Hello again! Thank you so much for reading! I appreciate all of your feedback so much this is the last chapter before the much anticipated event of Liam's birth. I'm getting so excited because I love babies and I am very obsessed with writing baby fluff! Hope this chapter keeps you satisfied till the cute stuff happens! :)
Rachel is 38 weeks pregnant, just two weeks until her due-date, but it can't seem to come fast enough. It's kind of hard for her to move because she is so heavily pregnant. As terrified as she is of labor, Rachel cannot wait to finally give birth to Liam, being eight and a half months pregnant is totally exhausting. Rachel's feet are constantly swollen an her back always hurts. Thank goodness she has Finn to take really good care of her, and he does so no questions asked. Rachel has no idea what she'd do without him. She's so ready for the two of them to finally have the family they have always dreamed of having.
"How are you feeling?" Finn asks Rachel.
"Okay, I guess, exhausted. And my feet are swollen again." Rachel says, an uncomfortable look on her face.
"Aww, I'm sorry, is there anything I can do for you?"
"Can you please make me some tea?"
"Sure, babe."
"Thank you, I'll make sure to make all of this up to you one day, I promise."
"Don't worry about it."
"No, you have been so good to me throughout this whole pregnancy, I want to do something nice for you."
"Rachel, your carrying our child, that's nice enough by itself. You are giving me the chance to be a father and creating our family, I really couldn't ask for anything nicer than that."
"I hope I go into labor before my due-date."
"Last time we talked about this you wanted to go into labor on your due-date and not a second earlier."
Rachel laughs a little. "Well, that was before I felt like a giant, over-sized balloon that is about to pop."
"Oh, I see. But you look absolutely beautiful."
"Stop lying to me, I know that's not true. I am so huge, I look like a whale."
"Honey, stop it, no you don't. you look so gorgeous, you are positively glowing and I've never seen you look more beautiful in my entire life. You should really try to understand how incredibly beautiful you are to me."
"I'm just tired of waddling around everywhere and my belly getting in the way of everything."
"Well, I think you look adorable waddling around everywhere."
Rachel rolls her eyes. "Of course you do. You think this is easy and cute and all this. It's not, it's miserable and exhausting and the only time it's nice is when I can feel Liam kicking around."
"Rachel Sweetheart, something's upsetting you isn't it? What's wrong? You hardly ever act like this in front of me. You know I know when something is bothering you, so please tell me what it is."
"I don't feel good, and I'm scared of not being a good mother, and I'm tired of being so huge all the time." Rachel says, a few tears falling from her eyes.
"Baby, look at me, I know you don't feel good, and I am going to do whatever I can to make you feel better, and you are going to be just fine at being a mother, hell, you'll be amazing. Oh, and if you weren't growing properly, then the baby wouldn't be growing very well either. So just look at things from that side, okay?"
"I try to do all of that, but I'm just scared, I have no idea what I'm doing, and I keep thinking that things like that are going to make me a bad mother."
"Rachel, I know you, and trust me, as soon as you lay your eyes on Liam for the first time, you are going to know exactly what to do."
"You think so?"
"I really do, I know that you are going to be the most amazing mother to our son."
"What if he hates me?"
"He's just a little baby, he's not going to hate you."
"He might be able to express it but still."
"Trust me, he isn't going to hate you, you are going to be so gentle and caring towards him that it is going to be impossible for him to not love you."
"I can't wait to see what he looks like, and hold him, because then I will feel so much better about being a good mother to him."
"Soon enough Honey, soon enough."
"I hope he gets your dimples Finny, I love your dimples, they are so adorable."
"You want our son to have my dimples?"
"Of course I do, it'll be cute and Liam will look so much more like you if he has your dimples."
"My mom is convinced that Liam is going to look jus like I did when I was a baby, it's kind of funny."
"You were an adorable baby."
"So were you, which means that our kid is going to be the cutest baby in all of New York."
"In all of New York, really?"
"Yes, really. I mean look at us we are really cute people of course our son is going to be the cutest baby in all of New York."
"You are completely ridiculous, you do know that, right Honey?"
"Oh, of course I know that, but you like it so I have no intentions of stopping."
