said as they both turned off the lights.
"Night Beautiful." Brittany replied, closing her eyes.
Sunday (April 14th) Morning 7:15am:
Brittany and Bonnie walked into Autumn's hospital room. Brittany was carrying a bag of breakfast burritos Bonnie had made before they let the house.
Benny was sitting on the couch, watching tv silently while Autumn slept in the bed. He looked over and sighed in relief when he saw the bag of food, "Thank God." He muttered, getting up.
Brittany smirked, "Hospital food not all it's cracked up to be?"
Benny huffed, rolling his eyes as he pulled as burrito out of the bag, "Seriously" he mumbled.
"What smells so good?" Autumn muttered as she woke up.
"Ma and Britt brought us some burritos." Benny said, taking one over to her.
"How are you feeling, Autumn?" Bonnie asked.
Autumn nodded, "Sore but fine. Can we go see Christopher now?" She asked.
"I'll go ask a nurse." Bonnie said before going out to the hall.
Brittany walked over to her brother and sister in law, "Have you been able to see him more?" she asked.
Benny nodded, swallowing a bite, "We have. We've gotten to feed him a few times."
"How long do the doctors think he's going to have to stay here?" Bonnie asked as Andy walked into the room, carrying a case of flowers and a blue balloon.
"They haven't told us yet." Autumn replied, "Hey Andy."
"Hey Pierces!" He grinned and set the vase of flowers on the table next to the bed, "How are you feeling, Autumn?"
"I'm fine. Have you seen Christopher today?"
"Not yet." Andy said, "I will in a bit."
"Here. Have a burrito." Benny said, finishing up his breakfast as he handed his best friend an aluminum wrapped burrito.
"Thanks" Andy nodded
"I'm going to go see my nephew." Brittany smirked.
"I'm going too." Benny said, swallowing his last bite.
Autumn nodded, "I want to go see him too."
"I'll talk to the nurse." Bonnie said, "You two go ahead." She told her daughter and son.
Brittany nodded and headed to the NICU with Benny.
"Did you get some sleep?" Britt asked her brother as they walked down the hallway.
Benny nodded, rubbing his face tiredly, "Yeah. I slept for about an hour." He chuckled.
Brittany nodded, "San and I want to help out as much as possible."
"You guys are." Benny said, "How's Kate?"
"She's good. She's missed you guys last night so she slept with Ally" Brittany sighed. "San is going to bring Kate up here whenever you guys want."
"Maybe this afternoon" Benny muttered as they stepped up to the NICU windows.
Brittany looked in the back corner, where her nephew was resting, "I can't wait to meet him officially."
Benny nodded, "They won't let you in there, but I'll ask if we can move him closer to the window for a minute…"
"Nah I don't want to risk anything unhooking." Brittany said.
Benny nodded, "I'm going to go feed him."
Brittany nodded, "Go ahead."
10:30am:
Brittany got home and walked into the house. She found Santana in the living room while Anna watched the kids in the playroom.
"Hey how are Autumn and Christopher?" Santana asked her wife.
Brittany nodded, "They're both doing o good. The doctor said the Christopher is looking strong. It'll most likely be a couple weeks till he can go home and they're keeping Autumn a couple more days."
"Ok. We have to help them with the nursery. Neither of us have finished getting ready and they're way out of time."
Brittany nodded, "I'll see if Andy, Blake and Pop will help me finish up their nursery then we'll finish up ours."
12:45pm:
Andy and Brittany finished painting the nursery wall's blue while Brent finished the last touches on the Christopher's crib with Blake's help.
All four of them worked throughout the afternoon to finish up the nursery.
Meanwhile, Santana and Anna go the kids to draw pictures for Benny, Autumn and Christopher.
9:55pm:
Brittany stepped out of the shower and dried off before pulling on her pajamas.
"Olivia is finally asleep." Santana said as she finally walked into the master bedroom.
Brittany nodded, "Good."
"Oh. Our boy is kicking." Santana said, holding her stomach.
Brittany laughed, "Your stomach is moving wildly."
Santana nodded, grinning, "Looks like all of our children enjoy soccer."
"Just like their Mami." Brittany smirked.
Santana laughed, "That was a long time ago and I didn't stick with it for very long."
"I know but you loved it." Brittany replied as they both headed to bed,
Santana smiled and nodded, "I did. Are you going into work tomorrow?"
"Nope." Brittany replied, "I'm going to stay home and finish our nursery."
"You're sure that you can miss work?"
"I don't have any classes tomorrow. Actually, I should be home most of the week." Brittany said.
Santana yawned, "Good I'm glad."
"Go to sleep, Baby" Brittany said, kissing San on the lips before kissing her stomach, "Night son." She mumbled, smiling before laying back to go to sleep.
