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A/N: Hallo loves! That last chapter sucked, I know. I hope this chapter is better! But, Sam's in jail! Yay! Okay, now please R&R!!! Enjoy!
Chapter 8: Early Bird Gets The Worm
Carrie was entering her eighth month of pregnancy in perfect health, according to her doctor. Sam was sentenced to twenty years in a maximum- security prison thanks to the new law passed that basically said if a person murdered a pregnant woman, they were charged with two murders. Because Sam endangered the fetus, he was charged with attempted murder. The larger her stomach got, the more she couldn't believe anyone would ever think a fetus wasn't alive. Her stomach moved, and she could tell when the baby was asleep or awake.
The Camdens helped her with everything, so she would be ready when the baby came. Mrs. Camden signed her up for Lamaze classes with X, and although it freaked him out some, he definitely wanted to be in the delivery room with her.
Ruthie gave her the attic, and she took her old room back so Carrie would have enough space for a baby, too. She inherited things from all the Camden children including a crib, clothes and anything she could possibly need. When her dad died, they got a lot of money and so her mother granted her early access to her fund. Her mom had been very supportive and apologetic since the whole incident occurred, but she couldn't leave her job in Buffalo. She did send money to the Camden's for all their help, though. X had been living on his own forever, so he got an apartment and helped Carrie out as much as he could.
Waddling down the stairs, yes waddling, Carrie entered the living room where Ruthie and Simon were watching television. She sighed and plopped down on the couch.
"Are you okay, Carrie?" Simon asked her.
"Yeah, I just feel like a beached whale," she laughed as her hand moved to rest on her stomach.
"Well, you look great," he encouraged.
"Thank you... for lying that is," she laughed.
Just then, Eric entered the house and greeted the trio. He had pizza in his hand and X came in behind him with a stack of movies. Annie walked in and Eric explained they were going to have a fun evening for anyone who wanted to be a part of it. He got pizza for dinner and Shrek for a movie. Carrie thought it would be fun, so she enthusiastically agreed. Ruthie didn't have anything better to do, but Simon had a date with Cecelia. He helped Carrie off the couch, but then took off to see his girlfriend. At that moment Kevin and Lucy entered the main house to see how everyone was.
"Hey, what's going on?" Lucy asked Eric when she saw the pizza boxes and movies.
"We're having a movie night. You're welcome to join us."
Kevin and Lucy agreed and joined the family in the dining room to eat, and then they all settled down for a nice, relaxing evening. Once everyone was settled in the living room, Carrie felt a lot of commotion in her tummy. The baby was moving a lot, and wouldn't settle down.
"Wow!"
"What?" Ruthie asked her.
"Oh, the baby's kicking a lot," she laughed.
Ruthie put her hand on Carrie's stomach and felt the baby pushing and kicking. Ruthie laughed and then everyone settled down to watch Shrek and have a good time. About halfway through the movie, Carrie started feeling sharp pains in her back and sides. She rubbed them, but it didn't go away for a couple of minutes. When the pain subsided she shifted and leaned back against the couch. Five minutes later, she felt it again. It kept happening on and off for an hour. Annie watched Carrie moving around and felt sorry for her. She remembered how uncomfortable it was to be that pregnant and not able to do anything about it.
All of a sudden, Carrie felt a lot of pressure in her stomach and leaned forward. All of a sudden she gasped and everyone turned to look at her. Her water just broke! She couldn't believe it was happening already! Carrie was in a panic! It was too soon and she still had a month left of Lamaze classes! There was no way she could be in labor now! Eric and Annie were now looking at her, very concerned.
"Are you okay, hon?" Annie asked her.
"I... I think my water just broke," she told her.
"It's okay. It's perfectly normal for first babies to come early. Come on I'll help you up. Let's go really slow."
Once she stood up she felt a rush of water run down her legs and Carrie groaned as she felt another sharp pain. Now she knew she was in labor. Her water broke and she was having contractions. Kevin helped Annie and X grabbed her overnight bag that the doctor recommended she pack during her last visit. Kevin helped her sit in the back seat and then grabbed his own car and told them he'd meet them at the hospital. X sat beside Carrie and took her hand in his.
