Thank you all so much for your kind words - we are doing good even after the covid19 infection, but it is not something to joke with, so when ever the vaccine is available to you, take it. I am still waiting for an answer as to the fact if we should and can get it after having been through the illness, if they say we should have it then all of us is getting it. But enough about me.

So are you excited about this chapter? I know I am, I am looking forward to hear what you guys think about it. So on with the show.

Enjoy!

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Richard bolted down the hall towards the bedroom and only weakly heard Lorelai's door being opened just as he reached the bedroom, he threw open the door and found Emily holding onto the bed with one hand and the other placed on the underside of her stomach, she looked up at him in tears as he hurried to her. As he put his arms around her, she started sobbing and turned her head into his chest, just as Lorelai entered the room with a panic look on her face, she had heard the distress in her mother's scream and in seconds she was in front of her parents.

"What's happening?" she said just above a whisper and searched for her father's eyes.

Richard looked shortly at Lorelai then addressed Emily "Darling, what's happening?"

"I…..I just…..just came from….from…..uhg…." she started then bend forward, her hand on the bed crumbled the fabric beneath it, she tried to get in deep breaths.

"Emily!" Richard felt panic rise and he tried to ease Emily to sitting on the bed, Lorelai grabbed her mother's arm and helped her father out.

Emily took a deep breath and after a little while whipped a tear of her cheek "I think my water broke!"

"WHAT?" both Richard and Lorelai said

"I think my water broke, look!" she held out her dress that clearly was wet "And it is too soon, and I'm having these irregular contractions, that doesn't feel like real contractions but seems too hard for Braxton's." she explained

"But you still have, what, five weeks mom?" Lorelai asked and looked confused

"I know." Emily snapped

"And how come you only think your water broke; you've done this before, how can you be in doubt? I haven't done this I can be in doubt about stuff like that!" Lorelai spoke at a high volume, the panic behind it was clearly a factor.

"Not every birth begins with water braking, with you me water didn't break until I had been in labor for more than ten hours, I told you this before!" Emily snared.

"But then how will I know?" Lorelai sighed

Emily twisted on the bed, trying to get comfortable and she didn't want to answer than, because at the moment she herself didn't really know if she was in labor or not, it felt like it but at the same time it didn't. She had been in doubt for the first couple of hours with Lorelai, because not was regular, she had thought that the forthcoming birth started with water braking at that point, but as soon as the pains got regular, she knew for sure that her baby was coming. Now everything was like that time all over again.

"Emily I'll call Joshua and have him meet us at the hospital instead. Lorelai could you grab the bag in the nursery and get it downstairs?" Richard tried to sound calm and in control, but his head was spinning.

"Sure dad." With that she left her parents alone.

"Why didn't you say anything sooner Emily?" He questioned and moved to the closet to find another dress for his wife to wear.

"I didn't think it was anything, it's not like this is a hobby of mine, giving birth." She yelled after him as he disappeared into the closet only to reappear shortly after, giving her a look of worry.

"I know that dear, but you have me worried, I could have taken you to Joshua earlier. You have to tell me if you suspect anything is wrong. Do you need help changing?"

"I didn't feel like anything was wrong, that is why I didn't say anything, I thought all the pressure was just from jetlag, the swelling of my feet and the fact that I'm eight months pregnant in general." Emily pulled the dress up over her head and threw it at the hamper and quickly pulled the other on "Richard?"

"Yes?" he was at her side in a split second

"Before you call Joshua, would you please also get me some…..uhm….some dry underwear?" she looked down at the floor, embarrassed

"Of course." He smiled at hurried to the closet yet again and got what she wanted. "Here you are, I'll call Joshua now." He rushed to the phone and dialed the number.

As he hung up shortly after her turned to Emily and helped her to her feet "Joshua will meet us at the hospital and he is not worried at the moment, he said the baby was facing downward and the fact that you've had no trouble up until now is not worrying, but we should get going quickly." Richard said and escorted her downstairs. In the foyer Lorelai stood with Emily's bag and still looked worried.

"We will call you Lorelai." Richard said as he took the bag in one hand and placed the other on Emily's lower back, Lorelai simply nodded.

At the hospital Joshua meet them at the door and quickly they moved to an examine room.

