Hey everyone! So this is it, the chapter I know you probably have been waiting for, Liam's birth. Also I have decided to take this story up to Liam's first birthday and then do a sequel that covers the rest of his childhood. Also, this chapter is going to be so fluffy, hope you all enjoy it.
Rachel is sort of upset, it's a little past one P.M on her due-date and she still hasn't gone into labor. She thought for sure that she would go into labor a couple days before her due-date, but still, nothing. She's quite uncomfortable though, so for once, she decides on taking that as a pretty good sign. Rachel stretches herself out on the couch in attempt to relax herself, but then sudden she gets this super sharp pain. Could this be the start of her contractions? She hopes so. Keeping an eye on the clock, Rachel decides to time them just to be positive. Sure enough, she has one about seven minutes later, and then another one seven minutes after that. Yeah, Rachel is definitely in labor, it's time. Rachel quickly dials Finn. He answers on the first ring, which is no surprise at all, he's been worried sick about her for the past week.
"Hey Rach, how are you feeling I miss y-" Finn starts but Rachel cuts him off.
"Finn it's time." She says quickly.
"Ok, I'll be right there, you'll be fine." Finn says and Rachel can tell that he too, is pretty nervous
Rachel feels like crying. She didn't think it would hurt this badly, and to think it's only going to get worse. Thankfully, it isn't long at all before Finn comes bursting through the door.
"I'm here, you are going to be fine, you've got this, now let's get you to the hospital." Finn says, quickly grabbing the bag that he and Rachel had prepared three days prior and then proceeds to help Rachel to the door.
"God, this hurts." Rachel says, a bit panicked as the expression of pain on her face continues to grow more evident.
"I know, I know it does. Just breathe through it, okay? Can you do that, can you breathe for me babe?" Rachel can only nod at him because she's in the middle of a pretty intense contraction.
"I'm so scared." Rachel whispers
"It's all going to be just fine, you are doing a really good job. Just keep breathing, okay?"
Finn is pretty sure he is going at least ten miles over the speed limit, but he really doesn't give a shit, he needs to get Rachel to the hospital as soon as he possibly can.
When they get to the hospital Rachel's doctor checks her progress and then says that Rachel is only 3 centimeters dilated so it's going to be quite a while before she can even start delivering.
"God, this is going to take forever. Why can't I just have this baby already?" Rachel says crying.
"Hey, look at me, you are handling this really well, I'm so proud of you." Finn replies kissing Rachel's cheek.
"I don't feel like I'm handling this very well."
"But you are. You've hardly cried and you aren't yelling or anything. You are staying really calm, and that's really good."
"I don't want to be weird or anything, but can you rub my back for me? Please."
"Of course I can."
Rachel breathes, slow, deep breaths, in and out, in and out, but that really doesn't help anything. Finn must have noticed that because seconds later he extends his hand out to Rachel. "Here, squeeze my hand" he says.
"Are you sure? I am not even close to giving birth yet." Rachel says.
"Positive, I'll do whatever it is you need me to, Sweetheart."
"Thank you, there's no way I could ever make it through this without you."
When her next contraction comes, Rachel's grip on Finn's hand instantly tightens. She feels bad for squeezing his hand so hard, she tries to say how sorry she is but Finn won't let her. He insists on helping her in whatever way he can, even if that means his knuckles are going to be totally bruised up by the time he finally gets to hold his son .
"Oh God, I don't know how much longer I can do this." Rachel says after a contraction.
"You are doing so good, it'll start to go by faster in a while."
Four hours later Rachel is only five centimeters dilated.
"Well your half way so that's good. Finn says, trying his best to be encouraging..
"Are you kidding me? It's going to be hours before Liam's born and your acting like it will be minutes from now." Rachel says, and without thinking, she smacks Finn.
"Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to smack you I'm sorry." Rachel says immediately.
"It's okay, I know you didn't mean to smack me." Finn says as if what just happened was no big deal at all.
"So I just smacked you and you are not even the slightest bit upset about it. Huh, that's weird."
"No, I'm not. I kind of expected you to do something crazy like that when you were in labor anyway. Don't worry about it."
"Okay then, if you say so."
"Did I tell you how incredibly proud of you I am?"
"Yes, a thousand times, Finn.
"I'm sorry, I just wanted to make sure you knew that."
Rachel smiles at Finn. "Well, thank you."