"We're gonna have a baby," he whispered in her ear.
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X assisted Carrie in making her way towards the reception desk in the maternity wing of the hospital. Kevin and Lucy got there just as X was being handed some paperwork to sign. Kevin took it off his hands and began filling it out as an orderly appeared with a wheelchair to take Carrie back to be checked and so they could make sure she was in labor. In a few minutes, she was in a hospital gown and lying in a bed waiting for the doctor to come in and check her.
"Hello, Carrie," she greeted warmly.
"Hi Dr. Clark," she replied.
"You're in here a little early, aren't you? But don't worry, lots of babies come early so there shouldn't be a problem if you really are in labor."
Carrie put her feet up in the stirrups and the doctor checked her. During the examination, Carrie felt a contraction starting and grabbed onto X's hand and breathed through it. The doctor finished and Carrie pulled her feet down and continued to breathe like she had been trained. Her contractions got worse on the drive over, and now she was having difficulty concentrating on her breathing because the pain had increased. When it was over she looked at Dr. Clark.
"Well you definitely are in labor. Actually, you're already dilated four centimeters. You have to get to ten, so we still have a few hours. I'll be back in half an hour to check your progress. Until then, sit tight and if you want to you can take a walk because it will speed up the process."
After the doctor left Carrie leaned back in her bed and asked X for a magazine. He handed her seventeen and she began to leaf through it. A couple minutes later there was a knock at her door and she told whoever it was to come in. She was happy to see Kevin and Lucy standing there and told them to come in and sit down.
"So we saw the doctor leave. What did she say?" Kevin asked.
"She said I was definitely in labor. But, duh, my water broke. I'm dilated four centimeters so we still have a little while, but everything looks good."
"Oh well that's good," Lucy said with a smile.
Carrie really liked Lucy. She was really sweet to everyone, and although she could be crazy at times, she still had a good heart. When Carrie first started to show Lucy took her out to find some maternity clothes, and she helped her with anything she needed help with. Another contraction interrupted her thoughts and she held her hand out and X instinctively took it. She started to breathe just like they showed her how to in class, but the pain was steadily getting worse. Finally it was over and she relaxed against her bed with her eyes closed.
"Are you okay?" Kevin asked her with concern in his voice.
"Yeah, I just... need to catch my breath."
"What does it feel like?" Lucy asked.
She was definitely curious, especially since she was planning on becoming a mom in the next couple of years. Lucy saw the pain in Carrie's face, and it was the same grimace her mom had when she was in labor. Carrie thought for a moment about how to describe it. She didn't wan to scare Lucy, but labor wasn't a picnic either. To make matters worse, she was still in early labor, and she knew it only would get worse.
"Well, it's hard to explain if you haven't felt it. It's kind of like a muscle cramp, but it's still different."
"Oh," Lucy said.
-------- 4 hours later (midnight)--------
"Breathe Carrie. That's it. You're almost done. Come on..." X encouraged.
"I can't! Oh my God this hurts!" she screamed as Lucy watched in horror and sympathy.
After exhaling one more time, Carrie went limp and collapsed against the pillows behind her. Even though her contractions were getting worse and closer together, she was still only dilated five centimeters. It was taking a long time, and she desperately wanted this whole thing to be over with. She really didn't want to have drugs, but she didn't know if she could make it through this ordeal without them. Kevin returned with a cup of ice and a towel and Carrie reached for the ice longingly. Once she got it, she began to chew on it loudly and Lucy mopped her brow with the clean towel.
"I want this to be over!" Carrie whined as another contraction started just four minutes after the last one ended.
"Okay, you can do this, Carrie," X told her and she focused everything on the picture of her favorite park in Glenoak.
She screamed loudly just as her doctor came in to check her progress. As Carrie continued to breathe, Dr. Clark waited for the contraction to be over before seeing how far she was dilated. When it was over and Carrie laid back down, the doctor shoed Lucy and Kevin out of her room. They willingly obliged and hurried to wait outside the door.
"I wonder why this is taking so long," Kevin said.
