Chapter 33

Arizona's P.O.V:

I never thought I'd be so happy when September had finally arrived. I'm now two weeks away from my due date. Since the baby shower three weeks ago, Callie and Tim had been working hard, not only on my room, but on Callie's extra bedroom as well to make sure everything was done for when baby Robbins-Torres arrived. While they got all the furniture put together, Teddy and I had managed to get all the new baby clothes washed, dried, and folded. I even got into one of my moods and decided to rearrange our living room. Callie was a little pissed when she heard that I moved everything myself, but Teddy assured her that it was okay and that it was normal for women to do that sort of thing, especially this close to delivery. Once we got everything done, we decided to chill out for the night and watch a movie and relax. Which was fine by me since I had felt crampy off and on all day. So, here we are, sitting on her bed, watching Halloween. Which I absolutely hated. I leaned back against her headboard, doing everything in my power to get comfortable, but nothing worked. I have shifted positions so many times, it was starting to really frustrate me. I shifted once more just Teddy walked back into the bedroom with our snacks and drinks.

"Can't you ever sit still?" she says, handing me the glass.

"Thank you," I say, taking a sip. I tried to shift again, to see if that would help, but it only frustrated the both of us even more.

"Dude, stop moving so much," she snaps.

"I can't help it Teddy," I say, giving her an evil glare, "I have been trying to get comfortable since the movie fucking started and no matter how I sit, I can't get comfortable,"

"If you keep moving, you're going to end up dumping your water all over both of us,"

"Then tell him to get out already," I growl.

"He will come out when he's ready, Arizona. Just give her some time. She still has two weeks left. Now sit still and watch the damn movie. Oh, I love this part," she squeals, turning her attention back to the movie.

"He should be ready now. I mean, come on, he literally dropped into position two weeks ago. What the fuck is taking him so long?"

"Look, as I said, she will be here when she's ready, now chill out. God, you've been so whiny lately. And you actually do look uncomfortable," She laughs, putting a couple pieces of popcorn in her mouth.

"I am fucking uncomfortable," I snap, changing positions again, "And it shouldn't be up to him. He's not that one who has to deal with getting kicked in the ribs or having to pee every five minutes,"

My sister-in-law just looks at me and laughs. I'm glad she finds this all funny because I sure the hell don't. I can't wait until her and Tim decide to have a baby in a few years, then I can laugh at her.

"This isn't fucking funny. It fucking hurts. I can't sleep anymore, and every time I try, I get kicked in the ribs. It's like he has radar. and the other day, when Callie and I were watching a movie, he lodged himself up into my ribs. It hurt so bad that Callie thought I was in labor because of the way I was breathing. He about gave her a heart attack,"

"Look, it's all part of pregnancy, Arizona. Nothing you can do right now. You just have to deal with it until she arrives. Now, do us both a favor by shutting up and watch this movie?"

"Oh, screw the fucking movie," I say, crossing my arms. I looked back at the screen and tried focusing on the movie.

"I thought Callie was coming over to watch this with us,"

"She was going to, but something happened at work, so Doug asked if she could come in,"

"At 8:45 at night?" she asks, raising her brow.

"Yeah, she's trying to get much time in as she can before the baby gets here," I say, shifting once more.

"I understand. So, have you two settled on a name yet?" She asks, placing a pillow behind my back to see if it would help me get comfortable.

"Thanks. And yeah, I think we finally found one we liked,"

"Awww, what did you guys decide?"

Just as I was about to tell her, I felt something pop within me. When I went to move my left leg, my eyes got wide when I suddenly felt a lot of wetness, "Oh fuck." I gasp out.

"What? what's..." before she could finish her sentence, Teddy jumps off the bed quickly, "What the fuck? Why is the bed all wet?" I turned my head to face her and just gave her a blank stare, "Arizona, what's wrong?"

"I think my water just broke," I tell her, my voice coming out shaky. I'm so not ready for this.

"Ok, umm..don't panic, we will get you to the hospital. Have you felt any contractions?"

