Yes, I know. It's been FOREVER! But, I'm determined to finish this, so HERE I GO! It's gonna be over soon, I promise! This is the last one in the series, so I hope you've enjoyed reading them all as much as I have writing them!

I was in labor for 9 hours total. It wasn't too bad, actually, because I had 3 children already and she was 2 months early so she was tiny.

When she came out, she made no noise. I was so nervous in that moment. All I wanted was for my baby to cry. I wanted her to look at me and cry for me.

The doctors took her away right after she was out. I barely got to see my child before they ran to do tests or surgeries or whatever they were going to do. My baby didn't deserve this! She should be here in my arms right now, full grown baby, not premature.

"You did great, baby. Don't worry, we'll get to see her soon," Michael tried to sooth my conscious, but was no help really. All I wanted was my baby.

"No we won't, Michael. You know that, I know that. We won't be able to hold our baby for a long time, Michael, and its all my fault," I practically yelled and burst into tears.

"Maria, look at me!" he moved my face so I was looking him right in the eyes. "This is NOT your fault, okay? Don't EVER think that. She just wanted to come early, baby, and she's gonna be fine! She's gonna pull through. If she's too far gone to be saved, Max will help her, Maria. Don't worry."

"Michael, we don't need Max to save our baby. We're gonna do this the normal way, you got that? If she's suppose to live, she'll live. If not, well... I don't want to worry about that right now because I know she's gonna pull through. She's got DeLuca in her blood. We DeLuca women are real fighters," I stated and we stopped talking. It was just getting too painful to talk about our daughter possibly not making it.

"Mr. and Mrs. Guerin? I don't want to worry you more than you are right now, but as you know the lungs are developed more into the last couple of months. Now, her lungs are not completely developed yet, so she's going to be in an incubator until she can breathe on her own. Everything else seems fine, except she can't breathe on her own. Michael, you can go see her now, if you'd like, but Maria you can't leave the bed just yet. You'll have to wait until tomorrow morning when Michael can wheel you out to see her, alright?"

"No, it's not alright! Why can't I be wheeled out now? I want to see my baby!" I yelled at her.

"I know you do, Mrs. Guerin, but you cannot leave this bed until tomorrow morning, that is an order. Now, Mr. Guerin if you'd like to see your baby, take some pictures for Maria to look at, come with me. There are some people who would like to visit with Mrs. Guerin."

He looked at me. He hated to leave me like that, but I wanted him to at least see our baby. He kissed my forehead. "I'll take some pictures, baby, but I know that doesn't make up for it. Try to think about tomorrow morning when you get to see our baby, okay?" I nodded and he left.

"Shall I send in your guests, Maria?" the doctor asked.

I nodded. "Anything to get my mind off my daughter right now."

Two minutes later, Liz, Max, Brandon, Mikey, and Nathan came through the door. "Hey, pretty girl," Max said and kissed my forehead. "How ya doing?"

"I've been better, Max. C'mere Lizzie!"

She hugged me close. "Oh, Ria! I'm so sorry! This wasn't suppose to happen like this! When I told you earlier that I wanted you to have your baby soon, I didn't mean today!"

She pulled back and I half smiled. "I know, Lizzie. If you don't mind, you guys are suppose to take my mind off of running out of this room to see my baby!"

"Mama! I tought I was ya baby!" Nathan said and I smiled.

I motioned to Max to help my three little boys onto the bed with me. "You are my baby! All three of you are my sweet baby boys. And now you have a little sister."

"Where, mama? Where is she?" Brandon said, looking around.

"Well, she's a little sick, honey. See she was born earlier than mommy expected and now she's gotta be taken care of by the doctors for a little while."

"How long?" Mikey asked.

"I don't know, baby. I wish I did," I said and I kissed his cheek. "I'm so happy you guys wanted to come visit me! I've missed you!"

"Mama! You jus saw us a lil while a go! You can't miss us already!" Brandon exclaimed.

I laughed. "Yes, I can! I can miss you whenever I want to!"

I spent the afternoon in bed with my boys, talking about their toys, school and anything their little minds could handle. They had lots of questions about their sister, but I didn't know how to answer them. I didn't get to see her for more than a second.

Night time came soon. Visiting hours were over so Max and Liz took the boys home with them until Michael was gonna pick them up from their house. Michael and I were alone in the room.

"You have to go home, babe. I'll be fine! I promise I won't sneek out to see the baby until the morning," I joked and he cracked a small smile.

"I'm staying with you, Maria. Max and Liz agreed to have the boys stay over for tonight. We're going to see the baby together tomorrow, okay? Go to sleep, baby. The sooner you sleep, the sooner you get to see the baby."

I nodded and made myself comfortable before falling asleep.

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