"Well, Mom was in labor for 26 hours with the twins. And that was her sixth and seventh babies. First babies can take even longer."
The doctor exited the room at that moment, flashing them an encouraging smile on her way down the hall. Kevin was shocked when he saw Carrie climbing out of bed with X's help. He eased her up and she walked towards the doorway where Kevin and Lucy were standing.
"What are you doing!?" Kevin exclaimed.
Carrie sighed, "I'm still only dilated five centimeters and I've been here for almost four hours! I am going for a walk to see if this speeds up. Yous guys can go to the waiting room if you want."
Kevin and Lucy took her advice and decided to wait with the rest of the family for a while. They told Eric and Annie what was going on and they felt sorry for Carrie, as well.
--------6 hours later ( 6:00am)--------
Carrie was exhausted. She used to say that all the time, but now she knew the true meaning of the word. She was now sleeping in the short amount of time between contractions and she was only dilated 7 centimeters. The walk sped things up a little, but now they were at a stand still. Her contractions slowed down, which did help Carrie rest, but it also meant it wasn't any close to being over.
"Please baby! Please come out now," she whined.
X was tired from being up all night, but he loved Carrie and he wanted to be with her during this. He promised her he'd never leave her, and he meant it. Annie knocked on the door to relieve X because she knew Carrie would probably like to have a change in people to talk to and X would need the break.
"Hey, how are you doing in here?" she asked.
"It's never going to be over!" Carrie wailed. "I'm going to be pregnant forever!"
"I know how you feel, honey," Annie sympathized. "Now, X. Why don't you get something to eat. I'll keep Carrie company."
"No, I'm okay," he replied.
Carrie knew what Annie was doing, and X was starting to get on her nerves a little anyways, "Babe, I think she's right. Go. I have a mother of seven with me. I think I'll be okay."
As soon as X left she sighed in relief, "Thank God he's gone. He's been driving me nuts asking if I need anything."
Annie laughed and the two women talked about babies and waited for Carrie's labor to start up again.
--------5 1/2 hours later (12:30pm)--------
"Ooooooooohhhhh!!!!!!" Carrie screamed as another contraction hit.
Dr. Clark wanted to give her something to speed up her labor, but Carrie refused. She wanted it to be as natural as possible, and that meant no drugs to speed anything up. The doctor reluctantly agreed and kept a close eye on her. Eventually, the contractions started getting closer together, and she was now dilated eight centimeters.
The second her contraction was over, Carrie yelled, "Time!"
"Three minutes apart," X told her.
"Still! They've been three hours apart for the last hour!"
Carrie relaxed in the small amount of time she had to relax, until another contraction hit. At that moment, Lucy and Kevin came in to see how everything was going. All they got for an answer was, "Time."
"Three minutes."
"Damnit!" she screamed.
Kevin raised his eyebrows, but Carrie couldn't care less. She was physically worn out, and she was sleep deprived on top of it. Not only that, but she still had to push a human being out of her vagina!
--------about 7 1/2 hours later (8:00)--------
Carrie was sound asleep, now that her contractions were five minutes apart again. The doctor wasn't concerned, though, because a lot of first babies took hours to come out. She had seen some that took over thirty hours to come out. Stirring from her sleep, Carrie felt another wave of pain starting. X offered his hand and soon she was panting and screaming through the unbearable pain.
"Time?" she asked.
"Four minutes, sorry," X told her.
"No, I meant what time is it?" she corrected.
"Oh, about eight o'clock," X told her.
"That's 24 hours," she sobbed. "I've been in labor an entire day."
"It's okay, it's almost over. You're already dilated nine..." X trailed off as Carrie screamed.
He looked at his clock and couldn't believe it had only been two minutes. He buzzed for a nurse and she came in to see what the problem was. He told the nurse he thought it was time and so she got the doctor. Dr. Clark came in and examined Carrie and then grinned.
"Congratulations. You're at ten centimeters. Let's go to delivery."
A/N: I hope you enjoyed that chapter! I want to thank my beta, GeorgeStultsFan for helping me! You're a doll, hon! Please review!
