Chapter 8
"Are you sure Sara?" Nick asked concerned.
Sara pushed the blanket off of her to reveal she was sitting in a puddle of water. "I'll go get the nurse." Nick told her as he stood up from his chair and rushed out of the door to the nurse's station.
Nick came back into the room a few minutes later; he was followed by a nurse.
"Miss Sidle, I'm going to check you your cervix to confirm that your water has indeed broke okay?"
Sara just looked at the nurse for a moment, before thinking to herself silently "Of course my water broke, what do you think, that I peed on myself?"
Before she could open her mouth to ask the nurse what else could the gush of fluid be, the nurse spoke up "Sometimes if you have to pee just a little the pressure of your uterus can cause it to come out."
Nick was holding Sara's hand as the nurse placed the spectrum into Sara. Sara winced a little because it was cold. After a minute the nurse removed the spectrum, and tossed it and her rubber gloves into the trash can. "Miss Sidle, I'm afraid your water did break so we are going to have to let you deliver okay?"
This is just what Sara was afraid of, she didn't want to deliver this early, she was afraid her child wouldn't make it. As the nurse was telling her about giving her some medication to induce the contractions, Sara felt tears run down her cheeks.
"I'll be back in a few minutes with the doctor." The nurse said before exiting the room.
Just as Sara heard the door close she burst out crying. "Nick, I'm so scared, I don't want to deliver this early."
"Sara I'm scared too, but this is a very good hospital and with all the technology they have now a days babies that are delivered earlier than this have survived, you know?" Nick said as he wiped away a tear from her cheek with his thumb.
"I know, but I still can't help but to be scared."
"I know baby." Nick told her.
"Before the doctor gets back, why don't you go check on Catherine and Warrick and let them know what is going on." Sara told Nick.
"I want be right here by your side."
"Nicky, it is not like I'm going to have the baby right this minute, so just go and check on them."
"Okay but I won't be long." Nick said as he stood up and gave Sara a quick kiss on the lips.
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Nick knocked on the door softly before entering the room that Warrick and Catherine were in.
"Hey Nicky," Warrick said in a whisper because he didn't want to wake Catherine who had just fallen asleep.
"How's Catherine?" Nicky asked as he walked closer to Warrick.
"She's doing pretty well, they told her she needs to rest but she is worried about the baby." "How's Sara?"
"Well she was doing good there for a while but then her water broke and they have to let her deliver the baby." Nick said with a tone of sadness in his voice. "Have you heard anything else about your baby?"
"They said Kayla Fae, was doing better than expected." Warrick said as he gave Nick a half smile.
"Is that what you named her? That's pretty."
"Thanks"
"I better get back to Sara, I just wanted to come and check on Catherine and the baby."
"Okay Nicky, let me know how everything goes, I hope it goes well."
"Thanks Warrick I do too." Nicky said as he turned and began walking back towards the door.
When he opened the door to Sara's room he saw the doctor and a few nurses standing around her bed doing an ultrasound. He walked over to Sara's bed and held her hand, "What's going on?" he whispered in her ear. That's when he noticed she had been crying.
"Nicky…they say the baby is in distress, it is not moving like it should and they think in might have the umbilical cord wrapped around its neck." She said as big tears ran down her cheeks.
"Okay Miss Sidle we are not going to have time to wait for the labor to progress on its own, we are going to have to take this baby by emergency c-section." The doctor told her as he finished up the ultrasound. "Let's get her to her operating room now."
"Nicky…I'm scared." Sara said as she gripped his hand tighter.
"Me too baby, me too." He told her as he kissed her on the forehead, that's when he felt a tear run down his cheek.
…………TBC……………………PLEASE REVIEW!! Another cliff hanger I know but that means you have to come back next chapter! HEHE! But I'm glad you liked the story so far and I promise I'll try not to make next chapter a cliffy!