Okay see any of the many previous chapters if you need a disclaimer, this far in, I hope you get the hint. So abuse aside, enough of this A/N, on with the fic!
Matthew stood beside Katyusha as she yelled out in pain. "Can I push yet?" She pleased.
"Not quite yet. You are not dilated enough to do so." The doctor said. "You don't want to push too soon or you'll hurt the baby."
"I wish she would hurry up." Katyusha cried.
"According to your chart this baby is a little early." The doctor explained. "We need to be careful and make sure she is in good health. Premature babies can have a lot of obstacles to overcome."
Matthew and Katyusha gasped. They had read a lot about premature birth and the complications that could follow with it, and Katyusha was afraid for her daughter because of it. "Did I do something wrong?"
"No Mrs. Williams." The doctor assured her. "These things sometimes happen. Nothing we can't handle. "Here comes another contraction." He said as Katyusha moaned in pain.
Matthew held Katyusha's hand tightly as she grabbed it. Matthew winced knowing that the pain was going to be intense. He looked out the window and saw that it was getting rather dark. Matthew yawned as Katyusha grabbed his hand tightly, causing him to yell out in pain. "OW! Katy!"
"You think you are tired?" Katyusha yelled. "I am the one pushing a child out, knowing there may be problems."
"Doc?" Matthew asked as the nurse looked at him.
"Well she is only 35 weeks along, normally we want babies to be born at least 37 weeks, at the bare minium we like them to be born closer to the 40 week mark." The nurse explained as the doctor was watching the contractions and dilation. "The baby will have to be put under observation for a few days at least." Matthew sighed. So she's already in danger. And there's nothing we could do to stop it... "Now don't worry Mr. Williams, this is actually less risky than other preterm babies. Even now the organs are not developed fully yet, so we will have to watch the child, but there's not too much you have to worry about."
"You hear that Katy?" Matthew asked.
"Tse nichoho dlya mene ne robytʹ! YA prosto khochu, shchob tsya dytyna narodylasya! Zaraz!" Katyusha yelled in Ukrainian.
"You're doing fine ma femme chérie et merveilleuse mère de notre petite fille." Matthew said, knowing how romantic she thought it was, hoping to cheer her up. She cracked a slight smile as another contraction occurred.
"Thank you Matvey." She panted. "OOOOOOOOH! Is there any chance I can push yet?"
The doctors looked at the stats of Katyusha and the baby's health. "Okay we need to speed dilation along a little. Bear with us."
"Seriously? This little girl wants to be in the world now. Now do it!" Katyusha demanded.
"In just a few moments Mrs. Williams. The baby is moving along fine and you are almost dilated enough."
"ALMOST?" She yelled as she took the cup Matthew was holding for her water and threw it at the doctor. "Can't you just cut her out in a C-section? She's already too early! Mighty impatient this little one is!"
"As frustrating as it is, and I understand completely," The doctor began, "C-sections are only for emergency cases, which the only thing wrong is that labor began early."
"Can you get me a female doctor?" Katyusha moaned.
"Well by the looks of it," The doctor began, "By the time we got one of the female OB GYNs here, everything that is making you angry would have resolved itself." He could tell that Katyusha was confused as there was no anger coming from her. "It's time Mrs. Williams, PUSH."
"Ahhhh!" Katyusha said as she pushed along. Matthew headed his way toward the doctor when she tightened her grip on his arm.
"Ni. Ty zalyshaysya tut zi mnoyu. Vy, shcho zaplutalysya, osʹ shcho mene zachepylo, i vy budete tut, koly narodytʹsya nasha dochka!" Katyusha ordered as the doctor called for her to push again.
"Tu vas merveilleusement bien mon amour, juste quelques poussées de plus." Matthew said, hoping his French would calm her down.
"I can see the head." The doctor said. "One more push can do it."
"I sure hope so." Katyusha said as she pushed and the doctor helped the baby out.
"You're right." The doctor said as he handed Matthew a pair of scissors. "Mr. Williams?"
"Sure..." Matthew said as he cut the cord and the nurse wiped the little girl off.
"Can I hold her?" Katyusha asked.
