Chapter 23
An hour later, Dani was hooked up to the fetal monitors and resting comfortably. Randy called his parents, Vanessa and Ted, and Stephanie and Paul. Dani's family was about 5 hours away from the hospital and left their hotel rooms and got in the car.
Vanessa was in the room with Dani and Randy while Ted sat in the waiting room with Rayne, Bob and Elaine. Randy called Evan and Kelsey, and they said they would be up to see Dani and the baby after she was born. Randy made sure that Dani was comfortable at all times and that she had plenty of ice chips that were flavored with apple juice.
As the hours passed, Dani continued progress steadily. Dani asked Ted to be in the room, but he opted to stay in the waiting room with Rayne and everyone else. As the time neared for the baby to be born, Dani started to really feel the pain of the labor.
"Do you want the epidural?" a nurse asked.
"No. I want to do this without the meds." Dani answered.
"Ok. After this I can only give you small doses of pain meds as you are getting very close to having the baby." the nurse stated.
"Ok. Thank you." Dani responded.
Another hour passed and Dani really started to feel a great amount of pressure and pain. She wanted to bare down, but she wanted to wait until Dr. Pike was there and ready to deliver the baby.
"Randy, I want to push." Dani stated.
"Ok. I'll go get the nurse and Dr. Pike." Vanessa responded as she left the room.
"It hurts a lot." Dani stated.
"I know it does baby. But you are strong and you can do this." Randy responded as the nurse and Vanessa walked in.
"Ok. Let's check your progress." the nurse stated. "You are completely dilated and 100% effaced. I'll page Dr. Pike. Randy please stand to her right side and Vanessa to her left."
Soon Dr. Pike was in the room and getting everything set up to deliver the baby. Randy helped Dani push while holding her right leg. Vanessa held her left leg and encouraged her to push. After a few pushes, Dr. Pike let Dani relax for a moment.
"Dani, I wanted to tell you that your parents, sisters and grandparents are all here and waiting outside the room." Dr. Pike stated.
"Thank you, Dr. Pike." Dani responded.
"You're welcome. Now let's bring this baby into the world." Dr. Pike stated.
After a few more pushes, Dani and Randy welcomed their baby girl into the world. She let out a strong cry that Stephanie, Paul, Vince and Linda could hear very clearly on the other side of the door. Once the baby was cleaned up and weighed, she was brought over to Dani and placed in her arms.
After Dani was cleaned up and sitting in bed holding her daughter, the nurse opened the door and let everyone into the room. Once everyone was inside, the nurse closed the door. Randy was sitting on the bed with Dani and their daughter.
"Does our granddaughter have a name?" Paul asked.
"Of course she does, dad." Dani answered.
"Well, what is her name?" Vince asked.
"We would like you all to meet, Sierra Faith Orton." Randy answered.
"She is absolutely beautiful." Stephanie stated.
"Thank you mom." Dani responded.
As their daughter was passed around the room, Rayne had an odd look on her face. Randy and Dani noticed it before Vanessa and Ted did. Randy walked over to Rayne and took her from his mom and sat back on the bed with her in his lap.
"Baby?" Rayne asked as Linda handed Sierra back to Dani.
"Yes, sweetie. That is a baby. That is baby Sierra. She is your sister." Randy answered.
"Sissy?" Rayne asked.
"Yes. Sissy." Dani answered. "You are her big sister."
"Yay!" Rayne stated as she clapped and everyone laughed.