"I can see a head", the doctor shouted. "Come on, Rachel, we need you to push.."
Rachel took a deep breath and silently prayed to herself. She pushed as hard as she could and the next thing she knew…"Mrs. Greene, you are now the mother of a beautiful baby girl", she smiled.
"Oh, my God. This is my baby, look how beautiful she is, Ross", she said. Just then the doctor gasped in horror.
"We have to do a C-section, now!", she sent her nurse running for supplies.
"What's going on, is the baby going to be okay", she asked frantically.
"The baby is breech, which means it is upside down in the birth canal. We need to get it out now. Now, this is a very common procedure, but with premature births, there is some risk involved", she informed, regrettably. Her nurse arrived with the equipment and there was no time to finish explaining. She hastily gave Rachel a drug to numb the pain, and began to cut.
Soon, there was screaming. "Where is my baby? Is my baby alright", she asked, slurring her words, still drowsy from the painkiller.
"We have to take her to run some tests, just to be sure", with that she ran out of the room with the baby in her arms. The nurse then explained that when there are complications with birth, it is mandatory that they immediately run tests, although everything seemed to fine with their child. With that Ross let out a huge sigh of relief. The nurse smiled and left the room.
"Rach, Rachel, how are you feeling", he asked, trying to revive her from her trance. Fortunately, the drugs seemed to be wearing off after about 45 minutes, just as Ross was losing his patients.
"Where are the kids? Are they okay? What happened?"
"They're both fine. They just took them to run some tests." Before he could say anything else, the doctor walked in with a huge grin on her face and a baby in each arm. "Mrs. Greene, Mr. Gellar, I am pleased to inform you that your daughter and your son are perfectly healthy", she confirmed as she handed each of the proud parents one of their children.
Rachel cried joyfully as she held her son. "Ross, thank-you so much for being here, for coming back. You have no idea how much it means to me for my children to have a father." He smiled back at her as the gang walked in and let out a simultaneous chorus of 'awwwwww'.
"They are gorgeous babies, Rachel", Monica admired.
"Ross, the boy looks just like you", Joey commented.
"Poor kid", Chandler joked.
"Hey, what are you guys going to name them", Phoebe wondered.
Rachel and Ross just looked at each other and back at Phoebe afraid of what she might suggest.
"Okay, I have the perfect names. Delilah and Sebastian", she grinned.
The all just looked at her and rolled their eyes, not sure why her off-the-wall comments shocked them after all these years.
"Well, I have always liked the name Sydney for a girl", Rachel suggested. "Do you want to pick the boy's name", she looked at Ross.
"You know, my grandfather always told me 'In each lifetime a little rain must fall, but the sun will always light your path'. Now, I finally appreciate it how important it is, especially with all that we've all been through in these past few months. In memory of him, I would like to name our son Cole.
"That's a beautiful name, and perfect for our son", she replied softly as she kissed her children lovingly on the cheek. Monica hugged Chandler as she wiped a solitary tear from her face. She was so happy for them, and she would have liked to think that was a tear of joy, not jealousy.