"Good morning Narcissa." The family mediwitch, Agatha, said as she walked into the room.
"Good morning." Narcissa smiled sweetly.
"You look like you've doing alright so far. Has Lucius been doing the breathing techniques with you?" Narcissa nodded. "Good, now I'm just going to get set up and then I'll examine how far along you are."
Lucius helped Narcissa undress. This immediately triggered another contraction.
"Are you ready?" Agatha had sat down on the edge of the mattress and was wearing sterile examination gloves. Narcissa nodded and tried to relax during the exam she dreaded most. Agatha shook her head, "I'll check in an hour."
"Oh Merlin!" Narcissa moaned.
"I know they hurt, but please don't bear down." Agatha instructed. "You're not ready to push yet."
An hour slowly passed when a heavy contraction hit, it was far worse than the ones before. She screamed and pushed against the pain instinctively. "Oh Lucius, my back!"
"Damn… that was a bad one," Bella said, twirling her wand in her massive, well kept, black curls. Lucius glared at her.
"I'm sorry, Narcissa, but they're only going to get worse." Agatha said. Lucius rubbed Narcissa's shoulders trying to comfort her. He was so nervous, that Bellatrix almost felt bad for him. "I think you're nearly there." Agatha said with a concentrated look. "Only three centimeters to go." Her fingers moved inside Narcissa, who was very uncomfortable. "I'm sorry Cissa, but those last centimetres need to go away before you can actually start to push. The amniotic sac is still intact. I could break it as that usually speeds up the process. Or we just could wait."
"It's fine. You can break it."
"Alright. Then I'll do it during the next contraction."
A few minutes later Narcissa panted as another contraction began to build. Agatha reached with her free hand for a thin, plastic instrument with a small hook at the end. She inserted the instrument and fumbled around while Narcissa gripped Lucius's hands and moaned in pain.
A little 'pop' was followed by a wave of warm water rushing out from between her thighs.
"Ten minutes and you'll be able to start pushing."
"You're so amazing," Lucius murmured to her. "You're doing so well."
"I'm just lying here and complaining about it," Narcissa said back to him.
"No, no, sweetheart," he was stroking her hair now and looking right into her eyes, "You are so incredible. You are so wonderful. You are so beautiful. You're going to be okay."
"Cut the sentiment, and get on with having the baby!" Bellatrix yelled.
Lucius kissed Narcissa's forehead, ignoring Bellatrix and whispering soothing words into her ears as she got ready to push.
Lucius looked down at the other end of the bed, "Is it normal she's bleeding?" He asked
"It's uncommon for this much blood, but this is her first birth and her body is barely strong enough."
"Ow," Narcissa blinked hard, "this really hurts."
"Don't worry dear, it's all normal."
Narcissa gasped leaning over in her bed grasping her stomach. "I-I can't do this!"
"Im going to need you to stay laying how you just were, please do not bend over. It may feel better now but it'll make it harder for the baby to come out," Agatha said calmly.
"Narcissa, I need you to hold your breath and Lucius will count to ten while you bear down." She set up a mirror by Narcissa's legs. "Lucius do you want to come down here to get a better view?"
"I'd like to stay up with my wife, thank you." He said in a disgusted manor. Why would he even think about leaving his wife's side?
Narcissa gritted her teeth as she held onto Lucius's hand, "Okay, Ready? Ten, nine, eight, seven..."
Narcissa screamed again, arching her back in pain.
"Can't she have a potion to stop the pain?" Lucius pleaded.
"All of them would make her drowsy and she'll be too tired to push."
"C'mon Cissy!" yelled Bellatrix, "I want to see my nephew! Is this as bad as the Cruciatus Curse?" Taunted Bella, Cissy ignored her, she was going through too much pain. She leaned forward and bore down again and moaned as Lucius counted backwards. Between her legs, a raw, burning sensation peeked.
She tried to lay back down after Lucius finally reached "one", but his arm prevented her, "You've got to go right into another one during your contractions, Cissa," agatha informed.
Breathlessly, she heaved herself forward once again for another ten seconds until she was permitted a brief rest.
After a while of urging and stroking her back, Lucius had Narcissa let go of his hand. Still panting, Narcissa felt an immense pressure opening her up wider than she already was, causing her to shout a slur of curses.
"Lucius, get her into a sitting position and support her back. This doesn't seem to be working."
Lucius helped Narcissa into a sitting position and held on leg back while Bellatrix had the other.
"Okay, push!" Agatha urged. Counting down from ten, Lucius now sat behind Narcissa as she leaned forward, gritting her teeth.
"You are too small."
"What?!" The soon-to-be parents said simultaneously.
"Your pelvis is too small. I'm going to have to break the baby's collar bone."
"No! You're not going to break any of my child's bones,"
"There isn't a choice. Your pelvis is too small, and the baby is losing oxygen."
"Can't you just break her?" Bellatrix asked, now sitting on a sofa across the room. Agatha looked at Narcissa. "I don't see why not, but It'd be so much easier to break the baby's bones, because they're so resilient..."
"Please don't hurt my child!" Narcissa yelled as another contraction peaked.
"Alright," Agatha said as she conjured a pair of backward metal plier looking thing.
"I'm going to take out this small bit of cartilage that is in between the of the left and right pubic bones. Then I am going to work my pliers into the gap and crack the bones farther apart. Are you sure you want to do this? The pain will be immense."
"Yes I'm sure! Just don't hurt my baby!"
She gave narcissa a small towel. "Bite down on this and I will begin."
Narcissa let out a shrill, blood curdling scream as she felt and heard her bones shatter. Not being able to bear the pain any longer, she passed out.