"20 inches, and 5 and a half pounds..." The nurse said as she handed the girl to Katyusha. "It's good for you to bond for a little bit before we take her to the NICU for observation." Katyusha looked on sadly. "Oh you didn't do anything wrong and there's a very good chance that this little girl will be as strong as can be. We just want to keep her under observation to make sure there is nothing wrong with her breathing as the lungs usually finished developing about this time."
"Oh okay." Katyusha replied sadly.
"I will also have you speak with one of our therapists too Mrs. Williams. Women who have full term babies often risk postpartum depression and there is greater chance for it when the baby is early." The doctor explained as Katyusha nodded. "Now, have you two picked a name out?"
At this Matthew yelled "Charlotte" and Katyusha yelled "Sophia."
"Which one?" He asked as he prepared the birth certificate.
"Charlotte Sophia? Sophia Charlotte?" Matthew asked.
"Charlotte Sophia Williams." Katyusha said. Matthew nodded in agreement.
"Alright." The doctor replied. "We will have to take little Charlotte for an examination and she will be in the NICU for at least tonight for observation. We will also want you to stay here for a few days as well Mrs. Williams, just to make sure that you adjust and everything is okay with you."
"You are really lucky," The younger nurse said. "To have the husband you do, I didn't know he could speak French as well. I mean he's why I actually watch the news now." She laughed as Matthew blushed.
Katyusha growled, her fear that how she would be after pregnancy as a mother, insecurities on her own looks and fear that Matthew's local fame would go to his head, she took a pillow and threw it at the nurse, "Tse miy cholovik, ty rozpusnytsya. Vidstupysya, a to ya tebe znyshchu."
"Nurse Hoffsten, please go to break now." The doctor said. "The senior nurse and I will make sure Charlotte is adjusted and will let Mr. and Mrs. Williams know when they can see her."
"Thank you." Matthew said. As he was left alone with Katyusha, he smiled. "Well we're going to have to make some calls. You know your siblings and my parents and Al will want to know."
"You can do that." Katyusha sighed. "I am tired. I need to rest some."
"Do so mon bel ange" Matthew said kissing her on the forehead.
"One question before you go." Katyusha mused. "How come you can speak French fluently but Fredka can hardly get past bonjour? You both had an English and French speaking house."
"I guess I spent more time around Papa than Dad I guess or just picked up on it better..." Matthew shrugged. "I never got it myself, I took French in high school knowing it was an easy A, same with Al, but all he did was copy my homework."
"That Fredka..." Katyusha laughed. "He has picked up on Russian since he and Vanya got together though."
"So if he wants to pick up a language, then Al needs to bang someone who speaks it." Matthew rolled his eyes.
"More like I think he would want to learn Russian to impress Vanya and French in high school was an easy way out." Katyusha said. "Fredka seems like the one that if he doesn't want to do something he won't. No wonder he and Vanya are a perfect match. They are so alike."
"We can talk about our crazy brothers later." Matthew rolled his eyes. "You need your rest."
"Fine." Katyusha said as she laid back.
Matthew smiled as he headed into the corner in case she wanted to talk to anyone about it. Looking at his watch, it was 6:14 in the morning. "You said you needed Ivan to take you around the six o clock news?"
"Yes." Katyusha said as she pulled the blanket up over her. "I was watching it and that was when Vanya had the twins call to thank me for the blankets I made them. I guess Charlotte wanted to see her daddy and cousins badly." She joked.
"Well they will." Matthew said as she laid back and closed her eyes. "Well, I'll try Dad and Papa first. One of them is more likely to be up." He said as he dialed the house, to see if they had headed home.
"Bloody hell..." Arthur said as he rubbed his eyes heading out of the bathroom. "Haven't even had my tea or a shower yet..." He walked to the phone in the kitchen and picked it up, not checking the caller ID thinking it might be one of his brothers who would call and ignore the 5 hour time difference. "Just what do you want Git?" He mumbled.
"Dad? Are you alright?" Matthew asked.
"Sorry, sorry, just thought your Uncle Allistor might be calling. He has been known to forget that I live many hours behind him and I think he does it with malice." Arthur quickly apologized. "But you do not normally call this early, but I do know that Katyusha went into labor last night. Is everything alright?"
