Chapter Sixteen
"It should be any day now Annie." My OB/GYN says as I sit up from the bed.
"Can I walk around now?" I ask. I basically got chained to the bed by Finnick. She said I was okay to do light activities but Finnick decided to take the drastic approach instead.
"Yes." She smiles.
"Okay you heard her Finnick." I say and he smiles.
"I just wanted you both to be okay." He says.
"Well, they both are Finnick." The doctor says with a smile. "Do you have any questions about the birth?" She asks.
"Not right now." I say. I usually don't have questions when the doctor asks but I think of some as soon as I get home.
Finnick doesn't seem to have any either.
Finnick laces his fingers with mine as we walk to the car.
"Any day now." Finnick says and squeezes my hand.
"Any day." I say and smile.
"You're not scared are you Ann?" Finnick asks. I can tell he knows the answer.
"Possibly." I whisper.
Finnick kisses my forehead.
"It's okay Annie. We both know you can do it."
"I know I'll just feel better when he's in the car seat and we're driving home." I say.
Finnick nods.
"Me as well." He says and kisses me.
I breathe in and out deeply as I feel the pain in my back grow stronger. Finnick is timing how long my contractions last before we 'should' go to the hospital.
"I think we should go now, considering the driving time." Finnick says.
I nod.
"Our son is coming." I say.
"Yes he is." Finnick says as we head to the car.
We get checked into the hospital and I get set up in a room. There aren't enough private rooms this time so we have to share with another couple.
Finnick draws back the dividing curtain so we can have some privacy.
"How are you feeling?" Finnick asks.
"Okay." I say and start braiding my hair. If it's like it was last time my hair will be getting in the way and sticking to my face when I start pushing.
"Good just think a few more hours."
I smile.
I hear the couple on the other side saying similar things. Although the female said this was their fourth child. I don't think Finnick and I will have that many children. I think three is my number.
Finnick started calling people after an hour.
"How are we feeling?" My doctor asks.
"Okay." I say
"How are you on pain?" She asks.
"Hurts, but it isn't unbearable." I say.
"We discussed pain medications, would you like some?" She asks.
I nod slightly. I remember giving birth to Olivia.
"Yes." I say.
Finnick starts rubbing my back after a few hours.
"How does that feel?" Finnick asks.
"Lower." I say. "Right there." I sigh when he finds the spot that has been throbbing.
I groan and grab the bed rail when I feel a contraction starting.
"Almost." Finnick keeps whispering.
I sigh deeply when it is over. I feel a little jealous of the woman who I was sharing a room with. She left a few hours ago to go to a delivery room. She's probably already given birth.
I lie back down when the doctor comes in.
I keep getting the feeling of wanting to push but I'm not supposed to not yet.
I reach for Finnick's hand which he happily takes.
He kisses my forehead.
"It can't be long now." He whispers.
I nod.
"Hopefully." I whisper.
The doctor comes in a few hours later and checks on me.
"You should head down to delivery now. You're nine and a half centimeters." She says.
"Okay." I say and my bed gets rolled away.
I groan.
"It's time to try pushing." She says after thirty minutes. I remember this part last time. It could still be an hour before our baby is in the world.
"Okay Annie." She says and starts counting down from ten.
I groan.
"Finnick." I say and grip his hand.
"Almost Annie." He says and I start pushing again and again and again until I hear cries fill the room.
I lay back grateful that I can hear his soft cries unlike Olivia.
They place him in my arms all swaddled up. He still has some gunk on him but he's perfect. I kiss the top of his head.
"I love you." I whisper and feel a tear roll down my cheek. Finnick kisses the top of my head. "Look what we did." I say and look up at Finnick.
He smiles.
"He's beautiful." Finnick whispers. "Just like his Mommy."
I kiss our sons head again.
A nurse soon takes him away.
"What are you doing to him?" I ask worried something is wrong.
"Just weighing and measuring, standard tests." She says with a smile.
"Okay." I whisper but don't take my eyes from him.
After they are finished they give him back.
I just keep looking at him. I feel another tear roll down my cheek.
"What's wrong Annie?" Finnick asks worried. He takes our son and holds him. "Are you okay?" He asks.
"He's just..." I sniff. "He's perfect and lovely. I just can't believe we get to take him home soon." I whisper.
Finnick places our son in his box and kisses my cheek.
"Does this have anything to do with Olivia?" He asks softly.
I shake my head.
"No, maybe a little...I just love our son so much. I just don't want anything bad to happen to him." I whisper.
"Nothing is going to happen to him. Like you said, we get to take him home in a few days." Finnick says.
I nod.
"Let me hold him." I say and Finnick hands him to me carefully.
Our son reaches up his arms.
"Should we talk names?" Finnick asks.
I nod. I wanted to wait until I saw our son to make it more clear, but I think I knew the name all along.
"Finnick." I say and smile.
"What?" He asks.
"That's what I want his name to be. I want him to be named after you." I say.
Finnick kisses the top of my head.
"He should have a middle name." Finnick says. Finnick doesn't have one.
"Mason? Jacob? James?" I say naming off suggestions.
"I like Jacob." Finnick says and runs his thumb over our sons cheek.
"Finnick Jacob Odair it is then." I say and kiss our sons head. "I think we should call him Nick. He looks like a Nick, right?" I ask.
"Yes." Finnick says and kisses me.
"We have a son." I say.
"Yes, we do." Finnick smiles.
We both look down at our son.
"And he's safe and healthy." I say.
"Yes he is." Finnick says and kisses me then our son.
"I love you both so much." I say.
"We love you too." Finnick tells me.
"And this is home Nicky." I say while carrying him through the door. He fell asleep on the way home, but I still feel better saying it.
"Finnick get the bassinet." I say as I set the car carrier down.
Finnick nods.
I take Nick from the carrier. He moans slightly.
"Shh. Shh." I say and kiss the top of his head.
I'm a little scared. At the hospital I had all the nurses help but at home it is just Finnick and myself. Most of our family lives in a different state so we don't have at home babysitters. Although my Mother is visiting soon. She said she wanted to help.
"Here we go." Finnick says.
"Here you go sweetie." I say and set Nick down.
Finnick smiles and sits next to me.
"What do we do now?" Finnick asks with a smile.
"No idea but we'll figure it out." I say. "We can take care of him."
"I know." Finnick kisses me. "And we'll do it together." He says and smiles.