M'Benga II
by Starsinger
M'Benga seems to have sparked an interest, and the inspiration struck. Gestational periods—as generally accepted by much of Trekdom, and, occasionally, cannon—Humans, 9 months, Vulcans 11 months (Spock's World), Bajoran, 5 months (cannon), and Betazoid, 10 months (again, cannon). I've seen Vulcan "gestational" periods vary wildly from 5 months (sorry, that's Bajoran) to two years (they're not elephants, people). A little knowledge does go a long way! lol Don't own them.
M'Benga sighed, he'd just gotten through with T'Gren's physical, him being the only one qualified to give a Vulcan a physical, and was on his way to give Spock his when a frantic nurse pulled him aside. Seems one of the visiting Vulcan dignitaries was in one of the rooms, and she was in labor. Her bondmate was coming, but no one was prepared as she wasn't due for another two weeks.
M'Benga knew this wouldn't be all that great a difficulty. Vulcan children, like humans, could be born within a couple of weeks of their due date with little difficulty, they just had to make sure the baby was old enough to be born. He hated artificial wombs and used them only as an extreme measure. They lacked the touch that hearing a mother's heartbeat brought to the infant. He reluctantly had the nurse find one just in case.
M'Benga walked in to a woman in extreme pain. He checked her over and discovered that the baby was indeed mature enough to be born, but the woman's pain was a cause for alarm. It was more than what most Vulcan women experienced. "Hello," M'Benga said in Vulcan. "I am Dr. Geoffrey M'Benga. I'll be attending you today."
"You speak Vulcan. Are you that Human that attended the Healing Halls on Vulcan?" she asked. M'Benga nodded, "Good, I am in good hands, then." She winced as another contraction tore through her abdomen, "Is this amount of pain normal?" she asked in Standard.
M'Benga checked her monitors, "No, I'm trying to ascertain why you're…Nurse, get me an ultrasound. I'm going to do this the old fashioned way, but I have a sneaking suspicion of what's going on." The ultrasound confirmed it just as she started bleeding. "What's your name?" M'Benga asked.
"T'Nora," she replied, realizing something was wrong. "What's happening?"
"It's a placental abruption, the placenta is tearing away from the uterine wall. I'm sorry, T'Nora, this requires emergency surgery. Are you allergic to anything?" he asked as another nurse came running in with Vulcan blood. M'Benga expertly found a vein and started ordering minimally invasive drugs that would help during the surgery.
"No," she said as she faded out.
"Doctor, an OR is open," the first nurse told him.
"Good, this is emergency c-section," he hurried out and found a number of people to help, and wished Dr. McCoy was here. They ran into T'Nora's bondmate, Seran, and had him signing the appropriate paperwork as they traveled down the hall. Someone thrust scrubs at the man as M'Benga prepped for surgery. "One other thing, Seran, I don't know if you're aware of this or not, you're having twins."
Seran promptly passed out. Spock, who was passing by, stayed by his side to wake him up. Many organs were in different places on a Vulcan than a human, but the reproductive system was, surprisingly, very similar. Spock watched as M'Benga pulled out first one baby girl, then another before they started their unhappy wails.
T'Nora awoke an hour later to the sight of her beautiful girls and a much put upon husband, although he would never have admitted that. The baby's names were T'Benga and T'Pel.