"Good, good." Matthew said. "She's sleeping but about an hour ago she finally gave birth."
"Wonderful!" Arthur smiled. "And it was a girl, the ultrasounds were correct?"
"Yes." Matthew said.
"And you two decided on a name?" Arthur asked, his voice quickly changing from tired and angry to happy and awake."
"Yeah." Matthew said rubbing his eyes I think I will pass out on the floor myself once this part is done.
"Out with it boy, what is my granddaughter's name." Arthur said.
"Charlotte Sophia Williams." Matthew said. "It's the top names we had picked for a first name ad well decided to use both that way and well Charlotte Sophia rolls better than Sophia Charlotte, eh Dad?" Matthew said as he yawned.
"Good to hear. I will let your papa know of this when he wakes up and will head up to see her when visiting hours start. I will check with the hospital, no need to get that information for us." Arthur said. "Now I know it may not be comfortable but rest how you can."
"I told Katy that I would likely pass out asleep on the floor after this. I still have to call Al and Ivan and then her sister. Then again I am sure that Ivan may have told her and she's rushing to the hospital this very moment knowing her." Matthew sighed.
"Yes, she is very headstrong..." Arthur said. "In fact you are right about Natalya already knowing. That is part of the reason your papa didn't stay at Alfred's house." At this Matthew laughed. "What's so funny?"
"He's afraid of her isn't he?" Matthew smiled.
"Yes."
"Well I have to go." He yawned. "Hopefully the Starbucks is open...wish we had a Tim Horton's here, so much better."
"Well at least Starbucks isn't instant." Arthur said.
"I guess." Matthew sighed as he looked at his watch and decided to try the Starbucks before calling Alfred and Ivan, knowing that even with two three year olds, they were likely not up yet. He turned to Katyusha to tell her he was going to get a cup of coffee only to find her in a deep sleep and a slight snore arose. Smiling slightly to himself, knowing she would never admit to occasionally snoring, he kissed her on the forehead and headed to get himself a drink and decided to bring her back a chai latte for when she woke up. Much to his relief the cafe was open and he placed an order for a dark roast and the chai latte.
When the clerk asked for his name, she looked up "Oh I know yours well." She smiled.
"Really?" Matthew said. "My brother keep hurting himself all the time?"
"You have a brother?" She asked confused.
"Well who do you think I am?" Matthew asked, surprise at his fame only a few months into the job.
"Why Matthew Williams of course." She said. "What are you doing here this early?" She giggled with a few bats of her eyelashes that told Matthew she was trying to flirt with him.
"My wife just gave birth to our first child." He added, making sure his voice was firm on the wife and child parts.
"Oh." She said, noticing he was not single. "Congratulations. Is it a girl or a boy?"
"A girl." He said.
"That's nice. I hope she looks a lot like you." the clerk said, voice returning to a friendly professional and not flirtatious tone. "I take it the chai latte is for your wife?"
"Yes. She's not too big on coffee and I figured this would be sweet enough for her." He said cordially, but still exposing his wedding ring to keep any women who thought that it would be a good idea to flirt with him.
"Well I hope all goes well and everybody gets to go home soon." She said handing him the drinks. "Thank you for choosing us."
"No problem." Matthew sighed as he headed back to Katyusha's room where she was still asleep.
"Here you go mon bel ange" Matthew whispered as he kissed her forehead again. "I'll set it beside your bed for when you awake but I have to call your brother and sister now, wish me luck" He said with a slight laugh and a deep swig of his coffee.
Alfred woke up to the doorbell being hit time and time again. As the door bell woke him up, it also woke the twins up who had both run from their bedrooms and opened the door to their fathers' room and started tugging at each of their hands. "Daddy! Papa! Someone's at the door." they both yelled as Ivan and Alfred sat up and rubbed their eyes.
"Do you know who it is?" Alfred asked, probably knowing who it was. It's probably Natalya and Toris, driving here at like 5 in the morning or something like that.
"From what I could see there was two girls, one with brown hair and one with long hair like yours Papa." Dmitri said as Alfred laughed.
"Oh I think I know who it is. Your Aunt Natalya and her boyfriend Toris are stopping by because your Aunt Katy is having her baby. They're still in college so they would stop here." He explained.