A/N: Hallo loves! That last chapter sucked, I know. I hope this chapter is better! But, Sam's in jail! Yay! Okay, now please R&R!!! Enjoy!
Chapter 8: Early Bird Gets The Worm
Carrie was entering her eighth month of pregnancy in perfect health, according to her doctor. Sam was sentenced to twenty years in a maximum- security prison thanks to the new law passed that basically said if a person murdered a pregnant woman, they were charged with two murders. Because Sam endangered the fetus, he was charged with attempted murder. The larger her stomach got, the more she couldn't believe anyone would ever think a fetus wasn't alive. Her stomach moved, and she could tell when the baby was asleep or awake.
The Camdens helped her with everything, so she would be ready when the baby came. Mrs. Camden signed her up for Lamaze classes with X, and although it freaked him out some, he definitely wanted to be in the delivery room with her.
Ruthie gave her the attic, and she took her old room back so Carrie would have enough space for a baby, too. She inherited things from all the Camden children including a crib, clothes and anything she could possibly need. When her dad died, they got a lot of money and so her mother granted her early access to her fund. Her mom had been very supportive and apologetic since the whole incident occurred, but she couldn't leave her job in Buffalo. She did send money to the Camden's for all their help, though. X had been living on his own forever, so he got an apartment and helped Carrie out as much as he could.
Waddling down the stairs, yes waddling, Carrie entered the living room where Ruthie and Simon were watching television. She sighed and plopped down on the couch.
"Are you okay, Carrie?" Simon asked her.
"Yeah, I just feel like a beached whale," she laughed as her hand moved to rest on her stomach.
"Well, you look great," he encouraged.
"Thank you... for lying that is," she laughed.
Just then, Eric entered the house and greeted the trio. He had pizza in his hand and X came in behind him with a stack of movies. Annie walked in and Eric explained they were going to have a fun evening for anyone who wanted to be a part of it. He got pizza for dinner and Shrek for a movie. Carrie thought it would be fun, so she enthusiastically agreed. Ruthie didn't have anything better to do, but Simon had a date with Cecelia. He helped Carrie off the couch, but then took off to see his girlfriend. At that moment Kevin and Lucy entered the main house to see how everyone was.
"Hey, what's going on?" Lucy asked Eric when she saw the pizza boxes and movies.
"We're having a movie night. You're welcome to join us."
Kevin and Lucy agreed and joined the family in the dining room to eat, and then they all settled down for a nice, relaxing evening. Once everyone was settled in the living room, Carrie felt a lot of commotion in her tummy. The baby was moving a lot, and wouldn't settle down.
"Wow!"
"What?" Ruthie asked her.
"Oh, the baby's kicking a lot," she laughed.
Ruthie put her hand on Carrie's stomach and felt the baby pushing and kicking. Ruthie laughed and then everyone settled down to watch Shrek and have a good time. About halfway through the movie, Carrie started feeling sharp pains in her back and sides. She rubbed them, but it didn't go away for a couple of minutes. When the pain subsided she shifted and leaned back against the couch. Five minutes later, she felt it again. It kept happening on and off for an hour. Annie watched Carrie moving around and felt sorry for her. She remembered how uncomfortable it was to be that pregnant and not able to do anything about it.
All of a sudden, Carrie felt a lot of pressure in her stomach and leaned forward. All of a sudden she gasped and everyone turned to look at her. Her water just broke! She couldn't believe it was happening already! Carrie was in a panic! It was too soon and she still had a month left of Lamaze classes! There was no way she could be in labor now! Eric and Annie were now looking at her, very concerned.
"Are you okay, hon?" Annie asked her.
"I... I think my water just broke," she told her.
"It's okay. It's perfectly normal for first babies to come early. Come on I'll help you up. Let's go really slow."
Once she stood up she felt a rush of water run down her legs and Carrie groaned as she felt another sharp pain. Now she knew she was in labor. Her water broke and she was having contractions. Kevin helped Annie and X grabbed her overnight bag that the doctor recommended she pack during her last visit. Kevin helped her sit in the back seat and then grabbed his own car and told them he'd meet them at the hospital. X sat beside Carrie and took her hand in his.
