March 4th, 2003

Week 41

9:03 am

Randi sat in front of the television as Live with Regis and Kelly started. She had a jar of hot peppers in her hand, which she was eating. She was completely miserable. Lyric was a week over due. Lyric was going to be huge. Dave walked in and looked at his wife.

"You know, I hate Regis a lot." She said.

"Then why do you watch this show?" Dave sat next to her.

"I like Kelly Ripa." She said, "She's funny and sooo much better than Kathie Lee." Dave nodded as if he cared.

"Well, that's great." Dave said. Randi looked at Dave as she finished the last pepper in the jar. She gave Dave an evil look. He sighed deeply. "She can't stay in there forever so don't worry."

"You think I can start charging her rent." Randi chuckled, "A hundred bucks a day."

"Sounds reasonable to me." Dave said sitting back and watching the TV. He shook his head; "Regis is really as dumb as isn't he? Does he do any kind of research?" Randi shook her head.

"No. I don't think so." Randi slowly pulled her body off of the couch. "Be right back. The peppers are gone." Randi chuckled and wobbled into the kitchen. "Peppers are the best food in the world." She mumbled to herself. In the past week, Randi consumed four jars of jalepeno peppers. She pulled the jar out and put it on the counter. She suddenly felt nauseous. Randi in haled deeply. "Oh god." She felt a warm liquid running down her. She ran her hand over her stomach. "Finally." She inhaled again and waddled to the living room. "Dave come on."

"Come on what?" Dave asked.

"My water broke." She said. Dave jumped up.

"Really? REALLY?? It's time???" Dave took her trembling hand. She nodded.

"Yeah. It's time." Randi said almost in tears, Dave wrapped his arm around her waist and led her outside. He helped her in the car and he kissed her softly.

"Lyric is coming, Baby." He said.

"I know." Randi moaned, "I can feel her coming."

"Okay, we'll be at County in fifteen minutes." Dave said jumping in the car.

10:17 am

Janet pulled a chair over in front of Randi.

"How are you doing?" She asked snapping the plastic gloves on. Randi moaned slightly.

"These contractions are horrible." She said.

"I can get you some drugs if you want." Janet said as she examined Randi, "Well, You're going to be here for awhile. You're only five centimeters."

"It'll be today though, right?" Randi asked, "I don't think I can wait another day."

"It'll definitely be by this evening at the latest." Janet said. "You sure you don't want any medication?"

"I'm sure." Randi said, "I'm want to try to do this naturally."

"All right. I will be back in an hour to see how you're doing." Janet smiled softly at Randi and Dave before she walked out. Dave ran his hand over Randi's head.

"We've only been at it for an hour." He said, "We have hours and hours ahead of us."

"Us? Us?? It's me, Dave!" She snapped, "You're not pushing a melon from a straw! I am!"

"Yeah. You are." Dave sighed, "Gram is coming with Ireland soon."

"Good. I miss my baby." Randi whimpered. "She's a big sister. Sh-She should be here."

"She'll be here, Baby." Dave said softly. Randi lay there.

"I can't wait for her to be here. I really cant." Randi said softly

4:34 PM

"Oh god." Randi moaned loudly. She breathed deeply through her nose and exhaled through her mouth. "We're not having five babies."

"Okay, sweetheart." He said as he rubbed her back slowly. "Just breath."

"Easier said than done." Randi moaned. "I want this over with. Make it over with."

"I can't Baby." He said, "Just breathe and she'll come. Lyric will be here soon. Don't worry."

"Are we ready to have her here?" Randi asked, "Is her nursery done? Do we have everything?"

"We're completely ready." Dave said, "Her nursery has been finished for weeks. We have everything. Good thing about having an older girl. We have enough clothes to last us a lifetime."

"I guess." Randi whispered, "I'm so scared."

"Why? For weeks you've been moaning about how ready you are for this." Dave said.

"I'm not ready." Randi said as she started to cry. "I'm n-not r-ready." Dave bit his lip. He didn't know what to say. She was like this with Ireland too. He assumed it was a natural pre-pushing ritual.

"I'm ready, Randi." Dave said softly. "I'm ready to have my little girl here. It's going to be great, Randi. We're going to have two gorgeous little girls. It's going to be perfect."

"Contraction." She moaned taking his hand. Dave sighed and held her hand tightly. Randi groaned loudly as the pain tore through her body. She couldn't wait for all of this to be over with. She wanted the pain to be over with. Janet walked in.

"How is she doing?" Janet asked.

"Contractions are two minutes apart." Dave said.

"Very good." Janet said, "Let's see how dilated you are."

"I better be ten." Randi panted laying back down. Janet shook her head.

"You're six centimeters." Janet said, "You're coming along nicely. In three or four hours, she should be here."