"So boys can have long hair too?" Dmitri said.
"Yeah, although I have seen longer." Alfred said. "I mean Dr. Yao who treated my leg had hair that was pretty long himself..."
"I will get the door. Come with me malen'kiye." Ivan said as he sat up and took the twin's hands. "I guess we will meet your Aunt Natalya now." The twins cheered as Ivan looked at them seriously. "However, in the future, please knock on the door before entering if you need us and we are in there." God knows that if I don't teach them this now, it will be embarrassing for Fredka and I at certain times, how to explain that to a child...Ivan thought.
"Why?" Nikita asked, and noting her genuine curiosity in her voice without sass, Ivan sighed and began. I need to find a way to say 'so you don't walk in on us having sex' without being so rude...
"Well you see, sometimes Daddy or I or both of us will be there and doing things that only we can do like wrapping Christmas gifts or one of us may be sleeping. Knocking gives us a chance to wake up and know you need us." Ivan said.
"Oh." Nikita replied.
Hopefully that keeps them sated...Ivan thought as he opened the door to see his sister and her boyfriend standing there. "Hello mladshaya sestra" Ivan said. "I wasn't expecting you this early."
"Well I wanted to get here as soon as I could to be there for Katyusha when the baby is born." Natalya said as she saw the twins beside him. "This is Nikita and Dmitri?" She asked.
"Yes." Ivan said as he picked them up so they could be on her level. "Nikita, Dmitri, this is your Aunt Natalya."
"Hello..." They said, cautious at meeting her.
"I see you're still in your pajamas." She said. "Did I wake you?"
"We woke Daddy and Papa." Dmitri said.
"Nice." Toris said.
"Well I am here to see your Aunt Katyusha while she has the baby. I also want to meet you two. Your papa has told me so much about you two darlings." Natalya said as they walked into the living room.
Alfred lay back on the bed staring at the ceiling Well better get up, the kids are up now anyway. He thought as his phone rang. "'Yello" Alfred said groggily.
"Hey Al, guess what, you have a niece named Charlotte Sophia Williams now." Matthew said simply, knowing he was talking with his brother. "I would have called the house but I didn't want to wake the kids if they weren't up yet."
"You didn't wake them, Natalya's rapid door bell ringing did." Alfred said as he put his glasses on. "So I can tell her for you when I get downstairs."
"Good. Dad thought I was Uncle Allistor there for a moment when I called the house." Matthew laughed.
"Is everybody okay? I know it's a little early." he asked.
"Katy is sleeping and they took Charlotte to the NICU for observation but they said she looked healthy so far and will allow visitors so all is looking pretty good."
"Well Katy went to the hospital when the news was on guess your girl couldn't wait to meet you any longer." Alfred laughed.
"Good on the dad jokes. I am sure Nikita and Dmitri will be embarrassed as hell growing up." Matthew laughed.
"You need to work on that. That's key for being the dad." Alfred snapped back. "I'll tell everyone and we'll see you a little later."
"Thanks." Matthew said and with this call ended, he placed his cup of coffee on the window sill and lay on the floor to take a nap.
Translation Guide:
(Obtained via Google Translate)
Tse nichoho dlya mene ne robytʹ! YA prosto khochu, shchob tsya dytyna narodylasya! Zaraz!- Ukranian- That does nothing for me! I just want this baby born! Now!
Ma femme chérie et merveilleuse mère de notre petite fille-French-My darling wife and wonderful mother to our baby girl
Ni. Ty zalyshaysya tut zi mnoyu. Vy, shcho zaplutalysya, osʹ shcho mene zachepylo, i vy budete tut, koly narodytʹsya nasha dochka!-Ukrainian- No. You stay here with me. You messing around down there is what got me in this mess and you will be here when our daughter is born!
Tu vas merveilleusement bien mon amour, juste quelques poussées de plus.-French-You are doing wonderful my love, just a few more pushes.
Tse miy cholovik, ty rozpusnytsya. Vidstupysya, a to ya tebe znyshchu.-Ukrainian-That is my husband you harlot. Back off or I will destroy you.
mon bel ange-French-my beautiful angel.
malen'kiye-Russian-Little ones
mladshaya sestra-Russian-little sister
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