"Not Yet...oh, scratch that, yesss… " I yelp when I felt something rip through my body. I take a deep breath in, then let it back out. Now I'm wonder if those cramps I had been feeling were contractions.

"Was it a contraction?" she asks, I shook my head yes.

"Shit, ok, let me go get Tim. I'll be right..."

"No, don't leave," I cut in. Now that labor has officially started, I felt a little scare to be by myself, "I'm scared." She comes over to the side of the bed I was sitting on and puts an arm around me.

"I got you." She tells me, "Tim! Are you able to move?"

"Not yet just give me a minute. Just waiting for this contraction to pass." I say as I exhale.

A moment later, Tim enters the room.

"What's with the shouting?" he asks.

"Arizona is in labor, babe,"

"What? Like right now?"

"Yes, right now," I say through gritted teeth.

"Okay, what can I do to help?" he asks. I could tell he was starting to panic as well, which wasn't helping much.

"Just go get the car," Teddy says.

"Yeah, right. The car." He says as he ran out of the room.

"You ok now?" She asks me.

I exhale again before answering. "Yeah. I think so." I grabbed ahold of Teddy's hand for support.

"I got you, I'm right here. Tim is getting the car for us right now,"

"Thanks. I need you to call Dr. Capshaw and have her meet us at the hospital. Then call Callie,"

"Where are my fucking keys?" We hear Tim shout from the other room.

"Oh, for fuck…ow…ow..." I cry out as another contraction starts to peak. I sit back down on the bed and wait for the pain to stop. I do what I can to breathe through the pain.

"I found them," we hear Tim shout again, then hear the front door open, then close.

"You, okay?" Teddy asks, running her hand up and down my back.

"Yeah, I think so," I breathe out. I stand up once more and grab ahold of Teddy as she ushers us out of the bedroom.

"Tim, you better get this fucking car moving," I scream as another contraction starts to rip through my body. The contractions are a lot harsher than the ones I had felt back at the house. "And try not to fucking wreck us either," when I noticed he was weaving in and out of Seattle's downtown traffic.

"I'm going as fast as I can, Zo." He turns to look at me, "Breathe in, breathe out."

"Turn around and watch the fucking road." I barked. "God, this hurts,"
"I know, Sweetie. Just hang in there, we're almost there." She says running her hand through my sweaty hair.
After what seemed like forever, we finally made it to the hospital. Once we got in, the nurses at the desk hustled around to get me checked in. It didn't take all that long for them to get me into a room and hooked up to a fetal monitor and an I.V. I was only in my room for about ten minutes when Dr. Capshaw finally walked in.

"Ah, Arizona, I wasn't expecting you for another two weeks." Dr. Capshaw says.

"Yeah, well my little leech had other plans," I say with a slight chuckle.

"I'm going to check your dilation really quick," she says, snapping on some gloves, "Can you open your legs up for me?"

"Yeah," I tell her, widening my legs enough so she could check me.

"Alright, you are actually at 5 c.m. right now,"

"I'm at 5 c.m. already? But I've only been for about a half-hour,"

"Were you feeling any contractions earlier today?"

"No. Just some of and on cramping is all,"

"Well then, that's why. That's how labor starts out. Then the contractions will get more intense as labor progress,"

"Oh joy," Teddy just threw her head back and laughed at my enthusiasm.

"I will be back in an hour to check on you. I have four other laboring Moms to check on as well. So just hang tight and try to relax. It will all be over here within the next few hours. Hopefully. I'd tried to rest up if you could. You're going to be exhausted by the end of the night." She turns and leaves the room. I threw my head back onto my pillow and sighed. Oh, this is going to be a long night.

"When is Dr. Capshaw going to come back in?" I ask, getting impatient. It's been an hour since I was last checked.

"She should be back in soon hun," Just about that time, Dr. Capshaw comes walking into the room.

