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Steffi
Baby CohenWas it supposed to be so warm in there?
Summer had awoken from her sleep and found herself all sweaty and hot. It was late February, so why would she be sweating at all?
She looked over to Seth to see if he was hot, too. No sign of that, he was even covered in his blanket, peacefully sleeping.
Summer sighed and wiped away some sweat that had appeared on her forehead. She heaved her body out of the bed, a thing that was not to be done easily since she was now only three days away from her due date.
On tiptoes, Summer walked over to the air condition to turn it on when she first felt this pain coming through her belly.
She immediately laid a hand on her belly and propped herself with the other one on the window sill.
Was that a contraction? Had she gone to labor without noticing it?
The pain increased, and Summer clutched her hand tighter to the window sill. She hadn't been to labor before, but she knew that she was now.
Seth had to know. He had to drive her to the hospital.
When the contraction was over, Summer leant onto the wall, sighing. She was scared and excited at the same time.
She walked over to the bed and watched Seth's peacefully sleeping face. A smile crossed her face and she stroked Seth's hair.
Summer couldn't believe how much she loved him. She knew that she would always want to be with him, and now he was about to give her the greatest present a woman could imagine. He would make her a mother.
Everything could have been perfect now if it wasn't for a new contraction to come up in Summer's body.
She slowly sat down on the bedside next to Seth, breathing and waiting until the contraction was over.
Seth awoke when he heard somebody whimper right next to him. He opened his eyes and saw Summer sitting on his bedside, her eyes closed and her breathing steady.
Summer's hand was on her belly. Seth moved his hand over hers, trying to find out what was going on.
Summer didn't react at first, only a few seconds later she let out a huge sigh and looked him in the eyes.
Seth sat up, a groggy look on his face. He rubbed his eyes.
"Are you okay?" he asked softly, stroking Summer's face.
Seth watched Summer's face break into a smile. "I think I've gone into labour." She replied.
Within seconds, Seth's eyes widened and his head began shouting orders at him. He jumped up from the bed, ran over to the wardrobe and searched for something to dress, completely ignoring Summer at the moment.
His actions were interrupted by Summer's arms that hugged him from behind.
"No need to panic," she said in a calm voice. "You and me get dressed, and then we'll go to the hospital. Right?"
Seth squeezed Summer's hands. He smiled to himself. Summer prooved once again how strong she really was.
He turned around and kissed her long and passionately on the mouth.
"Right." He answered, hugging her again. "I'm just a little excited." He added.
Summer grinned. "I'm not, I'm doing this everyday, you know." she joked.
The love that Seth felt right now topped all of the feelings he had ever had for Summer. "It's time." He whispered into her ear. "We're having a baby."
Kirsten and Sandy Cohen came rushing into the hospital, heading for the reception desk.
When no one was to be seen there, Sandy nervously drummed with his fingers on the counter. "Is nobody working here?" he shouted while looked around to find a doctor or nurse.
Kirsten smiled and took Sandy's hand. "And I thought I would be the nervous one." She said and squeezed her husband's hand.
"Hey, I'm becoming a grandfather, I need to be excited." Sandy said, holding up his free hand in apology.
"Well, you… Ryan!" Kirsten let go of Sandy's hand when she spotted one of her sons walking up towards them. Ryan carried his now almost four month old baby daughter Lila and smiled at Kirsten.
"Hey, I guess I know who you're looking for." He said and gave Kirsten a hug. Sandy greeted Ryan by patting him on the shoulder.
The center of attention now was on the cute little baby girl, Kirsten and Sandy's first grandchild.
"Oooh, you seem to be getting bigger every day." Kirsten sung towars Lila's cute little face. "She looks exactly like Marissa, it's almost scary." She added.
Ryan smiled. "Yeah, maybe that's a good thing." He joked, smiling at his baby. After a short moment, he looked at Sandy and Kirsten again.
"I guess you're looking for Seth and Summer?"
Kirsten nodded. "How is the poor girl?"
Ryan smiled. "Summer's doing fine so far. The doctors say the baby could come any minute now."
"How's Seth?" Sandy asked, a knowing grin on his lips.
Ryan grinned and nodded. "Yeah, he could be better. But he could be worse, though, too."
Kirsten and Sandy exchanged a knowing look. They hadn't expected any other behavior from their son.
Ryan pointed with his head towards the corner of the hall.
"Come on now, I'll show you to Summer's room."
