CAHPTER: Special Delivery
Max sat up on the hospital bed with her legs open. Her water broke four hours ago. She began to wonder if that long wait was normal. She always thought immediately after the water broke. She'll be pushing the baby out. But she was in still there playing a guessing game with Alec.
" Guess what I'm thinking now?" she asked.
" You're thinking how it's taking so long."
"Exactly," she said. " I'm wondering. Ahhh," she let out a painful scream. She grabbed to the edge of the bed. " Oh my god."
" Another contraction?" Dr Carr asked sticking her head in the door. " It's almost time. " Alec help her with those breathing exercises, she almost ready to deliver."
Max had four contractions before and that this was the most intense. The first one felt like a mare tickle. This one had her seeing butterflies. She began to breath, in and out in a rhythmic manner. " Is this supposed to hurt so much?" She asked the doctor.
" It usually does." She informed putting on her gloves. " Are you sure you don't want any pain killers?" Max had requested that she not be attached to any medial equipment or be given any drugs. She also requested that there be one doctor in the room, much to Dr Carr's distress. Delivering a baby wasn't the easiest thing on earth.
" Yes I'm positive." That was followed by another painful yell.
" Max I think you should take it," Alec suggested.
" I'll never forgive you for this, just get away from me?" Max shouted felling another sharp pain travel through her body.
Alec opened his eyes wide. His expression caught Dr Carr's eyes. " Don't worry it's perfectly normal for them to start to hate the father." She said smiling. She walked over to Max and pushed her legs wider open. " Ok Max, I want you to give your first push," she said in a very calm voice. " On the count of three. One, two, three." Max let out a painful grunt. " One more," Max pushes again. She looked down between Max's opened legs. " In about forty five minutes you'll have a new baby."
" What?" Max shouted. She had to go though this for forty-five more minutes.
" You're doing really well actually," she told her in a cram voice.
Alec sat on his chair while Max fussed about the pain. " Do you want me to hold your hand?" he asked her.
" Yes that will be nice," she said changing her frown to a smile.
" It's not wise that you do that." Dr Carr said.
" Why not?" Max and Alec asked together.
" She could break you hand when it gets too intense," she told them smiling. " You could just hold on to the bed and continue doing those breathing exercises."
Max pouted and continued to breath in and out. She felt another shot of pain travel through her body, she grabbed on to the bars of the bed. She had a feeling that those breathing exercises weren't helping one bit.
Dr Carr (Sam) moved back to in front of her open legs. " Ok Max push," she said with her usual calm voice. " On the count of three. one two thee." Max pushed as hard as she could. She took a deep breath again. " Ok again." Max pushed again. Max pushed again. " one more time." Max gave the push all the energy she had left. She let out a few obscene words at Alec when she was finished.
A considerable amount pushes later.
" Ok Max I can see the head." Sam informed. " A few more pushes."
" What do you think I'm doing," she said pushing.
" You're almost there. Three more pushes." She said holding her hand out.
Max let out a violent push. She was tied of pushing and she wanted it to end. She screamed at the last push. She felt the baby leave her wound. She fell backwards.
She couldn't believe Max did that with one push. The baby started to cry. She cut the umbilical cord. She wiped it off with a damp towel and wrapped it in a dry towel after. She saw Alec wake from his trance. She walked over and handed the baby to Max. " Congratulations, your baby is one hundred percent healthy."
Max took the baby with trembling hands. Alec sat next to her. " Is it a boy or a girl?" he asked dazed at the small human that was in front of him. Max raised the towel, " it's a girl." She whispered. " Isn't she beautiful."
Alec took the baby in his arms and began to walk around the room with her. She stopped crying. He looked down at her. She was indeed the most beautiful child he had ever seen. " Hello," he said hardly able to control his emotions. " I'm you daddy, can you say daddy?"
" Ah I don't think she could talk yet." Sam said. She was attending to Max. " So did you come up with a name for her?"
" How 'bout Shortie," Max suggested trying to fix her hair back into place. She didn't want Alec to see her looking so haggish.
" How 'bout Belle?" he said looking into her Hazel eyes, which he assumed she got from him.
" I like that," she aid straightening up. " Now Alec can I have my baby, I hardly got to see her."
" Well she's mine too," he said still walking around with her.
" How 'bout you both look at her," Sam suggested. She had never seen people argue over holding a baby before.
" Ok," he said still not keeping his eyes off of her. He walked to Max's bed. And handed her to Max. " That's your mommy," he informed.
" I'm the one who you were in before." She said holing her tiny hands. " God I can't believe we have her already."
" I know," he said kissing Max on her forehead but still keeping his eyes on Belle. He had a strange feeling like someone would take her away. " I told you it was a girl."
" Yeah, but she is just as good as a boy and besides girls kick ass."
" But she likes me more."
" How do you know that?" she asked in shock at his pettiness. " Did she tell you that?"
" Well she keeps looking at me."
She looked at he direction of the baby's eye. She did seem particularly amused by Alec, but then again who wouldn't be?
NOTE: This wasn't as hard as I expected. I tried to get around all the technical stuff. I actually wrote this with my biology book close by. Review please.
