Chapter 4: Birth

Notes: Power Rangers and all related characters are the property of The Walt Disney Company. Wow! I didn't expect to get all of the reviews I've gotten for the last chapter! Thank you so much and keep reviewing! My original plan was to write three chapters each with three little vignettes, one from each from a different month of Kimberly's pregnancy. But, I found it hard to think of stories so I decide to skip ahead to the birth of Tommy and Kimberly's baby.

September 2nd, 1998

11:30 AM

Kimberly was lying in the bed reading a book. Due to her size, her doctor put her on bed rest for the last month. She didn't mind though. Tommy, Hayley, and Rocky arranged their class schedules, so at least one of them would be with Kimberly. Today was Hayley's turn and she was in the kitchen of Tommy and Kimberly's new home making sandwiches.

Tommy and Kim moved in in June, it was a nice little home, near AGU, perfect for the new family. Back in April, they decided that they need a place of their own. They talked to Tommy's parents and Kimberly's dad about their plan, and the parents decided to help the two of them get their first place. Tommy and Kimberly looked for weeks, but every place they thought would be perfect for them had either been sold or wouldn't be safe for a child.

They almost lost hope when they were driving through the neighborhood on their way back to the dorms. Then, Kimberly saw the house and begged Tommy to stop. He did and they went up to the house and found the door locked. Tommy called the real estate agent and soon they were taking a tour of the house. It wasn't very big… One story with two bedrooms, one bath, a utility room, a nice sized living room, a kitchen, sun porch on the back of the house and a covered patio. Tommy and Kimberly both agreed that this was the house for them. The parents came, looked at it and agreed with them.

"Whoa…" said Kimberly, "That was a big one…" Kimberly had been having contractions all morning. She then thought back to early this morning before Tommy left for school….

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(FLASHBACK)

Kimberly was lying in bed doing some kitting; Tommy was sitting on the bed watching her, like she was a time bomb waiting to go off. "Mmmm…" she said.

"Was that a contraction?" asked Tommy.

"Yes, Tommy… They are only 30 minutes apart… we are no where near time…"

Just then the doorbell rang, Tommy quickly left the room to answer it and returned a few moments later with Rocky and Hayley.

"So," said Rocky, "Today's the day I meet my nephew or niece…"

"Maybe…" said Kimberly.

"You know," said Tommy, "Maybe Rocky and I should stay just in case…"

"Hayley can mange… The last thing I need are you three sitting around the living room like Ricky, Fred and Ethel, in the episode were Lucy gives birth to Little Ricky."

"OK, Tommy… You heard the lady… Out!" said Hayley.

Tommy sighed, "OK," he kissed Kimberly. "I'll see you later…"

Kimberly smiled and kissed back, "Bye… I love you…"

"I love you, two…" then Tommy and Rocky left.

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Kimberly smiled and soon another contraction hit she looked at the clock… It had been 5 minutes. "Hayley…" she called.

Hayley walked in, "Yeah?"

"It's time…" said Kimberly.

Hayley smiled, "OK… I'll call the doctor."

"And, I'll call Tommy." Kimberly then dialed his cell phone number, and was surprised to hear it ringing. Kimberly looked and saw it sitting on his nightstand, "That man! He would forget his head if it wasn't attached!"

"Calm down, Kim… I'll call Rocky and tell him to get Tommy… You call the doctor and tell him we're coming."

"OK," said Kimberly.

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Rocky was sitting in the cafeteria eating lunch when his cell phone started ringing, "Hello?"

"Hi, Rock," said Hayley.

"Hi, Hayls. What's up?"

"Kim's in labor and Tommy forgot his cell phone."

Rocky shakes his head, "We'll you really can't blame the guy for forgetting."

"Yeah… Can you go tell Tommy to get his butt to the hospital?"

"Sure… Where is he right now?"

Hayley looked at Tommy's class schedule, "He's in a paleontology class in Building 5, Room 47."

Rocky pulled out a scrap piece of paper, "Building 5, Room 47... Got it… I'll tell him and I'll see you at the hospital."

"OK… I love you…"

"Love you, too, bye…"

Rocky hung up and left to go find Tommy.

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Tommy was sitting in his second year Paleontology class listening to his class's guest speaker for the day, Dr. Anton Mercer. Soon a knock was heard on the door. Tommy saw his professor walk over to the door, but due to where he was sitting he couldn't see who she was talking to. A few moments later, "Tommy Oliver? Could you come here a moment and bring your things?"