Summer pushed her fingernails further into Seth's arm as another contraction came rushing through her body. All she wanted right now was for this nightmare to end. She couldn't concentrate on anything else than the pain that held posession of her. She heard the doctor and the nurse talking to each other, she felt Seth's hand clutching hers, but she didn't perceive the words that were said or the things that were done. The pain numbed all of her senses, and the further the birth went on, the more Summer felt that she was fading out of this world into her own.
Seth stroked Summer's head as she started to fight another contraction. He hated to see his beloved wife suffer like this. The whole birth had been taking way too long now, and he could sense the hectic that was coming up between the nurse and the doctor. He talked to Summer in a low and comforting voice, stroking her head and just trying to be there for her. With every second that went by, Summer seemed to pass out more and more.
Seth bit his lip and looked at the doctor. He didn't like the concerned look on his face.
Suddenly, Seth felt how Summer's clutch on his arm stopped from one second to the another, and he saw that her head had slumped to one side.
The machine that took the baby's heartbeat suddenly beeped in a very high and urging tone.
The nurse ran over to Summer and tried to wake her up from her unconsciousness.
And from that moment on everything happened in an incredible fast pace.
The doctor that had already been present shoved Seth away from Summer's side and checked her vital signs. Another doctor came running into the room and hovered over Summer.
Seth's heart pounded like crazy, and he felt the adrenaline pouring through his veins. What was happening?
"What's wrong? What's wrong with her?" he shouted, while kneading his hands.
"We lost the baby's vital signs!" The nurse yelled without looking up.
Oh God. What was happening? "What about Summer?"
Seth didn't get an answer, the doctor's were too busy pulling needles and other stuff in and out Summer's lifeless body.
Suddenly it seemed like all the sheets that Summer was lying in coloring red. From the place he was standing, Seth could only see that it was Summer's blood that kept on spreading all over the bed.
Seth was scared to death as he watched the horrible scene that took place right in front of his eyes.
Before Seth could realize what was happening, the two doctors pushed Summer and her bed out of the room, ignoring him completely. Seth ran after them, dying to know what was going on with the baby, and most of all, Summer. "What's wrong? Where are you bringing her?" Seth shouted, deperate.
"We need to get your wife into the OR right now." One of the doctor's answered.
Seth had trouble to keep up with the doctors and understand what they were saying. "Why? What's wrong?"
One of the doctors broke free from the run with the bed and grabbed Seth by the shoulders. The other doctor kept on pushing Summer's bed through the long hall of the hospital. When he disappeared around the corner, Seth tried to follow him, but the first doctor wouldn't let him.
"Why are you stopping me? I want to be with my wife!" Seth screamed, totally in rage and desperation.
"Mr Cohen, you need to calm down-"
"Calm down? My whole family's been brought away and I don't know what's going on!"
The doctor sighed and told Seth to sit down on one of the chairs that were in front of them.
Seth's parents, as well as Ryan and Marissa who had watched the action from a distance now joined Seth and the doctor to find out what was happening.
The doctor sighed and sat opposite of Seth who looked desperate.
"Mr Cohen, my colleagues are bringing your wife into the OR right now."
Kirsten frowned and put a hand on her son's shoulder. "What is wrong with her?" she asked. "You told us a few minutes ago that everything was fine."
The doctor looked up at Kirsten and gave her a concerned look.
Seth sat in the chair and kept staring at the ground, kneading his hands. He perceived what was said, but he couldn't focus on it. His thoughts went out to Summer and his unborn son. His whole body ached to be with them.
"During one of her contractions Mrs Cohen passed out. We tried to awake her at first, but then we lost the baby's heartbeat. We tried to restore its vital signs but it didn't react. And then all of a sudden Mrs Cohen lost a huge amount of blood."
"So what does that mean?" Marissa asked now, wearing a concerned look on her face. She held her daughter in her arms, clutching her tight to her breast.
"We're guessing that Mrs Cohen had a placenta ablation. That would explain the huge loss of blood and the baby's vital signs."
"How serious is it?" Sandy asked, patting Seth who still sat motionless in the chair on the shoulder.
The doctor cleared his throat. "Unfortunately, it's very serious. If the baby isn't born within minutes now, and if the bleeding doesn't get fixed, then…" He gave the family a concerned look.
Seth nodded and had to fight tears. "Then they're gonna die." He whispered.
Kirsten knelt down beside him, laying her arm around his shoulder. "I'm sure they're gonna be fine. Summer's a very strong person."
Seth bit his lip. With his mother's arm around him, he couldn't help but let all of the tension of the past few hours free. Tears came running down his cheeks and he leant into his mother's embrace.
Kirsten tried to comfort him as best as she could.
The most terrible thing for the family now was to wait.
Next chapter: Who Am I?