To the guest reviewer and BK: I'm happy for any kind of feedback to the story but as I pointed out before, this is just the way I write. I'm not a particularly good writer so emotions don't always come off for the characters so it might seem like I'm constantly switching their moods all the time when I don't mean to. As for the previous chapter, Brittany was just all over the place because she didn't know how to handle being in labour since she's never experienced something like that before and as for Emma and Santana, they were taking their emotions out on one another because they were so worried about Brittany. I don't quite know what part you're talking about when you say Santana is angry with her mom but if it's the end then she wasn't necessarily angry, she was just worried. I will try and write better in future but honestly sometimes I don't even realise it's coming across a way I don't mean it to, it's just my lack of good writing.
Chapter 19: Trio
Santana's POV
"Mrs Lopez…" the doctor says and I quickly flip my head round to give him my full attention.
"My wife is ok isn't she?" I say frantically hoping its good news.
"She's in a stable condition now and we've managed to stop the bleeding" the doctor replies. "We did catch it early enough so she will make a full recovery but she just has to be careful at the moment and get lots of rest."
"Ok" I nod, relieved that Brittany is ok.
"I can explain what we did if you want but I'm guessing you're just eager to go and see Brittany now" the doctor says.
"Yeah if that's ok" I say. All I need to know right now is that Brittany is ok and I can go and see her. I can get a breakdown of everything else later once I know myself for sure Brittany's ok.
"Of course it's ok, you can go and see her right now" the doctor smiles.
"Thank you" I say standing up from the chair I was sitting in. "The baby will be ok here just now won't he until I see Brittany?" I ask.
"Of course he will, just come back whenever you're ready" the nurse smiles.
"Ok" I smile back before leaving with my mom. As soon as I get to Brittany's room, I notice her parents and siblings are standing outside the room. "Did the doctor talk to you all?" I ask as I approach Brittany's family.
"Yeah but we're just waiting on the rest of the staff to come out before we can go in" Karen replies.
"Ok" I nod. It only takes a few seconds before the other medical staff vacate the room.
"You can go in now" one of them say with a smile.
"Thanks" I reply.
"Maybe don't all crowd her at once though" the doctor says who followed my mom and me back to Brittany's room. "Just gradually get her used to you all being here because she might still be a little confused from the medication" she says.
"Oh…ok" I nod.
"Santana you can go in first if you want and just let us know when it's ok to come in" James says and I nod.
"Ok, thank you" I smile before opening the door of the room and going inside. "Oh my god Brittany" I say running into the room. As soon as I reach her, I lean down and kiss her passionately. As much as I'm so excited to see her, I'm also so relieved that everything is ok now.
"Ok…" she laughs nervously, a little taken aback at me lunging towards her.
"It's not funny, I think you underestimate just how much I love you and need you in my life Brittany" I say looking deep into her eyes. "If I had lost you, I'd never have forgiven myself. It would've been all my fault."
"Santana you did nothing to make that happen so don't ever think that, these things just happen sometimes" Brittany states.
"It felt like my fault" I sigh.
"Well it wasn't" she smiles.
"I promised you everything would be ok and it wasn't, it was like I tempted fate or something so it kind of feels like my fault in a way" I say honestly.
"This was just one of those unlucky things that can happen after childbirth. I think it's a very common thing to happen so it really isn't your fault so don't think that" Brittany says reassuring me. "On the other hand though, you said everything would be ok and it is because I'm ok now. When you said it was ok you wouldn't have predicted this would happen but you were still right because I am ok."
"I suppose" I nod. I guess Brittany is right because even though it was a horrible thing to happen, it worked out ok in the end because she's here with me now.
"Um… where is our son?" Brittany says while looking around the room. "I just noticed he isn't here and he's not with you either."
"He's with the rest of the other babies right now but he's doing ok so don't worry. I'm sure you'll get to see him soon" I reassure her. "Firstly though, there's tons of people outside that want to see you, can I let them come in?" I ask.
"Of course" Brittany smiles.
"I'll be right back babe" I say before exiting the room to tell everyone it's ok to come in. I barely get the words out of my mouth when Emma pushes past me and runs into the room. The rest of us all follow her in.
"Thanks for scaring me half to death Britt, I thought you were going to leave me alone as the only girl with our two annoying brothers" Emma says jokingly, relieved that Brittany is ok.
