Chapter
Eight:
The Doctor places a drape across Janeway abdomen. He
pulls the paper sheet over to
expose her swollen abdomen. Draws
the tricorder over her abdomen to find out where
the baby is. The
placenta is still covering her cervix she is only 9 centimeters
dilated
but that was as far as the Doctor would let her labor.
Paris is behind the Doctor
holding a laser scalpel in one hand and
a cloth in the other.
"Are you feeling anything from
where I stuck the hypospray in you back?"
"No it's
pretty numb. How long will it take for me to get my feeling back
into
my legs?"
"You should be able to feel your legs in
about 8 hours. If you don't we will have to
keep you longer than
anticipated. Are you ready to see your baby?"
"Are
you kidding I have been wanting to see our baby since the first day I
found out I
was pregnant. Lets go I can't wait another
minute."
"Alright, Mr. Paris, laser scalpel."
Paris
hands the laser scalpel over to the Doctor, and begins to make the
incision.
There is only a small amount of bleeding.
"I
see you have kept your shape you have a lot of stomach
muscles."
"Well its hard to keep in shape on this
ship so I work out with Seven in the holodeck.
She doesn't want to
admit it by I am better than she is."
"I'm sure. We
have reached the uterus soon we will be able to see your baby."
As
the Doctor reaches in Janeway can feel a lot more pressure than when
he pulled
apart her abdomen and soon Chakotay can see a mass of
blonde hair emerging from
the Captain's abdomen. It was his baby
and it was her baby. She was their child.
"I can see her
Captain only the top of her head but she is so beautiful. She looks
just
like you do."
As the Doctor reaches further in
and pulls the rest of the infant out he can see that
she is a
spitting image of her mother. A mass of blonde hair, features of her
mother
were so dormant he began to wonder where he was in there.
But than he saw it she has
his mouth and hands. She was beautiful
and he couldn't believe that it was his
daughter, his diamond ,
their diamond.
"Oh she's beautiful she looks a lot like
you Captain but I do see a bit of her father in
her not as
apparent but he is there."
"I want to see her, can I
see my baby?"
"Let me cut the cord then I will have
Paris hold her up over the curtain so you can see
her. She really
is remarkable, and so much like you. She has leadership qualities I
can
see that now. Maybe she will bring this ship home."
Janeway
nods threw tears of joy. Chakotay can barely breathe his daughter was
so
beautiful he can't get away from that, she looks so much like
her mother. Soon Chakotay cuts
the cord as Paris cleans up the
baby and wraps her in a warm, pink, blanket. While the
Doctor
finishes closing Janeway's incision Paris hands over Chakotay's
daughter to
her father. The baby lets out a content coo as she
opens her eyes only briefly but
Chakotay can see that she has deep
blue eyes, they were sure to be brown when she
got older.
A
few hours later...
Janeway is holding her daughter and tracing
every crease every mark on her daughter's
face. She was so
beautiful. The Doctor hands a bottle of warmed formula until
Janeway's body begins to produce milk for the baby. Chakotay is
sitting nearby on a chair as he watches in amazement as their
daughter feeds hungrily from the bottle.
"We are going to
have to put a name on this certificate soon do you have one
picked
out yet?"
"Well we did have Natalea Faith
Janeway but as soon as I saw her I knew that she
was not a Natalea
Faith she was an Isabella Rae Janeway."
"Isabella
Rae, Isabella is french for beautiful isn't it?"
"Yes
and what better name could we give our daughter than one that says
how
beautiful she is."
weeks early. Outside of some respiratory problems shortly after she was born she is as
healthy as a full term infant."
"Thank goodness, I don't know what I would have done if she would have been sick
for several weeks."
"Please don't talk about that she is a fighter just like her parents. Some people have requested if you are in the mood for some company."
"Sure the more the merrier. Bring them in."
The Doctor unlocks Sickbay's maternity recovery room to welcome in some of the
crew. B'Elanna is the first to enter with Miral, following closely behind were Naomi
and her Mother and Neelix.
"Hello everyone. Come on in come and see our daughter."
"She's so tiny Captain."
"She was nearly six weeks premature Naomi, now that Isabella is here I am going to
need my Captain Assistant more than ever as well as a baby sitter."
"I'm here for whatever reason you need me Captain. Now can I hold her?"
"Sure be careful with her head. Samantha would you take her over to Naomi."
"Sure captain. Naomi take a seat here in my chair I have held her a lot today I just
can't get enough of her."
"I was the same way with my daughter Chakotay it must be a father thing."
"I'm sure. Come on Naomi here take this seat your mom will had Isabella over to you
since Captain Janeway is a little sore from her cesarean."
"Sure Commander."
Naomi takes a seat next to Janeway and Samantha hands the child over to her
daughter."
"I just can't believe how tiny she is."
B'Elanna brings Miral over to where Naomi is seated and kneels down. The young
Klingon infant smiles as Naomi faces Miral.
"This is going to be your best friend Miral, her name is Isabella. You are only a few
months older than her but I am sure you will be the best of friends."
B'Elanna looks into Janeway's direction
"Just as your mothers are."
TBC...