Max sat up on the hospital bed with her legs open. Her water broke four hours ago. She began to wonder if that long wait was normal. She always thought immediately after the water broke. She'll be pushing the baby out. But she was in still there playing a guessing game with Alec.
" Guess what I'm thinking now?" she asked.
" You're thinking how it's taking so long."
"Exactly," she said. " I'm wondering. Ahhh," she let out a painful scream. She grabbed to the edge of the bed. " Oh my god."
" Another contraction?" Dr Carr asked sticking her head in the door. " It's almost time. " Alec help her with those breathing exercises, she almost ready to deliver."
Max had four contractions before and that this was the most intense. The first one felt like a mare tickle. This one had her seeing butterflies. She began to breath, in and out in a rhythmic manner. " Is this supposed to hurt so much?" She asked the doctor.
" It usually does." She informed putting on her gloves. " Are you sure you don't want any pain killers?" Max had requested that she not be attached to any medial equipment or be given any drugs. She also requested that there be one doctor in the room, much to Dr Carr's distress. Delivering a baby wasn't the easiest thing on earth.
" Yes I'm positive." That was followed by another painful yell.
" Max I think you should take it," Alec suggested.
" I'll never forgive you for this, just get away from me?" Max shouted felling another sharp pain travel through her body.
Alec opened his eyes wide. His expression caught Dr Carr's eyes. " Don't worry it's perfectly normal for them to start to hate the father." She said smiling. She walked over to Max and pushed her legs wider open. " Ok Max, I want you to give your first push," she said in a very calm voice. " On the count of three. One, two, three." Max let out a painful grunt. " One more," Max pushes again. She looked down between Max's opened legs. " In about forty five minutes you'll have a new baby."
" What?" Max shouted. She had to go though this for forty-five more minutes.
" You're doing really well actually," she told her in a cram voice.
Alec sat on his chair while Max fussed about the pain. " Do you want me to hold your hand?" he asked her.
" Yes that will be nice," she said changing her frown to a smile.
" It's not wise that you do that." Dr Carr said.
" Why not?" Max and Alec asked together.
" She could break you hand when it gets too intense," she told them smiling. " You could just hold on to the bed and continue doing those breathing exercises."
Max pouted and continued to breath in and out. She felt another shot of pain travel through her body, she grabbed on to the bars of the bed. She had a feeling that those breathing exercises weren't helping one bit.
Dr Carr (Sam) moved back to in front of her open legs. " Ok Max push," she said with her usual calm voice. " On the count of three. one two thee." Max pushed as hard as she could. She took a deep breath again. " Ok again." Max pushed again. Max pushed again. " one more time." Max gave the push all the energy she had left. She let out a few obscene words at Alec when she was finished.
A considerable amount pushes later.
" Ok Max I can see the head." Sam informed. " A few more pushes."
" What do you think I'm doing," she said pushing.
" You're almost there. Three more pushes." She said holding her hand out.
Max let out a violent push. She was tied of pushing and she wanted it to end. She screamed at the last push. She felt the baby leave her wound. She fell backwards.
She couldn't believe Max did that with one push. The baby started to cry. She cut the umbilical cord. She wiped it off with a damp towel and wrapped it in a dry towel after. She saw Alec wake from his trance. She walked over and handed the baby to Max. " Congratulations, your baby is one hundred percent healthy."
Max took the baby with trembling hands. Alec sat next to her. " Is it a boy or a girl?" he asked dazed at the small human that was in front of him. Max raised the towel, " it's a girl." She whispered. " Isn't she beautiful."
Alec took the baby in his arms and began to walk around the room with her. She stopped crying. He looked down at her. She was indeed the most beautiful child he had ever seen. " Hello," he said hardly able to control his emotions. " I'm you daddy, can you say daddy?"
" Ah I don't think she could talk yet." Sam said. She was attending to Max. " So did you come up with a name for her?"
" How 'bout Shortie," Max suggested trying to fix her hair back into place. She didn't want Alec to see her looking so haggish.
" How 'bout Belle?" he said looking into her Hazel eyes, which he assumed she got from him.
" I like that," she aid straightening up. " Now Alec can I have my baby, I hardly got to see her."
" Well she's mine too," he said still walking around with her.
" How 'bout you both look at her," Sam suggested. She had never seen people argue over holding a baby before.
" Ok," he said still not keeping his eyes off of her. He walked to Max's bed. And handed her to Max. " That's your mommy," he informed.
" I'm the one who you were in before." She said holing her tiny hands. " God I can't believe we have her already."
" I know," he said kissing Max on her forehead but still keeping his eyes on Belle. He had a strange feeling like someone would take her away. " I told you it was a girl."
" Yeah, but she is just as good as a boy and besides girls kick ass."
" But she likes me more."
" How do you know that?" she asked in shock at his pettiness. " Did she tell you that?"
" Well she keeps looking at me."
She looked at he direction of the baby's eye. She did seem particularly amused by Alec, but then again who wouldn't be?
NOTE: This wasn't as hard as I expected. I tried to get around all the technical stuff. I actually wrote this with my biology book close by. Review please.