I kind of want to incorporate some Nina and Carla scenes, let me know if you don't want that and only want it to be solely Carter and Simon...
The more she thought about it the more the birth played on her mind, the more she realised that she wanted what she wanted and she was going to do it no matter what anyone said. She was sleeping beside Peter who was holding her lightly in his arms and he kissed her on the head as he roused from his sleep soon enough she shifted on top of his body and they began kissing and it wasn't long until it led to more. Carla was going into work again today and that meant finding something to hide her bump, she also had a scan later on to see if the baby was growing on track still or to see if she had got any bigger.
"Right here" he passes her a bowl of porridge, she scrunches her nose up "No?"
"I'm not feeling it" she hums thoughtfully shaking her head "She's moving my insides around and it's making me feel crap"
"Oh love" he whispers kissing her on the back of the head, he places his hands on her bump causing her to sigh "Do you need anything?"
"A hot water bottle would do" she smiles as Peter automatically gets up to get her one, he returns with it and passes it to her
"Are you going to be ok going in?" he asks gently not wanting her to bite his head off, she sighs and nods "Alright then as long as you're sure"
"Yeah I'll be fine, I'll take some food in and Debbie will feed me up anyway" she shrugs, Peter kisses her on the head
"Remember to come away before it gets too much," he says, she nods slowly "I'll be at the cab office all day so all you need to do is pop in and see me alright?"
"Ok" she nods before heading upstairs to get ready, he sighs hoping that today would go ok for her...
Peter drove her to work and she immediately got out and kissed him in the process before heading into the Bistro, she was greeted by Debbie who welcomed her back with open arms and then Carla locked herself away in the office until lunch. Peter also went to work and he did a couple of shifts for Steve before going to see Daniel and Bertie, he offered to take Bertie out for him and Daniel accepted so they went for a walk to the park and when he arrived back he entered the Bistro to see Carla who was leaning back in her chair and breathing calmly with her eyes closed.
"Carla?" he questions raising an eyebrow, she looks up at him and smiles "Are you ok?"
"Yeah" she chews her lip dropping her gaze, he sits on the edge of her desk and takes her hand
"Are you sure?"
"Um," she falters biting her lip "She hasn't moved...since I got here..."
"What as in like? Nothing...?" Peter questions, Carla nods slowly biting her lip again, he reaches out and places a hand on her bump, he pushes down on it she just shrugs "Thats unlike her..."
"Very unlike her and it makes me feel so uncomfortable knowing how active she is usually..."
"Hmm" he hums pushing down on her tummy again, she just sighs "Do you want to get checked out?"
"We have the appointment later," she says rubbing her eyes "But yeah I just feel really uncomfortable with her not moving for five hours or so now"
"Ok then we'll get you checked out if it's making you feel this way," he says with a small smile, she allows him to kiss her on the head
"I guarantee she'll start moving as soon as we get there" she drones, Peter chuckles helping her into her coat "Right lets head off..."
They went to the hospital and of course, the baby started moving causing Carla to sigh in relief and annoyance at her daughter messing with her head, she was definitely going to be a pain when she got older but either way, Carla was happy that she was moving. They decided to eat in the hospital restaurant because it was almost time for their appointment anyway so they then went up to maternity to have a look at the baby to see if she was actually ok. This also gave Carla a chance to get to know the midwife a bit more as she was nervous about not knowing her so she could be a bit happier when the birth happened.
"Carla Barlow?"
"Yep" Carla smiles taking Peter's hand and leads him into the room, she smiles at her doctor
"How are you?"
"Yeah ok, well we had a bit of scare, she wasn't moving for a solid five hours which is very unlike her so we were going to come and get checked out but then she started moving as soon as we got in the car"
"They like to mess with you sometimes" the doctor smiles pressing the transducer to her tummy, Carla looks at the screen "She has a nice strong heartbeat, showing absolutely no signs of distress, she's moving around as you can probably feel"
"So does that mean it's all looking good for a home birth?" Peter questions, the doctor nods "Ok good"
"I'll just take some measurements" the doctor nods, Carla bites her lip and then looks at Peter who was watching the screen "She's still on the small side so your labour should be pretty easy if she stays small"
"I guess" Carla chuckles with a grin "But as long as she's ok?"
"She's looking really good, I couldnt be happier" the doctor smiles watching the photo's print, they pass them to Carla "Keep it up, everything's going really well"
"Right then" Peter smiles helping Carla sit up as she wipes her stomach "Let's go and meet this midwife"
Carla and Peter met with the midwife, they discussed their fears and what would happen with the birth when the time came and Carla started to feel really overwhelmed over the whole thing and shed some tears causing Peter to comfort her. She knew it was going to change the forever and that was such a big thing and she really didnt know how to feel about the whole thing all of a sudden. All she knew was that she wanted to meet her daughter so bad and that was something she was looking forward to so Peter suggested for her to hold onto that. They also picked up some supplies for the birth such as an inflatable pool and Carla suggested that they went into town to pick up some calming things so she didn't feel overwhelmed, this meant she would have to go back into a rather dark place in her head of when she was struggling mentally.
"Are you ok?" he questions as she looks through the curtains, she shrugs; they were looking for blackout curtains to make the lounge darker if she was to go into labour during the day
"Yeah" she smiles picking up some curtains, she places them in the trolley "Its just getting all of this stuff makes it so much more real..."
"Yeah it does" he confirms, she smiles at him as they walk over to the light "Fairy lights?"
"Yeah" she nods with a small smile, he kisses her on the forehead as she picks out some fairy lights and puts them in the trolley "We'll need to go to the pharmacy for all the post-birth stuff...I want to be prepared in case she does come early"
"You don't have to do that now" he laments, "What's going through your head?"
