Here's your couples yoga chapter, at first I wanted it to be comedic but then I changed my mind and wanted it to be emotional...but then it ended up being a miss of both so...enjoy!
Yawning as she woke, she was grateful in a way to be in her own bed, she stretched her limbs and frowned noticing Peter wasn't in bed with her but soon enough he emerged from the bathroom causing her to smile and giggle at his naked form. He rolled his eyes and climbed back into bed and held her, she loved just being held and there was something special about it, she was also enjoying the fact the baby was staying still for once so she could focus on the conversation other than her thoughts being distracted by protruding limbs. It had been a week since they had got back from Ireland, Carla was officially on maternity leave, well, it wasn't maternity leave as such it was more like working from home. She had made a deal with Debbie that from the end of her thirtieth week of pregnancy she would work from home up until full term where she would stop working, nine weeks to go and if she was honest, all doubts aside, she was looking forward to it.
"What on earth are you doing?" she questions peering up from her laptop, he frowns and turns to face her "You do realise the baby's not going to be here for like another two months"
"I thought you wanted to be prepared" he points out "This way we don't have to worry about all this"
"Whatever" she drones pressing a hand to her head, he sighs and rolls his eyes passing her a bottle of water
"If you have a headache drink all of this please," he says, she rolls her eyes and picks up the bottle and drinks it "Thank you"
"No problem" she rolls her eyes and sighs in annoyance "My feet are swollen"
"Well that goes with the territory" he comments, she picks up a tissue and scrunches it up before lobbing it at him
"Ugh" she complains once more, he sighs in annoyance, if he was honest her moaning really was annoying him but he knew he had no right in saying so because she was going through so much for them to have a baby "She's got her back against mine again"
"Oh love" he responds sympathetically walking over to her, he presses on her back for her as she stretches it, he kisses her on the back of the head "I know this is really painful for you when she's in that position"
"Yeah" she sighs "It's only going to hurt more when she gets bigger"
"You'll be ok sweetheart," Peter says quietly as Misty comes over to Carla, she places her front paws on Carla's lap and Carla hugs her "Is there anything you want to do today?"
"No" she shakes her head with a shrug "I need to work but maybe we could go for a walk later?"
"Yeah that sounds good" he smiles, she nods slowly before sighing in annoyance and closing her eyes "You're not going to be able to focus are you?"
"No she's really peeving me off today, she's not even moving that much it's just her position right now" she grunts, Peter chuckles slightly heading to the fridge and pulling out some pineapple, he chops it up and gives it to her "Hopefully this will make her move"
"We can hope" he smiles, she sighs and closes her eyes pressing a hand to her side to try and attempt to guide the baby away from her back
"Ah!" Carla hisses before groaning in annoyance and pulling at her hair "She kicked my bloody rib!"
"She's upside down then, head down" Peter smirks, Carla grunts and sighs, she gets up and grabs her gym ball, Peter kneels behind her hand presses on her back "Tell me what you need, I'm here"
"Hmm" she shivers slightly, he kisses her on the back of the head "I might book another one of those massages to see if they can loosen my back up and make it feel a little better"
"Alright then" he smiles "If you think it will make you feel better then go ahead with it"
"Please" she begs in response scratching her skin as her top was rolled up "Stop this please"
"Alright" he brings her in for a hug as she turns around, she cries into his shoulder "We're almost there, just over two months to go now, you can do this, you are doing this baby"
"I'm fed up" she whimpers wiping her eyes, he nods slowly kissing her on the forehead "She's really annoying me right now"
"I know she is" Peter whispers taking her laptop away, he just wanted her to relax now because he was convinced that if she relaxed then the baby would automatically not pick up on the stress of her job
"I'm just so sad" she complains, he nods listening to every word she says, his priority now was making her happy so he guides her over to the sofa and lays her down on it, he shuffles in behind her "My joints feel so stiff"
"We should do some yoga" he whispers, she grimaces and shakes her head "No? Not feeling it?"
"No" she shakes her head, he nods slowly kissing her on the back of the head "I just feel really rubbish emotionally today"
"So I'm guessing lots of cuddles are in order?"
"Yes" she nods sadly snuggling into his chest "We're struggling to fit onto this sofa"
"I've got you" he smiles as she hums into his chest, Misty jumps up onto the sofa and Carla groans in annoyance knowing she wanted a piece of the action "Hello Misty-Moo"
"What on earth was that?" she laughs, Peter frowns "Misty-Moo?"