"Don't worry I could never do that to you" Brittany smiles at her sister.
"We're all so glad you're ok Brittany, you scared us all" Karen says while leaning down to hug Brittany.
"Everything is ok now isn't it, I couldn't really comprehend what the doctor was telling me when I woke up?" Brittany asks.
"Yes everything is fine now, there's nothing to worry about" I tell her. "I can talk to the doctor again later to find out why this happened and everything but for right now let's just concentrate on the fact you're ok and how we've just had a son" I say smiling.
"Ok" Brittany smiles. "Actually I want to go and see my son right now" she says trying to get out of the bed.
"Brittany you need to take it easy, just sit back down please. If you want to go and see the baby then I want you to go in a wheelchair" Brittany's mom says while helping her sit back down on the bed.
"You're a nurse mom, can't you just help me there?" Brittany asks.
"It's not just about someone being there to help honey, you really need to take things easy" Karen replies. "Plus it's only going to take a matter of seconds to get you a wheelchair so just be patient, ok?"
"Ok" Brittany nods and Karen leaves the room to get a wheelchair and to check with the doctor that Brittany is ok to go and see the baby.
"Wait until you see him again Britt, it'll melt your heart" I say excitedly at the thought of getting to see our son again. I have barely been away from him for that long and I miss him already. I just can't wait to see Brittany hold him for the first time or for me to even hold him the first time.
"I can't wait to see him" Brittany smiles just as her mom comes into the room with the wheelchair.
"There we go Brittany, let me help you onto the chair" Karen says while helping Brittany. Two seconds later, we all make our way to the baby unit to see the baby.
"As much as we want to see our grandson right now, we'll give you two sometime alone with him" Karen smiles. "Do come out and get us though whenever we can see him" she says.
"We will" I smile and everyone else waits outside the room but Brittany and me.
"Oh my god, look at him" Brittany says tearfully as I place the wheelchair next to the baby. "He's the cutest thing alive right now" she says smiling at him.
"Um excuse me, I am here too you know" I tease.
"Yeah sure you're cute but our son is even cuter" she smiles at me.
"Yeah I probably do agree with that" I say smiling down on the baby.
"Would either of you like to hold your son for the first time?" the nurse asks while smiling over at us.
"Wait, you haven't held him either?" Brittany asks while looking at me.
"No, I wanted you to be the first one to hold him" I smile.
"Oh" Brittany nods. "Thank you but you didn't need to do that" she smiles at me.
"I wanted to so go ahead" I tell her.
"Ok" she says excitedly. The nurse carefully places our son in Brittany's arms and Brittany immediately smiles fondly looking down at him. "I know I've probably said it before but he really is beautiful."
"I know, right" I smile.
"I think he has your cute little chubby cheeks" Brittany smiles while looking up at me.
"Ok first of all, I don't have chubby cheeks and second of all, I'd say the poor boy looks more like you" I smirk.
"If he looks exactly like me then he'll be a handsome boy" she smiles.
"Or a really feminine boy since he looks like a girl if he looks like you since you know, you are a girl" I tease.
"You know what I mean" she says while playfully glaring at me. "Seriously though, he does look like you."
"I've got to say, I actually think he looks like a mashup of both of us. He's certainly got your eyes, that's for sure" I say.
"Maybe for the moment but I think his eyes will darken soon enough" Brittany says looking at me.
"Well regardless, he's still beautiful" I say.
"I couldn't agree more" Brittany smiles looking down on our son again.
"We should really name him now though" I say.
"Yeah we should" Brittany agrees. "Out of the choices we narrowed down, which one do you think we should use?" she asks.
"I think any of them and whichever ones we don't use then we'll use for the next one" I reply.
"The next one, are you already thinking about more children?" she teases.
"Well it is inevitable that we'll have another child but I'm guessing we'll have our hands full for the moment so perhaps we should wait a little bit" I say.
"I agree" Brittany says.
"So what name are we going with then?" I ask to clarify.
"I've got to say, the minute I looked at him I felt like he was an Aiden but if you'd prefer another name then I'm ok with that too" Brittany replies.
"No, I like Aiden" I say smiling at Brittany.