"Emily you know the drill, place your bottom on the edge and lay down, then we'll have a look and see how far along things are." He smiled and started putting on gloves.

Emily looked at Richard as she was laying down, she reached out a hand to him and he quickly took hold of it and walked closer to her, he bends down and placed a soft kiss on her forehead, then he looked towards Joshua.

Joshua rose to his feet and Emily looked at him instead of the ceiling "I will just insert a finger and press down her on you, tell me if it is painful?"

"Painful? You are supposed to help my wife not enforce pain!" Richard spoke up

"Richard, relax, Joshua is only doing what is necessary." Emily breathed as she felt her doctor prepare for the exam

"Ok, uhm…..I will just stand here then and try to be quiet." Richard looked worried again

"Just hold my hand, alright!" Emily did all she could to ease this on him.

Joshua looked between his friends before he sat down again "Emily how is this?"

Emily squeezed Richards hand as she drew in a sharp breath "Not very pleasant."

Joshua continued to examine her and pressed down on various areas, some of them enlisted a cry, others just a sharp breath and other again nothing, after almost twenty minutes Joshua got to his feet again and started removing his gloves as he told Emily that she could get up again, Richard helped her up to a sitting position.

"You are not in labor Emily. But I both feel and see that you should not have been flying, your body is tired, you need to take a week to begin with in bed, legs held high, plenty of fluids and just in general relax more. The baby is positioned nicely, you are a petit woman, and you are not very big when you think about the fact that you are close to delivery and when you look at your husband, all odds were against you with the possibility of a small child, but you won that battle clearly." Joshua smiled with reassurance.

"But my dress was wet, and I had this feeling of something in between labor pains and Braxton's, not quite one or the other."

"Well, your baby is sitting very low in your pelvis and the pains might just be a mix from the fact that you've been out flying, and the changes altitude does to our bodies and that the baby has slide down further in your pelvis. Your water didn't break, and it is not oozing either." He explained

"But why was my dress wet then?"

"You are not going to like what I say but…you simply experienced incontinence, and basically it is due to the position your baby is in."

"I peed in my pants?" Emily questioned and saw Joshua nod "That is downright embarrassing, anything we can do about that?" she wanted to know.

"Well, the only cure at this point is to deliver that baby, but I would like to wait a couple of weeks more before we do that." He smiled "But you need to do these exercises just to clear out the swelling of your feet, I believe that is a mixture from flying and pregnancy, but it will be a lot more comfortable if you get that cleared."

"So, the baby is not on its way?" Richard asked utterly confused at this point.

"No, that baby is staying in there for a little while yet, which is great, but you need to make sure that Emily stays of her feet for as much as possible for the next week and then I want to see you in my office in eight days, alright?"

"Of course, Joshua and thank you." Emily replied

"I'll make sure she stays of her feet, thank you Joshua." Richard shook the man's hand.

When they returned home, Richard swept Emily into his arms and carried her inside, as they opened the door, Lorelai came running into the foyer.

"You're both here? So that means no baby yet?" she asked

"No thankfully not yet." Richard replied and placed Emily on the floor

"Then what happened?"

"Just a little…uhm…..body trouble, one of the joys of being pregnant and old I guess." Emily explained without going into detail.

"But what was it?" Lorelai insisted

Richard and Emily exchanged a look and Emily sighed as she turned back to Lorelai "I experienced some incontinence, your sister is sitting very low in my pelvis, so I probably won't go over time this time around, but it also means that she is pushing on my bladder in a very embarrassing manner."

"You peed your pants?" Emily nodded and handed Richard her coat "Wow that is embarrassing, I hope I won't do that." Lorelai looked at Richard picking up Emily once again "Why are you carrying mom around?"

"Joshua said I need to keep your mom of her feet as much as possible."

"And I've tried to explain that I can walk upstairs to my own bedroom." Emily said pointedly while pushing her finger into his chest, only to have him smile at her.

"Hmm, I guess it makes sense!" and with that Lorelai went upstairs again not sparing her parents another look.

Richard looked after Lorelai and then back to Emily "Let's get you upstairs and in bed now shall we."

"You are such a romantic." Emily teased.

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So did you like this one - not quite as dramatic as I started it out huh - but a true problem. But the babys arrival is coming soon - so stay tuned and leave me a little word :-) Thank you