"Yeah what about it?"
"You're so weird" she giggles, Misty nuzzles between them both and Peter raises his eyebrows "Could we have some music?"
"No" he whines, she pouts her lips and nods snuggling as close as she hums contently "Misty you're really not helping the situation here"
"Leave her alone" Carla giggles stroking Misty's head as she attempts to lick her hands, Simon enters the house
"You two are so attached" he drones chucking his coat up on the pegs that were on the wall "What's for lunch?"
"Um excuse me?" Carla scoffs, Simon raises his eyebrows and Carla thinks twice wanting to cuddle Peter so she thought if she was nice to Simon he could make her lunch "Actually...I say we have a cheese toasty"
"Seriously?" he questions, she nods enthusiastically with a grin "And I have to make these for all of you?"
"Yeah I'm cuddling your dad," she says with a grin, Simon sighs and rolls his eyes before heading into the kitchen to make them each a cheese toasty "Oh! Put some pineapple in it-"
"Carla" Peter grimaces, she pouts her lips and he sighs
"Please"
"Ok Si put a pineapple in hers," he says, she grins up at him and rubs her back for her "Is your back feeling better?"
"It's better if I lie on my side, if I'm upright it hurts a lot" she sighs, he nods slowly "Hopefully she'll shift off my spine at some point"
"She probably will" he smiles at her and she hums in response before getting up and heading into the bathroom, she returns and groans in annoyance resting her hands on the wall, he gets up and rubs her back for her
"I'm so hot"
"It is pretty hot in here and you are carrying around all that weight as well"
"Here," she says pulling up her tank top so it was resting on top of her bump, he tickles her tummy "Stop it'll probably make her all excited"
"Sorry" he chuckles as she winces "Again in the ribs?"
"Yeah" she moans pushing down on the top of her bump, Simon chuckles and places the plate of cheese toasties down on the table "Thanks Si"
"The ones to the right are the ones with pineapple in" he informs her, she nods squatting on her gym ball "How does that thing even work?"
"Well...it keeps her head down and when I reach full term it should hopefully help her exit me...quicker" she smirks at Peter who chuckles at Simon pulling a face "Oi you wanted to know"
"I'll tell you something I'm staying at my mum's when you're screaming this place down" he groans, she giggles and bites her lip "You're loud in general so who knows what you're going to be like when you're in full-blown labour"
"Ok, right thats it!" Carla shouts, Peter and Simon share a look "We're doing yoga Peter"
"What?" he questions, she sighs in annoyance and storms upstairs and returns in a sports bra, a jacket, her hair tied up as well and her yoga mat "Seriously?"
"Yes," she says with a nod, she lies her yoga mat out on the floor, Simon and Peter share a look "Peter you're helping me"
"Yeah have fun, rather you than me," Simon says before heading upstairs, Peter rolls his eyes and sits on the mat with her
"Breathing first?"
"Yeah" she nods slowly closing her eyes, he tries to ground her by holding both her hands, he watches her breathe
"Just guide your mind through the process of meeting the baby" he whispers, she nods slowly "Your body will do this Carla, you're strong, you can do this, you will meet your baby and hold her. When you feel your skin against hers you will love her, you will feel an overpowering sense of love, she will love you too and rely on you to keep her fed, keep her safe, she will love you for that"
"Ok" she breathes out leaning forward on all fours, she flexes her back and Peter wraps the sling around her tummy to support her bump "Thanks"
"No problem" he smiles "More support?"
"Yeah please" she nods allowing him to tighten the support on her tummy before she releases herself from the position "I need a wall now"
"Ok" he smiles watching her set out the mat and use the wall to prop her legs up against it, he copies her and holds her hand "Does that help?"
"Yeah it helps my feet because they're swollen" she confirms, Peter looks at her and she smiles at him "I feel much calmer now"
"I was thinking we could maybe put a playlist together for the birth so we can have some music playing in the background"
"Good idea" she smiles before coming down from her position, she hums slightly and grabs her gym ball before lying over it on her back "This is the best position oh my god!"
