Hello again! So I'm getting excited to write the birth of Liam, but, unfortunately, that will not be for a few more chapters. I think I might add a bit of drama but I am not really sure yet. Thank you all so much for keeping up with this story even though it is probably really hard for you all to read Finchel stories right now. Hope you all like this chapter!

In the sixth month of Rachel's pregnancy things start to worry her. She thinks that her son is at risk for a really low birth weight because she's so tiny but Finn insists that it will all be just fine, of course that's because he has this insane optimism about all of this and Rachel just cannot seem to let that rub off on her no matter how badly she wants to. She is just really scared that her little boy won't be healthy because of all the trouble that she had getting pregnant. Yeah, Rachel is always worried about the health of her baby.

"Are you sure you'll be okay if I can't go to your next appointment with you?" Finn asks Rachel

"Yeah, I'll be fine." Rachel replies, but her answer isn't very convincing.

"Hey, look at me, it will be okay, everything is going to be okay."

"We don't know that Finn."
"But you have to be positive, okay?"
"I know, I'm trying but it's so hard."
"I'm not used to seeing you this negative, and it really worries me, you know, this isn't like you at all Rachel, it really isn't."

"I know, I'm sorry, I'm just really scared."
"I know you are, but trust me Liam's going to be a really healthy baby and there's all kinds of things to prove that. You don't have to worry about him, you just need to take care of yourself, alright?"

"I'll try harder, thank you for being so supportive, I love you."
"You're welcome, and I love you too."

Three days later, when Rachel's sitting in the waiting room for her appointment and she gets worried again. Thankfully, right before she gets called into the appointment, she feels Liam kick her, nice and strong too, and it gives her just the right amount of reassurance that everything is going to be okay, that her son will be healthy, and that she is not doing anything wrong at all.

"Well your baby seems to be developing very well and should be very healthy, but there is a chance that he might have a low birth-weight." The doctor tells Rachel

"Why? And is it going to hurt him health wise?" Rachel asks, slightly panicked

"Well, your measurements are slightly lower than normal at this point in a pregnancy, but it shouldn't affect him very much as long as his growth is pretty steady after he is born. I think he'll be just fine there's not much of anything that you need to be worried about."
"Okay, thank you, I've been pretty worried lately."

When Rachel gets home she walks to Liam's nursery and sits down in the rocking chair, placing both hands over her baby bump.

"Liam Honey, please promise me that you will try your best to be a strong and healthy baby, Mama's worried about you Sweetie, Mama's so worried about you sweet boy, the doctor says you might be a really tiny baby, please don't let that cause you any problems. Daddy and I love you so very much Liam, we know that you are already such a strong little guy, you really are." She says she feels as Liam moves around in the confines of her womb.

"Oh, I figured I would find you in here. How did your appointment go?" Finn asks

"Fine, but they did say that our son is at risk for having a low birth-weight." Rachel replies sighing

"If he does I'm sure they will just make sure he's eating well and stuff after he's born."
"How do you already know all of this?"
"Oh, I did some research on it when I saw how worried you were about it."

"Thank you for taking such good care of me."
"No problem, I just need to make sure that you are okay, it's kind of my job you know."

"Yeah, I know."

"And soon enough, it will also be my job to make sure that our son is okay."
"You're going to be such a good Daddy, but I hope you know that Liam is so going to be his mommy's little boy."
"Honey, I have known that for quite some time now."

"I still can't get over how nice the nursery looks."

"You like it a lot, don't you?"

"It's perfect."
"I have absolutely no doubt that you are going to be an amazing mother, you know that."
"What is it that makes you so sure?"
"Lots of things. You're very enthusiastic about this, you're always talking to Liam and telling him how much you love him, you're always wanting to make sure he's doing okay, and you're just so attached to him already that there's no way on this earth that you'll be a bad mother."
"I still think you'll be the better parent out of the two of us."
"Rachel, will you please stop saying things like that, you are going to be the best mother in the whole world."
"Thank you, but I'm still not sure."