"We're gonna have a baby," he whispered in her ear.
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X assisted Carrie in making her way towards the reception desk in the maternity wing of the hospital. Kevin and Lucy got there just as X was being handed some paperwork to sign. Kevin took it off his hands and began filling it out as an orderly appeared with a wheelchair to take Carrie back to be checked and so they could make sure she was in labor. In a few minutes, she was in a hospital gown and lying in a bed waiting for the doctor to come in and check her.
"Hello, Carrie," she greeted warmly.
"Hi Dr. Clark," she replied.
"You're in here a little early, aren't you? But don't worry, lots of babies come early so there shouldn't be a problem if you really are in labor."
Carrie put her feet up in the stirrups and the doctor checked her. During the examination, Carrie felt a contraction starting and grabbed onto X's hand and breathed through it. The doctor finished and Carrie pulled her feet down and continued to breathe like she had been trained. Her contractions got worse on the drive over, and now she was having difficulty concentrating on her breathing because the pain had increased. When it was over she looked at Dr. Clark.
"Well you definitely are in labor. Actually, you're already dilated four centimeters. You have to get to ten, so we still have a few hours. I'll be back in half an hour to check your progress. Until then, sit tight and if you want to you can take a walk because it will speed up the process."
After the doctor left Carrie leaned back in her bed and asked X for a magazine. He handed her seventeen and she began to leaf through it. A couple minutes later there was a knock at her door and she told whoever it was to come in. She was happy to see Kevin and Lucy standing there and told them to come in and sit down.
"So we saw the doctor leave. What did she say?" Kevin asked.
"She said I was definitely in labor. But, duh, my water broke. I'm dilated four centimeters so we still have a little while, but everything looks good."
"Oh well that's good," Lucy said with a smile.
Carrie really liked Lucy. She was really sweet to everyone, and although she could be crazy at times, she still had a good heart. When Carrie first started to show Lucy took her out to find some maternity clothes, and she helped her with anything she needed help with. Another contraction interrupted her thoughts and she held her hand out and X instinctively took it. She started to breathe just like they showed her how to in class, but the pain was steadily getting worse. Finally it was over and she relaxed against her bed with her eyes closed.
"Are you okay?" Kevin asked her with concern in his voice.
"Yeah, I just... need to catch my breath."
"What does it feel like?" Lucy asked.
She was definitely curious, especially since she was planning on becoming a mom in the next couple of years. Lucy saw the pain in Carrie's face, and it was the same grimace her mom had when she was in labor. Carrie thought for a moment about how to describe it. She didn't wan to scare Lucy, but labor wasn't a picnic either. To make matters worse, she was still in early labor, and she knew it only would get worse.
"Well, it's hard to explain if you haven't felt it. It's kind of like a muscle cramp, but it's still different."
"Oh," Lucy said.
-------- 4 hours later (midnight)--------
"Breathe Carrie. That's it. You're almost done. Come on..." X encouraged.
"I can't! Oh my God this hurts!" she screamed as Lucy watched in horror and sympathy.
After exhaling one more time, Carrie went limp and collapsed against the pillows behind her. Even though her contractions were getting worse and closer together, she was still only dilated five centimeters. It was taking a long time, and she desperately wanted this whole thing to be over with. She really didn't want to have drugs, but she didn't know if she could make it through this ordeal without them. Kevin returned with a cup of ice and a towel and Carrie reached for the ice longingly. Once she got it, she began to chew on it loudly and Lucy mopped her brow with the clean towel.
"I want this to be over!" Carrie whined as another contraction started just four minutes after the last one ended.
"Okay, you can do this, Carrie," X told her and she focused everything on the picture of her favorite park in Glenoak.
She screamed loudly just as her doctor came in to check her progress. As Carrie continued to breathe, Dr. Clark waited for the contraction to be over before seeing how far she was dilated. When it was over and Carrie laid back down, the doctor shoed Lucy and Kevin out of her room. They willingly obliged and hurried to wait outside the door.
"I wonder why this is taking so long," Kevin said.
