Title: Chapter 10- The Waiting Game Part 2
Author: Gillian Leigh
Disclaimer: See an earlier installment...
"Ohhhhhhh, Fox it hurts," Scully said, huffing and puffing from her hospital bed.
"Are they getting stronger? Or closer together?"
"Both," she said, resolving not to be nasty this time around. "We are *never* doing this again." Mulder smiled and kissed her forehead. They had induced labor eighteen hours ago, and Scully was forgoing all pain medication, just to be 100% sure that there would be no problems with the umbilical cord and placenta blood that would go to their sons. They were avoiding a C-section at all costs, because there would be a greater loss of blood, and it as easier to save it if Scully gave birth naturally. She just prayed there would be enough for her three sons. If not, she could find herself becoming pregnant with another genetically perfect little girl, in order to save Wes and Charlie.
Dr. Beecher, and Will's doctors, Dr. Jenson and Dr. Barman, were all going to be present for the delivery. Will was already prepped for the transplant, but they had to wait to do anything for the twins. They had to determine how much blood was left. Dr. Barman had already warned that, though there might be blood left to give the twins, they might need another separate transplant later on.
"Would you do this again, for Wes and Charlie?" She looked up at him.
"Of course. I wouldn't hesitate for a moment to go through this another time for them."
"Well, we'd be forgoing tradition if we were trying to get pregnant, but there's a first time for everything, I guess," he said. She smiled at him before another contraction hit. She screamed, and Dr. Beecher said,
"Well, I think Dana's subtly letting us know that it's time to push." The two male doctors chuckled, and Scully resisted the urge to regress to swearing like the sailor's daughter that she was. She couldn't stop herself from hurling a few obscenities, and the doctors immediately shut up.
"That's my girl, Dana," Mulder whispered and grinned as Scully got the go-ahead to push. She only pushed a half a dozen times before a fourth Mulder child entered the world, kicking and screaming, letting everyone know that she was cold, and tired, and she wanted to go back to where it was warm. There was a scurry to save the umbilical cord blood, and the placenta, which meant that Mulder couldn't cut the cord. After a few minutes, they handed the baby to Scully. To their surprise, she had red hair covering her scalp in a fine layer.
"What're you going to call her?" Dr. Beecher asked, checking on her patients.
"Ava. Ava Faith Mulder," Scully said, kissing her daughter's tiny hand.
"She's beautiful. Now, Fox, if you'll come with me, Dr. Barman and Dr. Jenson are ready in the OR. I promise you can see your wife and daughter again soon. Dana, we'll wheel you up to see William in a little while, alright?" Dr, Beecher stated. Scully nodded, torn between joy because their son would be saved, and panic, because they might not have enough blood for Charlie and Wes.
All that was left to do was to wait, and pray.
A/N: Sorry this one is so short. It's finals time again, and I'm losing my mind! I promise that as soon as they're over I'll post more. I've got a couple stories I'm working on at once.. so we'll see how that goes...Thanks for sticking with me! (Look for 11 and 12 soon!)
