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This should have been up yesterday, I forgot to post SORRY! (Really bad since I've had it written since Tuesday!)
Ana
It's been ten hours since Mia's waters broke on the couch in my living room and now we're all at the hospital with Mia and Ethan down the hall in the labour suite. I am so excited to meet my little niece or nephew! We've only been at the hospital a couple of hours and it was at Marisa's insistence that we came in because her contractions were still a good twenty minutes apart.
I sit with Amelia and Amaya on my lap as Christian holds tight to Thomas and Evan who don't quite grasp the concept that their sister is going to arrive soon. It's quite exciting being back here waiting for news. It was with Kate last when she gave birth to Charlie. We all look up when Ethan rushes in as white as a ghost.
"Ana, Mia wants you." He says and I nod and pass the boys off to Grace before following Ethan out.
"Is she ok?"
"Contractions about three minutes apart but she's only six centimetres dilated." He replies. "They gave her something to speed the labour up but it's not going quick enough for Mia."
"The scan?"
"The baby's fine, they were going to give her something to help the baby's lungs develop a little more but then they said that she's ok so they don't need too."
Mia
I am beyond relieved when Ana comes into the room, as she did at her house she looks as calm as can be when I am internally panicking now. I can't wait to meet my daughter but this labour seems to be going on for ever.
"Mia ok?" Ana asks slipping onto the side of the bed not even flinching when I grasp her hand.
"I just want you here, Ethan is fucking hopeless." I pant making her laugh.
"Ok, I'm here I won't go anywhere unless you want me too." She replies taking the damp cold cloth and giving it a squeeze one handed before she begins patting down my forehead.
It's a total relief having Ana here, she's so calm and collected just like she was in the house which is shocking considering what happened to her with Amaya and Amelia, I would have had a total breakdown if that would have happened to me but not Ana, she was comfortable enough to let my Mom between her legs to deliver her baby girls and she was lucky no not lucky… blessed to have them born early, healthy and happy.
"That's it Mia, you're doing great, just breathe through it sweetie." If Ethan was saying that to me I'd smack him but Ana knows, she's done this with three pregnancies, four babies, she knows how stupid it sounds to hear but also how much breathing deeply and calmly helps.
Christian
When Ethan came to get Ana I wasn't surprised. Mia had complained that Ethan was as useful as a nun in a brothel when she gave birth to her boys and Ana had been with her the entire time in the house, I can't imagine doing this all again even though I want to, I want another child with Ana, just the one more to complete our little family before we're considered too old.
I play with the boys and Amaya and Amelia until they tire themselves out and go to sleep. I want to take them home but I don't know how long till Mia gives birth, I'd like to be here for that but then my kids matter. As soon as my niece is here I'll take them home and put them to bed. Teddy and Phoebe have been betting on what time it will be when they make their appearance, it's quite funny really to watch my two eldest making bets like I would in a business situation, take a gamble. I think they both got that from me.
Ana
"That's it Mia, you're doing so well." I encourage as she falls in a heap against the pillows, she started pushing just twenty minutes ago and I know from experience that it can take anywhere from a few minutes to a couple of hours before the baby is actually born.
"Ethan you're getting the snip after this, no more fucking kids unless you want to do the pregnancy." Mia spits towards her husband, I'm sure I said similar things to Christian when Phoebe was born, the pain can be unbearable especially with us Grey women going without drugs… well Mia and me, Kate lasted about two hours into her contractions before she gave in and had an epidural.
It's another forty minutes before finally the baby is crowning. I breathe with Mia in slow pants as we get ready for her daughter to be born. When the cry finally breaks around the room Mia collapses back exhausted but happy as her daughter is placed on her chest and Ethan cuts the cord.
"I'll go tell everyone she's here." I say giving Mia a kiss, it's more of an excuse to leave husband and wife together for a while.
I head towards the waiting room and as soon as I step in Grace jumps to her feet, she doesn't do the whole sitting and waiting thing very well. It's almost cruel that we Grey women put her through it.
"Well?"
"Mommy and Baby are both doing great." I say before stepping into Christian's embrace. He kisses me and hugs me as I am so drained, even being a birthing partner is exhausting.
"I want another baby." I say looking up at him. "Just one more."
"Oh Ana." Christian beams before kissing me. I hope I'm making the right decision here, there will be no going back now but seeing Mia giving birth, witnessing it from Christian's side and then seeing Ethan holding Mia and the baby made me realise I would love just one more chance to get to do that and be awarded with a child to look after and bring up along with my other four.
Christian
Hearing those words come out of Ana's mouth has made me the happiest man on the planet. I can't believe after helping Mia give birth she wants another child, I thought watching or helping with a delivery would make her more likely to refuse to have another child not make her broody.
"You'll have to stop the pill."
"And make an appointment with Doctor Greene." She adds, I can see light in her eyes and I know that this is really her decision, it's not a spur of the moment thing, she's been thinking about it since I mentioned it.