Rachel falls asleep right after the doctor leaves from telling her she's dilated at six now. Before falling asleep Rachel sighs. Only six centimeters four more to go. Finn watches Rachel as she sleeps, he's always liked to watch her sleep. Especially since she's been pregnant, he finds it twenty times more adorable now. He smiles as he reads a text message from his mom, she's asking how Rachel is doing. Finn of course, texts his mother back saying that Rachel is doing absolutely amazing and that he is so proud of her. Rachel has slept for a couple of hours and she wakes up just as Finn's putting his phone back in his pocket from texting his mother.
"Who were you texting?" Rachel asks, her voice still a little groggy.
"My mom, she's been asking me how you're doing." Finn replies smiling.
"I love your mom, you should tell her I'm doing as good as I can for being in the middle of having a baby that is as stubborn as hell."
Finn laughs at Rachel's small joke. "Liam really doesn't want to make his entrance into this world yet, does he? But I told my mom that you were doing pretty well, I hope you don't mind."
Rachel smiles. "I don't mind…oh my God what the hell." Rachel winces and immediately grabs Finns hand.
"You alright, something different going on, you look a little bit shocked." Finn says, growing a little concerned himself.
"I'm fine, but I think we are getting a lot closer."
"Oh. You scared me for a second there, I thought something was going wrong."
Sure enough the next time the doctor examines Rachel she is eight centimeters dilated. That brings Rachel so much relief, she's pretty exhausted and they are finally so close to meeting their son for the very first time.
"It's almost time Babe, it's almost time, we are going to be parent in just a few hours." Finn says giving Rachel a great big encouraging smile.
"I'm so scared, I don't know if I can do this. This is so scary." Rachel replies, her voice shaking.
Finn takes hold of Rachel's hand. "You've got this you totally do."
Half an hour later the doctor comes in to check Rachel. She's fully dilated now and ready to start pushing. Dr. Everman quickly prepares Rachel for delivery. This is it, it's show time.
"Finn, if you could please pull back Rachel's other leg. If both legs are pulled back it'll leave more room for the baby and make things just a little bit easier." Dr. Everman instructs.
Finn nods and then uses one of his hands to pull back Rachel's leg like instructed. He offers Rachel his other hand, she takes it from him, a nervous look on her face.
"You'll be just fine." He reassures her.
"Okay Rachel, on your next contraction you're going to push, so you'll take a deep breath and hold it and then bare down as hard as you can, okay?" Dr. Everman explains
Rachel just nods as she feels the next contraction tighten in her belly. She pushes, just as she's instructed to.
"Yes, just like that. You're doing a really good job for your first baby." Dr. Everman says.
The next time Rachel pushes, sweat is starting to drip down her forehead. Finn wipes it off for her and presses a kiss into her hair. "You are doing so good, I'm so proud of you." He tells her.
Rachel thanks him, and grips his hand tightly before pushing again.
"I don't know how much longer I can do this." Rachel says.
"You probably have about a half an hour left of pushing to do." Dr. Everman says. Sighing, Rachel tries to focus all of her energy on pushing, no matter how hard that may be.
"You are so close Rach, so, so, close" Finn encourages
"Can you see his head?" Rachel asks
"Almost, it's right there."
Rachel pushes five more times before anyone says anything.
"Alright, let's try to get his head out on this next push, okay? Push as hard as you can. " Dr. Everman instructs Rachel.
Rachel pushes, but nothing really happens. "That's okay, just try again and push just a little harder this time." Dr. Everman says, and Rachel nods.
Rachel pushes again and this time her baby's head is out. She looks down and smiles her son is almost born. Rachel gives a slow and steady push and then, before she knows It, loud cries fill the room.
"Come here, Daddy, would you like to cut the cord?" Dr. Everman asks Finn. Completely speechless Finn just nods.
The nurses take Liam to clean him up and Finn watches in wonderment. That's their son, and he's absolutely perfect. Liam Christopher Cory Hudson, born on March 19th at 11:57 P.M. he's tiny though, six pounds, five ounces and 18 inches long.
"Oh my goodness Rachel, he's so cute. I can't wait for you to see him when they are all done cleaning him off." Finn says, a few tears falling from his eyes
"How big is he?" Rachel asks
"He's really tiny. Six pounds, five ounces and eighteen inches long. But the doctor says he's a really healthy baby."
"Good, that's all I wanted, I just wanted him to be healthy."
"They're done cleaning him off, I'll go bring him to you."
As soon as Liam is placed in his arms, Finn just melts inside. "Hi Buddy, it's Daddy. I just want to tell you that I love you so much. You are the cutest thing, just like Mommy. She's been dying to see you. Come on Liam, let's go see Mommy." He coos.