"How we doing?" she asks, putting on another pair of gloves. She pulls the hospital blanket up to uncover my lower half, "I'm going to check you really quick again to see how much you've progressed," I give her a nod, then open my legs for her to do the exam, a few minutes later, she's snapping off her gloves and discarding them into the trash.

"Well?" I ask, curiously.

"You made it to 7 cm, which is good. Three more to go and you will be ready to push," she says lowering the blanket back over my lower half.

"Good, I'm ready for this to end," I turned my head to look at Teddy, "Could you call Callie. I'd like her to be close by in case I need her."

"Yeah, of course. I will go to that now. Try to get some rest,"

Just as I was about to fall asleep, another contraction rips right through me, this time more intense.

"Oh my god, this hurts," I say, trying to take deep breaths.

"I know sweetie, just breathe, okay." Teddy coaches beside me. She grabs the damp wash cloth of the side table and wipes the sweat off my face.

"How are we doing in here?" the Dr. asks walking into the room.

"Fanfuckingtastic," I say through gritted teeth.

"I'm going to check you to see how much progress you have made."

"Ok," I say after the contraction stops. I opened my legs so she could check my dilation.

"Alright, by the looks of it, you're still at 7 cm. So, it may be another hour or so. Give or take."

"Are you fucking kidding? I've been at 7cm for the last fucking hour. He needs to hurry up,"

"He will, Arizona. Just relax." Teddy says sitting beside me. Doing what she can to show her support, but with the pain ripping through my body every few minutes now, it's making it really hard for me to relax.

"Teddy, shut up, please. Stop telling me to fucking relax,"

Twenty minutes later, I start to feel a lot of pressure down there. I smack Teddy's hand to get her attention.

"What? What's wrong?" she asks, her voice sounding very concerned.

"Oh god, I think he's finally coming," I cry, grabbing the rails of my hospital bed "Teddy, call the Dr. please." I say between each breath.

"Why? Everything ok?"

"No, he's coming," I growl out, "I can feel him. I need to fucking push,"

"Are you sure?" she questions.

"Teddy, stop questioning me and push the fucking button already," I growl. "Oh my god, this hurts so fucking bad," I scream. Teddy reached over to push the call button. "I need an epidural; can I get an epidural?"

"Let's just wait and see what Dr. Capshaw says, Ok?" She says, rubbing my arm.

"What's going on?" Dr. Capshaw asks walking into the room.

"She says she needs to push," Teddy says.

"I just checked her," Dr. Capshaw says, grabbing another pair of gloves.

"I'm telling you, this baby is coming now," I growl through gritted teeth, "I really need to push, please, can I push?"

"No, No. Don't push. Let me check you really quick." She says, pulling up the blanket.

"Then can I at least get an epidural?" I ask.

"Hang on. Give me a minute. Sweetie, I need you to open your legs for me a little bit, can you do that?"

"Please…I need to push. Please let me push already,"

"Not yet. Arizona. I need to check, but in order to do that, I need you to keep your legs open for me. Teddy, can you help keep her legs open so I can check her."

"Arizona, I know it hurts, honey, but you need to keep your legs open so Doc can check you,"

"Please just hurry up and check me already. I can't take this pain much longer," I cry, clenching the bed rails.

"Just breathe through the pain, Arizona. Short quick breaths," Teddy tries to coach.

After checking my progress, Dr. Capshaw finally said the most famous words. "Alright, Arizona, it's time to have a baby," My heart started to race. I felt like it was about to beat right out of my chest. "I'll be right back."

"Wait..Can I get an epidural first?"

"I'm sorry, honey, but it's way too late for that." She says, leaving the room to inform the nurses that it was time to deliver.

I was finally dilated to 10 cm, but the thought of delivering naturally scared the shit out of me. "Teddy, I'm really scared," I admitted, turning my attention to her. "I don't know if I can do this."

"Yes, you can. You've got this," she says, trying to soothe me.

"No, I can't. Callie. Where's Callie. I need Callie, please go get her for me. I really need her here,"

"Yeah..Ok. Ok." She says standing up, "I'll go get her."