We sit down and wait for Ethan to come in, Evan and Thomas will be staying with Mom and Dad for the next couple of days just until Mia is settled at home.
"Well?"
"Anastasia Grace Kavanagh." He says. "Seven pounds and one ounce."
"You named her Anastasia?" Ana asks her mouth open in shock.
"Mia told me to say she's sorry cause she knows you hate your name but she wants her daughter to be named after the Sister who was there every step of the way." Ethan explains Mia's want to name her daughter after my wife.
Ana cries and I can't help but smile as I take her into my arms. She's beyond shocked and everyone else but I'm not surprised, Mia's quite sentimental like that and now there are two girls named after Mom, Phoebe Grace and now Anastasia Grace, two perfect little Grey girls.
We all get ready to head home knowing we won't be able to see Mia tonight. As Dad takes Mia's boys towards the car and Ana rounds up our four, I take hold of my Mom's hand and lean into her.
"Ana said yes." I whisper and she quickly spins around and takes me in a big hug.
"Oh that's amazing Christian!" She says excitedly. "Grandchild number eleven. Oh that's so precious."
"Don't get excited yet but she's going to see Doctor Greene and stop the pill." I can't help but be excited though I didn't think in a million years Ana would agree to doing it all over again, especially with the risk of another set of twins seeing as we've already got the one set.
"Oh Christian, I can't wait to see Ana pregnant again, glowing and happy, she was always glowing."
"Yeah you didn't have to deal with the two in the morning trips to McDonalds for fries which she wouldn't eat until they were cold and covered in barbeque sauce." I chuckle, that was Ana's craving with Phoebe along with lamb, anything containing lamb was Ana's crutch.
"Oh it was worth it though to hold Phoebe Grace in your arms the first time."
"Absolutely." I smile before I kiss her head tenderly and turn to head for my wife.
Grace
I am just ecstatic, beyond ecstatic. In the past few hours I've not only been granted the gift of a granddaughter but also granted the possibility of an eleventh. I have to tell Cary. He puts the boys in the back of the car and I know he can see the smile radiating from me.
"So what did Christian want?" He asks as soon as we're both strapped in and headed for home.
"He asked Ana today if she'd consider them having another child." I smile but I see Cary looks worried.
"Did Ana agree?" He asks trying to hide whatever it is that's bothering him for the moment.
"At first she didn't even answer him but at some point at the hospital she did and she said yes, she told him they could try for another child." I'm just beaming, I'm so happy for them both and they're not even pregnant yet.
"Is that wise after everything with the twins?" He asks, I love how worried he is over Ana right now. I will never forget how angry he was with Christian when they announced their engagement and he refused to have her sign a pre-nup. He was positively furious and it wasn't because he thought Ana was a gold-digger, far from it, he knew she wasn't he'd witnessed small things about her that just showed she had no desire for Christian's wealth. It was the fact that they'd known each other all of five minutes and they were each other's first real relationship. Of course before we knew about Elena Lincoln and Christian we thought it was Christian's first sexual relationship too.
"What happened with the twins happened Cary but Ana's still fertile, Doctor Greene will advise her best on how to proceed, talk her through all the risks and then Christian and Ana can both make an informed decision." I reply, there are risks though, I'd be a fool to try and deny them especially with me being a Doctor.
"Do you think it will be our last grandchild?" He asks wistfully, of course we've both loved watching our family grow over the past eleven years, getting Ana, Kate and Ethan come along and sweep our children off was just unbelievable and lucky and a joy and then the kids came along. Teddy first, our eldest grandchild, then Phoebe and Ava within days of each other followed by Elliot Junior then Evan and Thomas then came Amaya and Amelia then Charlie and now Anastasia.
"I wouldn't be surprised. Elliot and Kate both agreed no more after Charlie and Elliot went and got the snip so he can't have anymore. Mia said she wanted to try until she got a girl and she has Anastasia now and then there's Ana and Christian who already have four another baby would make five and they're getting on Carrick, I don't think they'll have any more after baby number five."
"It will be sad won't it? To know we won't have any more grandchildren?" He says sadly, I understand how he feels because I feel it too.
"Yes but we'll get to watch them grow up and become their own people and hopefully, if we're really lucky like my parents we'll get to meet our great-grandchildren." I smile at the mere thought.
"Do you know when Mia is planning on taking Anastasia to meet them?"
"I don't know, Dad's just not there anymore and Mom's not what she used to be." My father is Dementia riddled, barely knows who we all are these days and then Mom is just Mom, she's old but she's not forgetful.
"Well as long as she goes, we'd like a picture of them together to show Anastasia someday."
"Yes, she will, you know she will." I reply, Mia has always been closest to my parents especially my Mother, I guess they both are as loud and often as obnoxious as each other, somehow I know some characteristics are learned and not genetically given.