"Ok, cool" Brittany smiles back. "We still haven't picked out a middle name for him yet. I mean I wouldn't mind naming him after one of our fathers' because sometimes that's tradition in families but I don't think I could pick between the two of them so perhaps we should go for something a little more neutral" she suggests.
"Yeah I agree" I nod. "I did actually have a thought though for the middle name" I say.
"Ok, what?" Brittany asks while giving me her full attention.
"How about Pierce as the middle name?" I suggest. I was honoured Britt wanted us to use only my last name for us all after we married but I think it would be nice to acknowledge her maiden name in some way too.
"Huh…I never thought about that" she says while thinking it over.
"We can all still use Lopez as our last name but I thought it might be nice if at least one of our children could have your family name in some way or another" I say.
"Yeah that would be nice" she smiles.
"It's settled then, our little boy is going to be called Aiden Pierce Lopez" I smile.
"It's got a nice ring to it I think and so does Aiden Lopez for whenever we don't need to use his middle name" Brittany says.
"I agree" I say while leaning down to kiss the top of Brittany's head.
"Hey why don't you pull up a chair next to me and you can hold him now" Brittany says.
"Ok" I say a little more excitedly than I meant to. It's just I've waited for this moment for nine months to finally get to hold my son and now it's here and I couldn't be more excited. As soon as I sit down, Brittany carefully places Aiden in my arms. "Huh…" I say aloud while thinking to myself.
"What's wrong babe?" Brittany asks.
"Nothing, it just feels different to what I thought it would but it's still really cool. He's a little heavier than I imagined he'd be" I say. After holding Aiden in my arms for a while, I gave him back to Brittany before I went outside to tell everyone it was ok to come in and see him. My mom was just about to get to hold her grandson for the first time when the doctor came in.
"Sorry to interrupt but I just wanted to see how you were feeling Brittany" the doctor says.
"Yeah, I'm ok" Brittany smiles.
"Do you mind if we go back to your room and I can just check your blood pressure and things?" the doctor asks.
"Sure but does that mean I have to leave the baby here?" Brittany asks.
"No, if everything is ok then I'm happy for the baby to stay in your room with you from now on" the doctor smiles.
"Ok" Brittany smiles happily.
"I do want to make sure you're still ok first though so why don't I take you back and Santana can sort things with the nurse about taking him back to the room and all your visitors can come and see you in your room in 10 minutes" the doctor suggests.
"Ok, no problem" Brittany replies. "I'll see you all in ten minutes" she says before the doctor wheels her away.
"Santana we'll all grab a coffee or something and then meet you in Brittany's room in ten minutes, ok?" my mom says.
"Ok" I nod. "Actually wait a second mom" I say just before she leaves.
"Yeah sweetheart" she smiles.
"Can you get me a coffee as well?" I ask and she nods her head while smiling at me. "Thanks mom" I smile back and everyone leaves. I quickly talk to the nurse and then I go with her to take Aiden back to Brittany's room in his little crib. Just as we walk inside, the doctor is finishing up with Brittany.
"Well your blood pressure seems to better now which is obviously good" the doctor says while removing the cuff from around Brittany's arm. "I'm just going to keep monitoring you but that's just normal procedure whenever you're in hospital but as far as I'm concerned you're doing fine at the moment" she says.
"Ok, thank you" Brittany says and then the doctor leaves along with the nurse.
"Well that's good then isn't it" I smile.
"Yeah, it is" Brittany smiles.
"Everyone will be here shortly but before they get here I'm going to get another cuddle from our son" I say while picking him up.
"Ok but don't do it for too long because I want to hold him again" Brittany says.
"I won't" I say while sitting next to Brittany on the bed with Aiden in my arms.
"Oh come on Santana, you've already held the baby so it's my turn now to hold my nephew" Eva says while walking over to me with everyone else following her into the room.
"Ok well you can hold him now but protect his head remember" I say while gently placing Aiden in her arms. "Make sure you cradle him right as well, he's precious" I state.
"Yes Santana, I'm not incompetent. I may not be a mom myself but we do have another nephew that I've held before" Eva says while rolling her eyes at me. She's only doing it because she knows I can get a little overprotective sometimes. I remember when she past her driving test and I let her drive my car for the first time, I was screaming at her the whole journey because I was so protective over my car. This is a whole different ball game now though, this is my son so I'm going to be a complete nightmare to everyone who doesn't have children because I get too overprotective.