Tommy gathered up his stuff and walked over to the door. When he saw Rocky standing there he knew something was wrong… "What happened to Kim?"

"Kim's OK," said Rocky, "She went into labor and she and Hayley are on their way to the hospital."

"Why didn't one of them call me on my cell phone?"

"Apparently, you left it on the nightstand…"

"What?" he checked his pockets and his book bag quickly and found his cell phone missing. "I guess I did…"

"Come on… Let's go…"

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12:00 PM

A short time later, at the hospital, Tommy walked into Kimberly's room. He walked over to her and kissed her, "Sorry I'm late…"

Kimberly smiled, "That's OK… As long as you're here… that's all that matters…"

Dr. Sawyer came in, Kimberly's OB/GYN came in. "Hi, Tommy…"

"Hi, Dr. Sawyer…"

Kimberly moaned as she started to have another contraction, "How far apart are they, Kimberly?"

"They are around 4 minutes apart…"

Dr. Sawyer started to check Kimberly, "I see you water broke…"

"Yeah… It broke in Hayley's car…"

Dr. Sawyer stood up and said, "Well, you're at 5cm we are still little ways away… I'll be back in about 15 minutes to check on you…" then Dr. Sawyer left.

Kimberly looked at her fiancé and said, "Tommy…"

"Yeah…"

"I'm scared…"

"You? Scared? After all the monsters we faced as Rangers, childbirth should be a breeze…"

Kimberly looked at him with an icy stare, "One more remark like that and I'll make sure that this child is the only one we have…"

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6:00PM

Kimberly had dilated to about 7.5 cm. Tommy was holding her hand and comforting her as she had another contraction, and he said, "Your doing great, Beautiful."

"Tommy, honey," said Kim, as the contraction ended, "There is something I have to tell you… I don't want you to take it wrong… I hate you…"

"Okay…"

"I didn't mean that… I love you… I'm just in pain… I don't know what I'm saying."

"I understand," said Tommy.

"Shut up…" said Kim, "I didn't mean that!"

A few minutes later, Kimberly had another contraction, and yelled, "I swear to God… If you ever come near me again, Tommy Oliver… I'll beat you with in an inch of your life!" and when she finished, "I didn't mean that…"

"I know," said Tommy, he kissed her forehead, "I know…"

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September 3rd, 1998
12:14 AM

Kimberly was pushing with all her might and Tommy was holding her hand. "Kimberly…" he said, "Could you not squeeze my hand so hard…"

"Could I not squeeze your hand so hard?!" screamed Kimberly, "I'm giving birth to your child and you have the nerve to tell me to not squeeze your hand so hard?!"

"I was just kidding…" said Tommy.

"A few more good pushes, Kimberly," said Dr. Sawyer.

Kimberly took a deep breath, and when the next contraction hit she pushed hard and squeezed Tommy's hand even harder, "Doctor," said Tommy, "I can't take much more of this!"

"You can't take much more of this?!" yelled Kimberly, "YOU can't take much more of this?! What about me?!"

"We see a head!" said Dr. Sawyer.

"Come on Kimberly," said Tommy, "Push…"

"What the hell do you think I've been doing?!" screamed Kimberly. She took a deep breath, and pushed as hard as she could on the next contraction.

"OK, the head is out now," said Dr. Sawyer, "One more big push…"

"OK…" said Kimberly, weakly. She took a deep breath as the next contraction started, and pushed hard.

"And… It's a girl!" said Dr. Sawyer. She cleaned out the baby's airway and the baby started to cry. So did Kimberly and Tommy. The nurse cleaned up the baby a little, Dr. Sawyer said, "Want to cut the cord, dad?"

"Yeah…" said Tommy, he walked over to the table, Dr. Sawyer showed him what to do, and Tommy cut the cord.

The doctor tied it off, placed the baby on the scale, "9 lbs. 6 oz." said Dr. Sawyer. The nurse wraped the baby in a blanket and she handed the baby to Tommy.

Tommy brought her over to Kimberly. She took her in her arms, and smiled. The baby had Tommy's eyes and mouth & Kimberly's nose and caramel brown hair. He said, "She's beautiful."

"Yes, she is…" said Kimberly.

"What do you want to name her?" asked the nurse as she started to fill out the birth certificate

Kimberly smiled, "Elizabeth Ann Hart-Oliver."