"I don't know" she shrugs "Just speaking to the midwife, everything seems so real all of a sudden and I just want to be prepared"
"Ok then, we'll go to the pharmacy" he nods, she just sighs and smiles as well as they go to pay for all of their stuff, they then walk to the pharmacy "Are you feeding her yourself?"
"No clue so I guess we should pick up some bottles" she sighs "I might do a bit of both depending on how she takes to me feeding her or if I like it, its best to be prepared"
"Yeah" he nods watching her pick up a couple of packs of bottles, she places them in the basket before walking to the nappy section
"Luckily I have a loyalty card" she smirks picking up a couple of packets of new-born nappies, she picks up one packet of the size that was up from new-born "Just in case she comes out big"
"Ok" he chuckles letting her place the packet in the basket "Anything else?"
"Wipes," she says picking up a couple of packets, she places them in the basket "These are the water-based ones with no fragrance, good for sensitive skin"
"You've been doing a lot of research"
"Yeah, I want her to have the best stuff" she confirms picking up a bottle of baby oil as well and putting it in the basket "Maybe we should pick up some condoms?"
"What?" he splutters, she giggles slightly biting her lip "Why?"
"To stop you from impregnating me again" she laughs, he nudges her on the arm as they walk to the feminine section "We're going to need another basket"
"Alright I'll go and get one" he passes her the basket, she nods watching him walk off to get another basket, he returns and she puts all the items she needed in the basket "Anything else?"
"I don't think so" she hums slightly pulling out her phone and checking the list "We should choose her first outfit"
"I thought you liked that one you found before..."
"I just don't think it's suitable for a newborn more like a three-month-old baby. When Ryan was born he was only dressed in a sleepsuit or whatever so I think we should do that because for all we know I could give birth at night"
"Thats true, good idea baby" he smiles she nods as they head over to the checkout, they pay and then leave "Let's put these in the car then we can go to that baby store"
"I need to pee first so you can do that whilst I go to the loo-"
"Lazy cow" he pokes her as they walk towards the car, she giggles and pouts her lips
"You know me so well baby"
They packed the car up then headed to the baby store but nothing took Carla's fancy so she was starting ot get annoyed about how she couldnt find anything that was perfect for her daughter. She had secretly vowed to herself that her baby was going to have everything she needed because this was her chance to prove to the world that she could do this and if she was honest she wanted to be better than her own mother not that it would be hard anyway and she knew that. When they got home she got the pineapple out and began to eat it without even cutting it up causing Peter to pull a face at her, he let Misty into the garden and Carla watched the dog from the patio doors whilst she sucked all the juice out of the half a pineapple she picked up.
"Weird" he comments, she frowns licking her lips and then licking the pineapple "You only do it for the juice I swear"
"Yeah but if I had pineapple juice I would pee a lot more than I want to"
"But remember what your kidney doctor said-"
"That I need to keep my urine clean" she nods with a small smile "I know Peter but she wanted pineapple so I'm giving it to her because she deserves it for moving instead of being a stubborn child and not doing what her mother wants"
"Gosh discipline is going to be fun isnt it?" he rolls his eyes chucking Misty's ball for her, Carla frowns "It'll be great"
"Rubbish save" she smirks licking the pineapple "It's burning my tongue"
"Then stop eating it" he says but the tears just fill her eyes "Why are you crying?"
"Because she wants it and you telling me to stop eating it, I cant its...no she needs it Peter you don't understand"
"Alright I'm sorry" he places his hands on either side of her arms, she shoves the pineapple into his face "Ugh Carla!"
"What she wanted to share it with you, she told me"
"Yeah of course she did, communication from the womb" he uses his sleeve to wipe his face "Ugh it's all sticky!"
"Just like us this morning"
"Oh shut up" he drones knowing she was out to be annoying today but she just giggles "What do you want for dinner anyway?"
"I thought that was obvious?"
"A kebab, should have known shouldn't I?"
"Mhm" she nods rapidly licking the pineapple and sticking her tongue out
"Stop eating it then if it's burning you" he mutters washing his face, she just eats more of it "Do the opposite of what I say then-"
"You do the opposite of what I say all the time so you can't exactly speak"
"Uh, when have I ever done the opposite of what you've said?"
"When we were going to buy Number One...you said you were pulling out of the bidding and you didnt"
"Yes well, Tracy was going to rip off my dad-"
"And looking at it now did she?" she questions raising her eyebrows and pausing her assault on her pineapple, he sighs and shakes his head
"But she was going to"
"Exactly, she didnt though and your dad is living there isnt he now so...all's well that ends well."
"I guess so...we do have our own place now and it's so much better"
"And Si's here" she reminds him "And he's getting a little sister who's literally about to kick my bladder again because she's moved"
"Entertain her then"
"How do you mean?" she frowns, Peter sits her down on the sofa, he presses he bump causing the baby to kick "So you're saying by distracting her she won't abuse my bladder and cause me to wet myself, I don't think that will work well especially when she gets bigger"
"Here" he passes her the iPad "Pick an outfit out"
"I was sending texts off to our 'Chelle she was saying hour she got these outfits for Ruairi, basically when the baby needs changing the buttons on sleepsuits are a pain she said especially when you're tired but apparently you can get these sleepsuits that have no buttons so it makes it easier"
"Oh thats a good idea, I remember from Suzie they were a right pain"
"Are you ok?" she questions taking his hand "Surely this has got to warrant some memories of her especially as this little one's a girl?"
"Yeah I mean, I thought she was mine you know"
"I know" she responds softly "That Toyah bitch had no right doing that to you-"
"Language" he scolds, she hums and cuddles into his side "But I'm ok, I think, we'll soon see I guess"
"Yeah we will" she confirms, "We'll be fine all of us"