"Well, Mom was in labor for 26 hours with the twins. And that was her sixth and seventh babies. First babies can take even longer."
The doctor exited the room at that moment, flashing them an encouraging smile on her way down the hall. Kevin was shocked when he saw Carrie climbing out of bed with X's help. He eased her up and she walked towards the doorway where Kevin and Lucy were standing.
"What are you doing!?" Kevin exclaimed.
Carrie sighed, "I'm still only dilated five centimeters and I've been here for almost four hours! I am going for a walk to see if this speeds up. Yous guys can go to the waiting room if you want."
Kevin and Lucy took her advice and decided to wait with the rest of the family for a while. They told Eric and Annie what was going on and they felt sorry for Carrie, as well.
--------6 hours later ( 6:00am)--------
Carrie was exhausted. She used to say that all the time, but now she knew the true meaning of the word. She was now sleeping in the short amount of time between contractions and she was only dilated 7 centimeters. The walk sped things up a little, but now they were at a stand still. Her contractions slowed down, which did help Carrie rest, but it also meant it wasn't any close to being over.
"Please baby! Please come out now," she whined.
X was tired from being up all night, but he loved Carrie and he wanted to be with her during this. He promised her he'd never leave her, and he meant it. Annie knocked on the door to relieve X because she knew Carrie would probably like to have a change in people to talk to and X would need the break.
"Hey, how are you doing in here?" she asked.
"It's never going to be over!" Carrie wailed. "I'm going to be pregnant forever!"
"I know how you feel, honey," Annie sympathized. "Now, X. Why don't you get something to eat. I'll keep Carrie company."
"No, I'm okay," he replied.
Carrie knew what Annie was doing, and X was starting to get on her nerves a little anyways, "Babe, I think she's right. Go. I have a mother of seven with me. I think I'll be okay."
As soon as X left she sighed in relief, "Thank God he's gone. He's been driving me nuts asking if I need anything."
Annie laughed and the two women talked about babies and waited for Carrie's labor to start up again.
--------5 1/2 hours later (12:30pm)--------
"Ooooooooohhhhh!!!!!!" Carrie screamed as another contraction hit.
Dr. Clark wanted to give her something to speed up her labor, but Carrie refused. She wanted it to be as natural as possible, and that meant no drugs to speed anything up. The doctor reluctantly agreed and kept a close eye on her. Eventually, the contractions started getting closer together, and she was now dilated eight centimeters.
The second her contraction was over, Carrie yelled, "Time!"
"Three minutes apart," X told her.
"Still! They've been three hours apart for the last hour!"
Carrie relaxed in the small amount of time she had to relax, until another contraction hit. At that moment, Lucy and Kevin came in to see how everything was going. All they got for an answer was, "Time."
"Three minutes."
"Damnit!" she screamed.
Kevin raised his eyebrows, but Carrie couldn't care less. She was physically worn out, and she was sleep deprived on top of it. Not only that, but she still had to push a human being out of her vagina!
--------about 7 1/2 hours later (8:00)--------
Carrie was sound asleep, now that her contractions were five minutes apart again. The doctor wasn't concerned, though, because a lot of first babies took hours to come out. She had seen some that took over thirty hours to come out. Stirring from her sleep, Carrie felt another wave of pain starting. X offered his hand and soon she was panting and screaming through the unbearable pain.
"Time?" she asked.
"Four minutes, sorry," X told her.
"No, I meant what time is it?" she corrected.
"Oh, about eight o'clock," X told her.
"That's 24 hours," she sobbed. "I've been in labor an entire day."
"It's okay, it's almost over. You're already dilated nine..." X trailed off as Carrie screamed.
He looked at his clock and couldn't believe it had only been two minutes. He buzzed for a nurse and she came in to see what the problem was. He told the nurse he thought it was time and so she got the doctor. Dr. Clark came in and examined Carrie and then grinned.
"Congratulations. You're at ten centimeters. Let's go to delivery."
A/N: I hope you enjoyed that chapter! I want to thank my beta, GeorgeStultsFan for helping me! You're a doll, hon! Please review!