"Dressing up for the occasion Mac?" Mary O'Brien asked.
"I was supposed to going through my promotion ceremony about now."
"I see congratulations Colonel. But what do you say we get you out of that uniform and into a robe?" She suggested.
"Please. Harm, go call Trish and see if she can change her flight and then go and get someone to check out your head."
"My head's fine." Harm insisted.
"It was pretty big bump when you hit the floor."
"Mac."
"Harm." She countered.
"Commander, she out ranks you. I'd do what she says." Mary winked at Mac.
"Okay. I'll be back soon." He dropped a kiss on her forehead.
"How long have you been having contractions?"
"Since last night I think. I just thought I had a back ache then this morning I thought they were Braxton-Hicks contractions. Then about five hours ago I realised they weren't, they were getting closer together and stronger. They're about seven minutes and 12 seconds apart now. My water broke in the car on the way over here." She said as she changed out of her uniform.
"Why didn't you come in earlier?"
"Would you believe I thought I could hold out for my promotion ceremony, but it got to eleven minutes between contractions I thought I'd better come in? So I asked if they could move it up an hour, Harm asked why I said because I was in labour so he fainted."
"Hence the bump on the head." Mac nodded. "Well that's the first time I've heard of a man fainting when someone tells him their in labour, in the delivery room yes."
"Try in the middle of the JAG HQ bullpen; they won't let him live it down anytime soon."
"So you didn't trust Admiral Chegwidden's baby delivering skills?" Mary asked, Mac had told her about Harriet giving birth in AJ's office at one of her appointments.
"As much I as I appreciate the Admiral's skills I'd rather be here."
"I don't blame you. Let's get you onto the bed and I'll take a look."
~
"Okay, you're seven centimetres. It's too late for an epidural. It will only be a couple more hours."
"Maybe I should have put off being promoted. It's definitely got bad timing."
"It got you out of all the pomp and circumspect that goes with being promoted."
"My mother-in-law was supposed to fly in tomorrow morning for my baby shower tomorrow night, we were going to pick boy's names this weekend and girl's names next weekend and I officially go on maternity leave in an hour."
"Hate to be the one to tell you this Mac but babies work on their own schedules. So you still haven't picked a name yet?"
"We picked on the way over here." She shuffled uncomfortably.
"So what did you pick?"
"Jacob Sergei for a boy and Abigail Rose for a girl." Mac replied.
"Sergei that seems a bit left of the field."
"It's Harm's brother's name. He's Russian, Harm only found out about him a few years ago. I thought I'd break my not naming it after anyone we knew rule since we ran out of time." Mac informed her. "By the way be prepared for the influx of JAG personnel."
"I'll warn the nurses. I'll send a nurse in in a few minutes and get you on the monitor. Everything will be fine and if the baby is feeling co- operative you'll be a parent before midnight."
"Thanks."
TBC
"I was supposed to going through my promotion ceremony about now."
"I see congratulations Colonel. But what do you say we get you out of that uniform and into a robe?" She suggested.
"Please. Harm, go call Trish and see if she can change her flight and then go and get someone to check out your head."
"My head's fine." Harm insisted.
"It was pretty big bump when you hit the floor."
"Mac."
"Harm." She countered.
"Commander, she out ranks you. I'd do what she says." Mary winked at Mac.
"Okay. I'll be back soon." He dropped a kiss on her forehead.
"How long have you been having contractions?"
"Since last night I think. I just thought I had a back ache then this morning I thought they were Braxton-Hicks contractions. Then about five hours ago I realised they weren't, they were getting closer together and stronger. They're about seven minutes and 12 seconds apart now. My water broke in the car on the way over here." She said as she changed out of her uniform.
"Why didn't you come in earlier?"
"Would you believe I thought I could hold out for my promotion ceremony, but it got to eleven minutes between contractions I thought I'd better come in? So I asked if they could move it up an hour, Harm asked why I said because I was in labour so he fainted."
"Hence the bump on the head." Mac nodded. "Well that's the first time I've heard of a man fainting when someone tells him their in labour, in the delivery room yes."
"Try in the middle of the JAG HQ bullpen; they won't let him live it down anytime soon."
"So you didn't trust Admiral Chegwidden's baby delivering skills?" Mary asked, Mac had told her about Harriet giving birth in AJ's office at one of her appointments.
"As much I as I appreciate the Admiral's skills I'd rather be here."
"I don't blame you. Let's get you onto the bed and I'll take a look."
~
"Okay, you're seven centimetres. It's too late for an epidural. It will only be a couple more hours."
"Maybe I should have put off being promoted. It's definitely got bad timing."
"It got you out of all the pomp and circumspect that goes with being promoted."
"My mother-in-law was supposed to fly in tomorrow morning for my baby shower tomorrow night, we were going to pick boy's names this weekend and girl's names next weekend and I officially go on maternity leave in an hour."
"Hate to be the one to tell you this Mac but babies work on their own schedules. So you still haven't picked a name yet?"
"We picked on the way over here." She shuffled uncomfortably.
"So what did you pick?"
"Jacob Sergei for a boy and Abigail Rose for a girl." Mac replied.
"Sergei that seems a bit left of the field."
"It's Harm's brother's name. He's Russian, Harm only found out about him a few years ago. I thought I'd break my not naming it after anyone we knew rule since we ran out of time." Mac informed her. "By the way be prepared for the influx of JAG personnel."
"I'll warn the nurses. I'll send a nurse in in a few minutes and get you on the monitor. Everything will be fine and if the baby is feeling co- operative you'll be a parent before midnight."
"Thanks."
TBC