"You know, our son is going to be a pretty goofy kid because he has the two of us for parents."
"The cutest and coolest kid in all of New York, I'm telling you."
"Yeah, Daddy's silly is he Liam." Rachel says putting her hands over her stomach and grinning at Finn playfully.
Finn grins back at Rachel "Liam, that's not true Daddy is not silly, Mommy is the silly one."
"No, you're the silly one."
"Maybe we should just let Liam decide who he thinks is the silly one."
"Yeah, I really like that idea."
"It's going to so pleasantly strange having our own kid to call us Daddy and Mommy."
"Yeah, it will be a very nice and welcomed change."
"So, have you given any thought to what we are going to bring Liam home from the hospital in, like his outfit?"
"No, I actually have not even thought about anything to do with the hospital or Liam's birth, mostly because I'm completely terrified of labor."
"Don't be, you are going to be absolutely incredible and I will be right beside you the entire time, I promise, you really don't need to be scared, you've got this, I know you do."
"Just be prepared to lose circulation in your hands from me gripping them so tightly."
"Bring it on, and if you have to break my knuckles as well, go ahead, I really don't care."
"You don't?"
"Of course not, you do whatever you have to do to bring our precious son into this world, okay?
"Okay. Thank you for taking such good care of me."
"You are very welcome."
Rachel sits sipping on her tea while Finn does some stuff for work. She thinks about how in two short weeks she will be sitting with her son, holding him as he cries, making silly faces at him as she tries to make him smile. She wonders how he'll act. If he'll eat a lot. Rachel wonders all kinds of things about her son.
"What are you doing Rachel? You're awfully quiet." Finn says bringing Rachel back to reality from her day dream.
"Oh, just thinking." Rachel answers, a wide grin on her face
"What about?
"Liam."
"You've been thinking about him an awful lot lately, haven't you?"
"Yeah, I have. I'm just really excited.
"I know. So am I.
"Sometimes I still can't believe this is all happening. We are really going to be parents in two weeks. It's so crazy."
"I know, I'm very excited. "
"We are not going to get good sleep for a while after he's born, you know."
"We'll take shifts on diaper changes and cuddles. Now, the feeding that's all on you."
"Duh, because, I am the one with the boobs and it is called breast-feeding."
"I know, and I must say your boobs have gotten quite nice."
"Finn! Don't you dare talk about my boobs like that in front of our son! It's inappropriate." Rachel teases, playfully smacking Finn on the arm.
"Ow babe! Don't smack me, I was teasing and he isn't even born yet."
"So, we have to practice watching our mouth, and our perverted jokes."
"Aww, but Rach, you are no fun!"
"We are about to be parents Finn, that leaves you no room for monkey business."
"Oh really, because that is certainly not the way you acted two weeks ago."
"I know and that was really fun, and quite romantic, but we need to be serious now."
"Fine, but I at least am holding your hand whenever I want to."
"Now that is quite perfectly acceptable."
Finn leans over and kisses Rachel's cheek. "Good."
"Shhh, he's kicking, come here. You can feel if you want to."
Finn smiles widely and almost immediately places his hands on Rachel's stomach.
"Oh my goodness, it's stronger every single time. It feels so real doesn't it? That's our son."
Rachel gives Finn a wide smile. "Yeah, that's our son."
"We are finally going to be a family."
"We are, we really are."
"You and Liam are the most important people in my life, I just want to make sure that you know that, okay?"
"You are going to be quite the amazing Daddy, you know that right."
"I highly doubt that I will be as good of a parent as the kind that you are going to be."
"Finn, don't be ridiculous. You will be an amazing father. How could you not be, as sweet and carrying as you are. I know you will be an amazing father, it's impossible for you not to be."
"You're always so encouraging to me, and I really appreciate that."
"That's because you deserve more than anyone to know just how truly special you are."
"I always like it when you tell me how special I am."
"We are going to be a special family, you me, and our little Liam we really are."
"He's our miracle, and I honestly don't know where the two of us would be if we didn't get the chance to have him.
"I wouldn't be nearly this happy, that's for sure."
"You know, I feel the same way, he's gave us this new kind of happiness."
"I can't wait for us to finally meet him."
"I know, neither can i."
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