"Great." Dave smiled, "Thank you."

8:17 PM

"I need to fucking push!!!" Randi cried, "Get fucking Dr. Coburn!"

"She's coming, Baby." Dave said.

"I can't wait, Dave." Randi moaned, "I need to push. I need to push badly." Dave swept her sweaty hair off of her neck. Janet jogged in.

"You called?" She smiled.

"It's time." Dave said, "Randi really needs to push." Janet nodded sitting in front of Randi.

"Okay, let's see." Janet said. Randi moaned and nodded.

"I need to. Tell me it's time." She whispered. Janet nodded with a smile.

"It certainly is time." She said. The nurses rushed around the room to get everything ready.

"Thank god." Randi mumbled. Dave smiled nervously. It was time. She was going to have the baby. "We're going to have a baby." Dave smiled.

"Finally." Dave smiled.

"Okay, next contraction, Randi, push with all you can." Janet said. Randi nodded and took Dave's hand. She took in a deep breath as soon as the contraction came. Randi started to push as hard as she could. It felt like such a relief to be pushing. "Beautiful, Randi, and exhale."

"Oh god." Randi panted laying back down. "AM I don't yet?" Janet chuckled slightly.

"You have a few more pushes to go." She said, "All right. Next one, push. Count for her Dave." Dave nodded.

"All right." Dave smiled softly. Randi groaned loudly She grabbed his hand and started to push. "One…Two….Three….four…five. Go, Randi, you're doing it. six…seven….eight…nine…and ten." Randi exhaled.

"Oh god. Oh god." She whimpered.

"You're doing fine." Dave said.

"So much work." Randi whispered with tiredness. Dave smiled kissing her forehead.

"I know, but you're doing wonderful." He said.

"Listen to your husband." Janet smiled, "I can see the baby's head. All right, the next push will do a lot."

"Okay." Randi groaned gearing up again. She gritted her teeth.

"One. Two. Three. Four. Great, Randi." Dave said, "Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine and ten."

"Oh fuck." Randi cried. "I can't do this, Dave. I can't."

"Yes, you can." Dave said. "You're doing wonderful."

"I can see her hair. She has beautiful brown hair." Janet smiled softly.

"I w-want her out!!" Randi sobbed.

"Push then, Randi." Janet said, "Push with all your might." Randi took in a deep and started to push.

"Oh shit. Shit. Shit." Randi cried out loudly, "Get the fuck out!!" She screamed. Janet smiled.

"That's it, Randi. She's coming." Janet said. Randi closed her eyes and pushed some more. "Perfect. Her head is coming. Come on, Randi, push harder."

"Fuck!" Randi hissed.

"That's it!" Dave grinned, "You're doing great!"

"Her head it out." Janet said. "Suction."

"Her heads out?" Randi grinned with tears in her eyes. Dave nodded looking down. His daughter's head was out.

"She's beautiful, baby." Dave grinned. His own eyes were filling with tears.

"All right, Randi. You have her shoulders next." Janet said, "That's the hard part, but you can do it."

"I can. I can do it." Randi gritted her teeth; "I can do it." Randi started to push. The room seemed to fade around her and she was completely focused on what she was doing. Sweat poured down her body. She had to get this baby out. She wanted to see what Lyric looked like. She wanted to hold her.

"Beautiful." Dave said.

"She's coming." Janet smiled, "Beautiful." Randi pushed harder until she felt a sudden release. The room was filled with a room wonderful sound; a baby's cry. Randi and Dave were surprised. They looked down to see Janet holding up a baby. "Congratulations. You have a beautiful baby girl.

"Oh god." Randi sobbed softly. "Sh-She's so beautiful." Janet laid the baby on Randi's chest, "Hi there. Hi. I'm your Momma." Randi looked up at Dave.

"She's beautiful." Dave whispered, "She looks just like you."

"Lyric is finally here." Randi whispered. She was so tired. Dave smiled kissing Lyric's head. "She looks like Ireland, with Hazel eyes. Go get Ireland." Dave nodded and left the room. "Thank you for finally coming, Lyric. Mommy was getting very tired of being pregnant." Dave walked in with Ireland in his arms. She was wearing a 'I'm a big sister' T-shirt.

"Mama! Mama!" Ireland cheered.

"Hi, baby." Randi smiled, "I have someone I want you to meet." Dave sat on the edge of the bed. Ireland grinned looking at Lyric.

"Bebe! Bebe!" Ireland cooed.

"That's right, Pumpkin." Dave smiled, "Ireland, this is your baby sister, Lyric."

"Lyric, this is your big sister, Ireland." Randi smiled softly. She looked up at Dave. "Our family. This is our family."

"Our perfect family." Dave said. He kissed Randi softly. She was finally here.