"Someone wants to say hi to their Mommy." Finn says, gently placing Liam in Rachel's arms
"Hello Sweetheart, it's Mommy, Aren't you just as handsome as your father. Look at you, you're such a tiny little thing, Liam. Mommy loves you my sweet boy." Rachel says kissing Liam's tiny forehead.
"He look so much like you, he's got your eyes and you hair, Rach."
"He's got your nose though, and your dimples"
"He does, you always said that he would."
An hour later Rachel's nursing Liam, or at least she's trying to.
"Come on Pumpkin, I know you're hungry, go on Liam, eat for Mommy." Rachel coos, finally he latches on.
"Does that feel weird?" Finn asks curiously.
"A little, but it's the good kind of weird." Rachel replies
There's a knock on the door shortly after Rachel's finished feeding Liam. Finn really isn't surprised to see it's his mother.
"Hello you two, how is my grandson?" Carole asks.
"He's perfect Mom, would you like to hold him?" Finn asks
"Of course."
"Rachel says that he looks like me, do you think so Mom?" Finn questions..
"He does, he really does." Carole replies
"Isn't he just the cutest thing you've ever seen in your life, Mom?"
"He's adorable Honey, I'm so proud of you, you're going to be such a good father."
"Thanks Mom."
After Carole leaves, it's just Finn and Rachel alone with Liam all to themselves, and to be quite honest they love it that way. Rachel's just holding Liam and then he starts to cry.
"Aww, what's the matter Sweetie? Mommy's got you, it's okay Darling, there's no need to cry." Rachel coos, rocking Liam back and forth until she finally gets him to stop crying.
Finn smiles at his wife and his son. "See, I told you he was going to be a total Momma's boy."
"Yeah, you did. Would you like to hold him?"
"Yeah, I'll hold him. I mean, why not? Who knows when the next time you agree to let go of him will be."
"Hey Buddy, you are such a cute little guy. You look like me and your mother and we are so proud to be your parents, we really are. Daddy loves you, I love you so much, don't you ever forget that, okay Buddy?" Finn says, as Liam looks up at him with his wide, curious eyes
A couple of minutes later, Finn looks over at Rachel to see that she has fallen asleep. Liam is starting to fuss, so Finn does his best to comfort him.
"Shhhh, it's okay, please quit fussing little guy Mommy's sleeping and we don't want to wake her up, now do we? It's okay, you're alright, Daddy's got you. You are the sweetest little guy, Mommy must have taught you to be sweet, huh?" He says stroking Liam's head. The kid totally knows how to make his mommy and daddy melt already.
"Aren't you two just so cute boning together." Rachel says smiling when she wakes up.
"I think he missed you, he was quite fussy earlier. Weren't you Liam?" Finn says.
"He's got the most curious eyes. Have you noticed that?"
"Oh yeah, he'll just look up at me like he already knows exactly who I am. He's a very smart little guy. It's like he already knows exactly how life works and everything."
"May I have him please? I think he wants his mommy."
"Of course, I'll just sit here and watch the two of you be completely adorable."
"I still can't believe we made him, he's just so perfect and adorable and it all feels completely surreal."
"I know, he really is our own little miracle."
"You're so special Liam, you are our special little boy." Rachel says kissing Liam's tiny cheek.
"He's so tiny, he's just so small that every single time I go to hold him I feel like I'm going to break him."
"Look at how tiny his hands and feet are, isn't it cute?"
"It's adorable, he's just the cutest baby I have ever seen in my whole entire life and he's all ours."
"Well Finn, you did say that we would have the cutest baby in all of New York."
Finn grins at Rachel. I did didn't I."
When Rachel's feeding Liam that afternoon Finn can't help but just stare at the two of them. They're finally a family after all of this time and it feels amazing.
"What's that smile for?" Rachel asks Finn.
"It's just, we are finally a family." Finn replies.
"Yeah, we really are, aren't we?"
"How's the feeding going, is Liam a good eater?"
"He's a very good eater. I think he's really hungry right now."
"That's good. He must get that from me."
Rachel laughs. "Oh he totally does. Don't you Buddy?" Liam just looks up at Rachel with wide eyes and what looks like a smile.
"Oh, well I'll take that as a yes Honey." Rachel coos.
"Rachel, you really are an amazing mother, you know that?"
"Thank you, I guess I should have listened to you all those months, huh?"
Finn smiles at Rachel. "I knew you would believe it eventually."
"You are such a good father Finn, your dad would be so proud of you."
"I love being a dad. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. I love our little family more than I have ever loved anything in my entire life."
Rachel takes Finn's hand. "I love you, and I love our perfect son. I love our family."
Review please :)