"Liam, isn't your mommy going to be the best mommy there is?"
"He just kicked so I think he agrees with you."
"See, I told you it was true."
"You're such a goof ball."
"But you love me."
"I do love you, I love you so much."
"I am really glad that Liam will be brought into this world surrounded by so much love."
"I know, he's going to be such a special kid."
"Just as special as his mommy always has been."
"I think he's going to be pretty great, he's got you to teach him how to be a great man."
"And you to give him so much love."

That night when Rachel goes to sleep, she has a nightmare that Liam was born premature and she wakes up shaking and crying.

"Rachel, What's the matter?" Finn asks her.

"I had a really bad dream where Liam was born 12 weeks premature and it was so scary." Rachel replies, her hands still shaky as the tears fall from her eyes

"Shhh, look at me, he's okay, he's just fine, nothing is wrong with our son, it's just a bad dream, that's all it was, okay?"
"But it was really scary, and I thought it was real….What if something like that really does happen to Liam? I would never be able to forgive myself."
"Honey, listen to me, if something happened to Liam there is no way it could be your fault, you don't really drink and you've never done so while pregnant and you're healthy and doing everything you should be doing, you don't have a single thing for yourself to be worried about."
"Thank you for helping me feel better, I'm really sorry that I woke you up."
"Hey, don't you apologize, you were shaking and crying, I had to be there for you, I had to make sure that you were okay."

"But I feel like I'm being ridiculous."
"No you aren't, you are a very concerned mother, that's different."
"You don't think it is silly at all?"
"Oh no, of course not."
"I do, it feels very silly to me."
"Well it is not silly at all, it is very admirable actually."
"I really do not know what I would do without you."
"You'd be fine, you are a very strong woman, you know."
"You aren't going to leave me are you?"

"Oh Rachel, of course not, I could never leave you, or our son, you know that, I'm not going to leave you baby, I promise."

"Good, because I know that I couldn't raise our son without you."
"And you won't have to do that, we'll figure everything out together, just like we always do."

"You know, I think we'll be pretty good at parenting, don't you."

"I think so too."

The next day is exceptionally warm for January but still, Rachel's not feeling too well, her feet are swelling all the time and she's tired a lot. Even though she is a little worried, Rachel knows there isn't anything wrong because these are just normal stages that pregnant women go through. The baby has been a lot more active lately though, he's kicking stronger and more frequently, not as strong as when he'll be closer to being born, but still, Rachel finds it a little bit uncomfortable.

"Liam Sweetie, will you please stop kicking me so much? While it's great that getting stronger, I'm trying to relax and that's very hard to do when you're kicking me all time." Rachel says smiling. A few minutes later she falls asleep, her hands rested over her baby bump. When Finn gets home he finds her still asleep that way and smiles. This is probably one of the most beautiful things he's ever seen, and it makes him think about how in just a few short months, he'll probably come home to see a sleeping Rachel snuggling their sleeping son on her chest, because Finn knows Rachel and he knows that as soon as Liam is finally born, Rachel will always refuse to let go of him. Rachel wakes up moments later.

"Hey, I'm home, did I wake you up?" Finn asks

"No, not really." Rachel replies

"So, I see you finally got a good nap in."
"Yeah, it took a while, Liam is kicking quite a bit today."
"Oh, I see, well at least it means that he is getting stronger."

"He is, and that's such a good thing."
"I've been thinking about how when Liam is finally born I don't think you'll ever let him out of your arms."
"I probably won't. He'll be too precious to let go of."

"The most precious thing on all of the earth. With the perfect mixture of both us in him.

"He will be every bit our son. All ten fingers and ten toes ours."
"Yeah, and he will be the most loved baby in all of the universe."
"Yes, he will be. Because we are his mommy and daddy and we love him more than we've ever loved anyone or anything else."
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