"I'm sorry, I'll try my best to not get too worked up" I state.
"Good" Eva smiles. "Now do we have a name yet?" she asks.
"We do, everyone we'd like you to meet Aiden Pierce Lopez" I smile.
"Oh that's cute" Eva smiles while looking down at Aiden.
"Now before I get confused, is it Pierce-Lopez for the last name or is Pierce his middle name?" Emma asks.
"No Pierce is his middle name" Brittany replies.
"Ok, I just wanted to check" Emma nods.
"So as much as I love you all for being here but why aren't any of our brothers here?" I ask.
"Well Scott and Ben are coming together so they're currently on their way right now" Karen replies.
"And as for your brothers Santana, Eddie is stuck at work right now and Jason isn't sure if he can make it or not because Quinn wants to come and see you but they don't want to upset Harry's routine so they're fighting over who can come" my mom replies.
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Brittany's brothers' eventually made it as did mine since Quinn decided she'd wait to see the baby until tomorrow when the rest of our friends come. After a while though, everyone decided to go home to let Brittany rest and let us have some alone time with the baby. The doctor has just finished checking on Brittany again and there is also a nurse discussing a few other things with us now.
"So from your plan it says you're going to breastfeed him, is that still the case?" the nurse asks.
"Yeah" Brittany nods. "Well I'm going to at least try to" she says nervously.
"I'm not going to lie to you, it might take a little getting used to but don't be too nervous" the nurse smiles.
"Ok" Brittany nods.
The first few attempts were a little uncomfortable for Brittany and Aiden didn't seem to want to feed either. After a few different positions of holding Aiden though, he seemed to latch on better and Brittany got more used to it. She still doesn't find it comfortable but she's putting up with it because she wants to do it for Aiden and she's just relieved he is actually feeding.
Brittany's POV
I just can't describe how eventful the last few hours have been. One minute I'm in the bathroom when my water breaks then Santana is driving me to the hospital then I'm having my baby and then suddenly everything goes black and I don't know what happened. I woke up without Santana and I panicked. I couldn't remember what happened and there was no baby inside me anymore but after the nurses calmed me down things got better.
"You should get some sleep baby, you look exhausted" Santana tells me.
"I don't want to go to sleep though, I want to spend every second with the two of you" I say.
"We'll be here when you wake up plus Aiden is sleeping now so we really should be sleeping to, that's what the nurse said anyway" she tells me. Since we have our own room and it's my first night with the baby then the hospital has allowed Santana to stay the night with Aiden and I which I'm really thankful for because I don't know how I would cope alone with the baby on the first night.
"Ok" I smile.
"You can get into bed and I'll make sure Aiden gets to sleep ok" Santana says while kissing the top of my head.
"Ok, thank you" I smile.
"Night babe" Santana smiles back.
"Night" I tell her before getting comfortable in bed.
I must have fallen asleep straight away because the next thing I know, I was waking up to feed Aiden again. It felt like barely any time had passed but a few hours had actually passed. After that though, I would immediately fall back asleep until the next feeding. However at 3am, I did wake up and see Aiden fast asleep and I wasn't due to feed him just yet so I just lay there silently for a little while. I looked over and saw Santana lying in the bed next to me fast asleep. I would have preferred it if she could be in the same bed as me but the one I'm in is a single and it's a hospital bed whereas the one Santana is in is also a single but it's just a normal bed that they wheel in for visitors so there's not a lot of room in that either. I mean it's not as if I can't sleep alone or anything, I just would have liked to have been closer to Santana today with everything that had happened.
Since Aiden was asleep, I really felt like waking Santana up just so I could talk to her but then she looked so peaceful so I didn't want to disturb her so I decided to go back to sleep myself.
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Sunday 19th January 2020
"That's the most beautiful scene I've ever seen" I smile as I wake up at 7am.
"Sorry did we wake you?" Santana asks while turning around with Aiden in her arms. I don't think I've ever witnessed as cute a scene as Santana and her son in my life before.
"No, I just can't get over how cute you two look together" I tell her.
"Do you want to hold him?" she asks.
"Yeah but in a second, I need to use the bathroom first" I reply.