Few minutes later, both Teddy and Callie entered the room. Callie rushed over to me and grabbed ahold of my hand.

"Hey, I'm here. I'm here." She says, stroking my hair.

I looked deep into her beautiful brown eyes, "It hurts Callie. It really hurts. I don't know if I can do this...ow." I cry out. Callie bent down and nuzzled her nose into my hair.

"I got you, Arizona. You're not going to do this alone. I'll be right here the entire time."

"I'll give you two the room," Teddy says as she excuses herself.

"Callie, I really need to push."

"We need to wait for Dr. Capshaw to come back in. She should be back in soon,"

Once everything was all set up, it was finally time to start pushing.

"Ok, Arizona ready to deliver this baby?"

"Fuck Yes," I shriek.

"Ok. So, what you will need to do is, on the next contraction, I'm going to need you to push. ok. Can you do that?"

I nodded my confirmation. A minute later, another painful contraction rips through me. Doing what Dr. Capshaw had told me to do, I put my chin to my chest and pushed as hard as I could. "Yes..Yes..that's it. Again. Push again." "Ahhh.." I screamed as I gave her another hard push.

"Ok, baby's head is crowning, give me another one." I hear her say. I gave her another hard push.
"GEEETTTT HHHIIIMMM OOOUUTTT!" I shout.

"Alright, Thatta girl." She shouted. "Ok, hold Arizona, I need you to stop a minute ok. Baby's head is finally out. Can I get suction please?" I laid back for a minute so she could suction out the baby's lungs. I already felt tired after several pushes.

"You are doing an amazing job, Arizona," Callie says, running her hand through my matted hair.

"Alright, Arizona, you ready to give me one more big push?" Dr. asks, as she finished clearing the baby's airway.

"No. I'm too tired," I breathe out.
"I know you're tired, hun, but I need just one more push, then you will have a beautiful baby. Ok, ready?"

"uummmHmmm.." I hum.

"Alright, and... push." I leaned forward once more and pushed through the pain. "Yes, that's it, that's it. You got it."

"You got this babe, come on." I hear Callie coach. One last push and, my baby's cry fills the room.

"Good Job, Arizona. You did it. You now have a beautiful son. Congratulations." Dr. Capshaw say, taking the baby into her hand.

"Callie, do you want to cut the cord?"

"Yes!" she stated, quickly moving to the end of the bed where Dr. Capshaw held our baby. I could see the tears in her eyes as she severed the ties between our son and I. She comes back and stands beside my head, then leans down to whisper in my ear. "You did an amazing job, Arizona. I'm so proud of you."

"Thanks," I whisper back. After the nurses cleaned up the newborn, took his weight and length, they wrapped him up, and laid him in Callie's arms.

"Hey there, buddy. I'm your Mama," Callie says in a hush tone. She rocks the newborn gently and smiles, "I'm so happy you're finally here, your mommy wants to meet you too," She places his tiny body into my waiting arms.

"Oh, god, he's so beautiful, Calliope," I say, never taking my eyes off the little guy resting peacefully in my arms, "Hi baby, it's your Mommy,"

"He's perfect. Just like his Mommy," I hear her say. I look up at my girlfriend and flash her a dimpled smile.

"Yes, he is," I reply. We both stare at our new son before bringing Tim and Teddy in. We spend the next the next few minutes admiring our son before hearing the door to our room open.

"Oh my god," Teddy gasps when she sees her new nephew for the first time, "he's so beautiful,"

"He really is, Sis," I hear Tim behind her, "can I hold him?"

"Yeah, of course," I say, passing the newborn to Callie, who passes him gently to Tim.

"Hey, dude, I'm your Uncle Tim,"

"So, Zo, does our little nephew have a name," Teddy asks. I look at Callie, then at Teddy and smile.

"We're naming him Noah," I tell her, "Noah Daniel,"

"Welcome to the world, Noah Daniel," Tim says to his new nephew.

*Baby Noah has finally made his arrival! Hope you all enjoy the chapter *