"It doesn't look very safe" he observes, she just hums in content at the release of pressure on her back "I'm holding your body baby because it really doesn't look safe"
"Whatever" she mumbles as he places two hands on her side, she giggles and squirms, he pulls his hands away from her "I'm ticklish stop"
"For god's sakes" he places his hands back on her sides and she squirms again and giggles before falling off the ball, luckily Peter's strength meant she didnt hurt herself "And thats why that position is bad"
"But it helped" she pouts her lips, he just laughs slightly resting his forehead against hers, her eyes flutter up to look into his and they immediately start kissing, she shifts onto his lap the best she could and it wasnt long until Peter's hands started to wander "We should stop in case Si comes down"
"It's just the skin tight...ugh" he licks his lips, she smirks taking her jacket off and posing "You're killing me"
"Hmm you can enjoy the pain I have to put up with when I can't have you all the time," she says, he laughs slightly and shakes his head "Upstairs?"
"I knew you wouldn't be able to resist" he smirks before rushing upstairs, she follows and giggles, they bump into Simon in the hallway and bite their lips
"I don't even want to know..." he trails off shaking his head at the thought, "Yeah I'm going out"
"Whatever," Carla says dragging Peter into the bedroom and slamming the door, Simon grimaces and shakes his head before going downstairs to be away from whatever Carla and his dad were doing in their bedroom...
After they had finished Carla immediately got up and had a bath, she really wanted to share a bath with Peter but it didnt exactly work when they tried as she was uncomfortable, instead he just sat beside her holding her hand as she soaked her problems away. They laughed together as they saw Carla's bump change shape where the baby was moving once more and Carla was glad that her daughter had moved away from her back, she often seemed to move down to the excitement of sex, well, Peter thought that anyway causing Carla to turn her nose up at the suggestion. Soon enough she got out and hugged him and he helped her wash her hair as she wanted to put a hair mask in it, they went downstairs after with Carla's pregnancy pillow and he got her comfy on the sofa knowing she wasn't up to doing any work today.
"Could I maybe have a hot water bottle?" she asks, Peter nods going to boil the kettle for her "Might settle your child down a bit"
"Do you want any snacks?"
"Nah I'm good actually, I'm not really that hungry today"
"Nauseous?" he questions, she shakes her head "Just not hungry eh? Unlike you"
"You make me sound like I'm starved"
"You act like it the majority of the time" he points out, she glares at him and calms down as soon as the hot water bottle is placed on her tummy
"Are you excited?"
"About?" he questions finishing off what he started that morning; preparing the room for the birth
"Meeting her?"
"Very excited, you?"
"Yep" she nods biting her lip, he smiles at her happy that she was in a good mood for once "I really want to hold her"
"And you will in a couple of months" he smiles, she giggles "She has a couple of months to grow then she'll be ready to meet you"
"I know" she grins up at him before turning her eyes to the TV "We should rearrange the room so we know what to do, we also need to check that inflatable pool for punctures or whatever"
"True we can do that now as we have nothing to do as such" he smiles, she giggles and bites her lip getting up and grabbing the box that was in the lobby, she returns and giggles putting it down on the floor, she tears it open and gets the pool out, Peter deals with the pump
"Right," he says attaching the pump then turning it on "Let's see how big this is going to be"
"We'll need to move the coffee table I think," she says taking the pump allowing Peter to drag the coffee table and put it up against the wall to allow room for the pool "It looks bigger deflated but I think it will be a good idea"
"Well when you think about it it's combining the two births you wanted isnt it together, water birth in the comfort of your own home"
"Yeah" she giggles and bites her lip, "I think we should also get an inflatable mattress as well, I want the entire lounge cosy"
"We can get whatever you want, I'll even go out and get a cheap duvet in the week and some cheap bedsheets because of possible bodily fluids and all that-"
"Ew gross" she pulls a face as the pool finished blowing up "Hmm perfect fit"
"Have you thought about what you want to wear when you're labouring?"
"Well I'll wear a bikini top in the pool...maybe some joggers and a sports bra so I have freedom I don't know I'll see how I feel"
"I feel like there's something missing to this set-up, everything seems rather squished"
"Yeah, it does" she muses looking around the room "We could move the sofa back a bit. Well at least the pool works"
"Yeah thats a good thing" he nods slowly, Carla grins up at him as he holds her, she wraps her arms around his neck, "I think everything will fall into place won't it?"
"Yeah it will"