"Ok but just hold on. Let me put Aiden down so I can help you out of bed" Santana says while placing Aiden down in his crib.
"Santana I'm not incapacitated, I can manage but thank you" I say while slowly getting out of bed.
"Well if it's all the same I'd like to help you so just let me please" Santana states. "It'll put my mind at rest" she says.
"Fine" I sigh. "You can help me get out of bed and get me to the bathroom but that's as far as it goes. You aren't coming in with me" I tell her.
"Don't worry, I hadn't planned on that" she smiles.
"Oh…well that's good" I say slightly embarrassed. As soon as Santana helps me into the bathroom, she goes back over to Aiden's crib and I proceed to use the toilet. Once I'm done, I slowly make my way out of the bathroom and over to Santana and Aiden.
"Hey why don't you sit down in the chair here and I'll place Aiden in your arms" Santana says.
"Ok" I nod while slowly sitting down. "Hey sweetheart, it's mommy" I smile at Aiden when Santana places him in my arms.
"I think he wants you to feed him, I mean I tried but nothing happened" Santana jokes.
"Oh you did, did you?" I laugh.
"Yeah but like I say, nothing happened" she smiles. "I guess I'll leave that talent up to you."
"Yeah I think that's wise for the moment" I smile back.
"Anyway, how are you this morning?" Santana asks while gently leaning down to kiss me before sitting on the arm of the chair.
"Yeah I'm fine babe, I had a great sleep last night. I must have needed it" I reply.
"I'm not surprised with the day you had" Santana says.
"I am a little surprised though with how well I slept considering I was feeding Aiden so much throughout the night" I say.
"Yeah I was the same" Santana agrees. Any time I woke up to feed Aiden, Santana wanted to be awake too which I thought was really sweet. Even though I'm the only one who can feed Aiden at the moment, I still thought it was really nice of her to want to be awake too.
"How are you feeling this morning Brittany?" the doctor asks walking into the room, interrupting our conversation.
"I'm ok I guess but I do feel a bit sore" I admit.
"I'm not surprised, I didn't want to tell you and make things worse at the time but Aiden was a healthy weight and you're not exactly the largest person yourself so you did have to push rather hard" the doctor tells me.
"I didn't think I was overeating when I was pregnant" I say confused.
"Oh I didn't mean it like that Brittany" the doctor shakes her head. "I just meant you're very slim and Aiden was a healthy size and he wasn't premature so it was a bit harder for you. Don't worry though I don't mean Aiden is an overweight baby by any means because he's not."
"Oh right, ok I understand" I nod.
"Now is it pain or just a little sore and uncomfortable?" the doctor asks.
"It's not painful enough for painkillers or anything like that, I would say it's more discomfort" I reply.
"Ok well you might have that for a little longer but don't worry, we'll make sure everything is ok" the doctor smiles. "So what about breastfeeding, is that going ok?" she asks.
"Yeah it seems to be ok" I reply. "Aiden probably needs to be fed now so is there anything else you need to check before I can do that?" I ask.
"No I'll come back later and discuss a few things with you, I'll leave you to it now" the doctor smiles before leaving.
"Come on then Aiden, you look hungry so how about I feed you now" I say smiling at him while preparing myself to feed him.
"You never told me you were sore" Santana says while sitting down on the bed across from me.
"It's not something you're going to shout from the rooftops and tell your wife" I shrug.
"Brittany it doesn't bother me, there's no need to be embarrassed about any of this" she tells me.
"It's weird though because I think certain things should be kept private especially if we ever want to have sex again" I state.
"Trust me babe, most women are designed to have babies and adapt during childbirth so nothing is going to creep me out about this process. Being in labour or hurting isn't going to put me off sleeping with you again" she states. "I guess childbirth might not be the most glamourous thing in the world but it certainly doesn't make me think of you any differently."
"Are you sure because I'd understand" I say.
"Of course I'm sure" Santana smiles and I nod. "Now why don't I go and grab us something to eat…unless you want me to stay right now until you finish because I really don't mind."
"No we'll be fine plus I am actually quite hungry" I smile.
"Ok well I won't be long" she smiles before quickly kissing me and leaving the room.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter, let me know what you think. Also, hopefully everyone is ok with the name of the baby.