Ok, here she is, Riley has arrived! After a long long year Maureen has given birth to a beautiful little girl! Reviews are happily accepted!
"We're looking for Maureen Johnson." Mimi said tapping on the nurse's station desk. "She's in a birthing suite." The nurse looked at Mimi, who was looking quite like a hippie. She had on a patched denim skirt, a brown leather jacket over a beaded Indian tunic and brown suede boots. Snow was frosting her messy black curls.
"She's in birthing suite 4" the nurse said looking over a clip board.
Mimi and Roger rushed to the room she had pointed them to, only to find Mark already sitting in there, his camera focused on Maureen. She was standing on the floor but leaning on the bed. "Mark, you better turn that fucking camera off right now." She was having a contraction.
Benny, who was rubbing Maureen's back, gave Mark a look and he reluctantly put the camera away.
"We're here Maur." Mimi said going to Maureen's side.
Maureen held up her finger to tell Mimi she would be with her in a minute. After her contraction was over she looked up. "I'm so glad you are here." She smiled. Roger sat down on the couch with Mark.
It had been about 12 hours since Maureen had gone into labor at the Life(2pm)
She was wearing a white nightgown under a silk kimono and matching silk pants.. Her hair was still, amazingly, in beautiful curls. Benny had to change into scrubs and Mimi noticed that he looked very cute in them.
"Where is Lily?" Mimi asked looking around the room, as if Lily had just not been noticed.
Mark looked up at her "She went to get Maureen some Jell-O."
"Mimi, soon this will be you." Maureen climbed back into the hospital bed. Mimi looked at Roger nervously, rubbing her stomach.
Lily came in the room. In on hand she was holding a plate of Jell-O and in the other she held a newspaper. "I thought you would want the paper from your baby's birthday" She handed it to Maureen and set the Jell-O on the table next to the hospital bed.
"Here, let me see it." She took it from Lily and looked at the date. "January 11th 1992." She smiled and showed it to Benny.
Another contraction came "Oh fuck." She moaned. It lasted about 30 seconds. "They are so close." She was having them about 4 minutes apart.
Dr. Vega came into the room. "Ok, it need to check Maureen." She smiled saying it lightheartedly. "Everyone out." Mark, Lily, Roger, and Mimi all headed out into the private waiting area just outside Maureen's room.
"You are about 7 centimeters dilated, so it may be a few more hours. If you want we can start you on a drug to help speed up the labor." But Maureen shook her head "No, no drugs at all."
Dr. Vega nodded. "All right then, everything is all right for a natural birth then. I'll check on you in an hour ok?" She left the room and Mimi came in.
"So?" she asked sitting down on the foot of the bed, she was holding a cup of tea in a Styrofoam cup..
Maureen pushed her hair behind her ear "Well, everything is fine but they want to put me on drugs to make the baby come faster." She really didn't want to take any drugs, Maureen had an aversion to needles in the first place and didn't want an IV, plus she didn't want to drug her baby.
Mimi nodded "I can't have any drugs when I give birth, me being a recovering junkie and all." She sipped her tea, saying it almost casually.
Benny moved onto the bed with Maureen, sitting behind her so she could lean on him. "Where did the others go?" she asked as her fiancé rubbed her back.
Before Mimi could answer she began to feel another contraction. They were starting to intensify and she couldn't talk through them. "Oww shiiiiiit" she whimpered holding her belly. Mimi rubbed Maureen's leg and Benny held her shoulders.
"They hurt so bad." She said, tears running down her cheeks. Benny wiped the tears off her face and kissed her head. "I want to have this fucking kid. Why is this taking so long?"
Benny rubbed her back "I know babe, I know."
"You don't fucking know." Maureen said in a sudden mood swing. "You are not the one trying to squeeze a human being out of your body." She pushed her hair back with her fingers, her breathing returning to normal.
He looked a little shocked at first but just continued rubbing her back. "Ok, you are right babe." He said.
By the time the boys and Lily came back Maureen had had three more contractions. They were getting very intense.
"I'm sorry but I am going to need you all to leave the room again." Dr. Vega said coming in. Her thick salt and pepper black hair was tied in a bun. "I have to check Maureen again."
"Well." She smiled checking something on her clipboard. "You are ten centimeters." She grinned "Are you ready to have a baby?"
Maureen gasped "Now? Really?" she asked and Dr. Vega nodded.
Maureen took off her kimono jacket and got into a sitting position on the bed, with Benny behind her. Two nurses came into the room, getting things ready for the baby's arrival.
"Ok Maureen, I want you to take a few breaths until you fell your next contraction." She instructed her going to the end of the bed.
Maureen nodded and inhaled deeply she felt her next one come within 2 minutes "I feel it." She said.
"Ok, I want you to give a big push" Dr. Vega said and Maureen did as she instructed.
"Oh fuck!" she moaned pushing as hard as she could. Benny nodded and smiled at her. "That was so good babe."
Maureen had pushed and pushed and pushed until she felt like she couldn't push for another second. Sweat ran down her face and her curls were matted down. "I can't do it anymore." She cried resting her head Benny's shoulder. He wiped her forehead with a damp washcloth.
"It's ok baby." He comforted her.
"I need you to give one more push, and your baby's head will be out" Dr. Vega told her "Then you will have her."
Maureen nodded and took a deep breath. She pushed as hard as she could and felt the head leave her own body. "Just one more push Maureen." The doctor told her.
It took all her energy but she pushed. "She's out baby, Riley's here." Benny told her.
Maureen collapsed against him, totally exhausted. "Is she ok?" she asked "How is she?"
Dr. Vega placed Riley against Maureen's chest. "This is your baby Maureen." She told her.
Maureen looked down at the little bundle on her chest. She had light brown skin, looking like a tan Caucasian, and a head of thick black hair. When she opened her eyes to look up at her them, Maureen could tell she had gotten her green eyes.
Maureen started to sob; this was so worth all the pain. She had a beautiful little girl in her arms, one that had just been inside her a minute earlier.
Dr. Vega took Riley away to clean her up and perform the Apgar test. She cut her cord, put a hospital bracelet to her ankle, weighed her, and wrapped her in a pink blanket. She gave her back to Maureen and smiled. "She is perfectly fine. She weighs 7lbs, 4oz. and she's beautiful."
She and the nurses left after everything was cleaned up and Maureen had delivered the placenta.
"Oh my god." Maureen said stroking Riley's head. She was so in love with this little baby, her daughter. Benny wiped a tear from his eye. He couldn't believe he had a child, a baby girl, a baby who looked more like Maureen then him, but he still knew she was his child. "Hi little girl, I'm your mommy."
Their friends came into the room , carrying a bottle of champagne. "Congrats guys." Mimi came over and hugged Benny, Maureen was unavailable as she was still holding the baby. Mark poured Maureen a very tall glass of bubbly and handed it to her.
"Cheers." She laughed and drank it down.
Lily went next to Maureen to see Riley. "My god you guys, she is so cute. She looks a lot like you Benny." She pushed a strand of red hair behind her ear. "She is going to be a beautiful girl."
"Thank you." Maureen smiled, looking down at her baby. She was sleeping, peacefully, on Maureen's breast.