Birth
Dixie finally has her baby in this chapter.
Two weeks later, and the baby still hadn't arrived yet.
Dixie was impatient but trying to hide it well, she was really getting annoyed with everyone telling her to be patient, and then giving her tips on how to induce labor.
She was walking around the campground, for a while, before heading back to her room.
Dixie laid back on the bed, letting Zeke rub her feet and legs. She let out a moan and opened her eyes hearing him chuckle.
"Feel really good love?"
"Oh yes.." She groaned more, as hands continued massaging her feet and working up to her calves. She laid her head back against the pillow and fell asleep.
Zeke carefully got into bed with her and pulled her close. Dixie groaned waking up.
"Sorry love." He muttered
"I.. it's okay..." She smiled sitting up and kissed him more.
Zeke let out a moan and kissed her back. "Good mood?" He pulled her close.
She moved and straddled him. "Mhmm" She pulled off his shirt and kissed his neck.
Zeke groaned, he didn't mind. They have been going at it like crazy lately, mainly because Dixie was miserable this whole last few weeks of her pregnancy, she wanted that baby out and just here already.
A while later, "Damn it." Zeke panted holding her close after. "Some new moves."
"Yeah, well I found a book." She smiled and laughed slightly cuddling close to him.
Dixie got up in the middle of the night and walked to the bathroom, her back and stomach where aching. She tried relieving herself to see if it'd help but it didn't. She got up feeling really wet, wiped and saw bloody mucus on the toilet paper. "Ew." She cleaned herself up and slowly walked back to bed, stopping once for a contraction. She groaned and breathed through it, then continued back to bed, and sat back. She tried sleeping, but wasn't getting comfortable.
Ezekiel groaned rolling over, he opened one eye. "Are you okay?"
" Mhmmm.." She laid her head back and breathed through another contraction and closed her eyes.
Zeke kissed her and passed back out.
Dixie managed to get some sleep, nothing else happened.
Three
Days
Later
Dixie was alone, she groaned softly, leaning against the sofa. Jerry and Iris took Chloe for a walk outside, everyone else was busy, with training.
She hadn't seen Zeke since this morning, and even then it was a short very brief hello and goodbye kiss. She had been having contractions all morning, but hadn't mentioned it to anyone, she figured it would be a while still.
Dixie got into bed later that night, and saw Zeke come in and get undressed. "Hey." she laid her head back, and breathed.
Zeke stopped, and looked at her. "Are you...in labor?"
Dixie looked up. "Just having a few.." She smiled slightly. "Get… some sleep."
"Oh honey." Zeke smiled kissing her more. "You need to try and rest too.." He sat up more and held her close. She laid her head on his shoulder, as he rubbed her side. "Try honey. You're going to be at this for a while." He smiled slightly.
Dixie let out a groan, and gave a half smile. "Fine." She cuddled close and tried resting and sleeping the best she could.
It was about 3AM and she was awoken again, but this time by harsher closer contractions. Zeke helped her through them, and hummed gently. "I can't help falling in love with you…" He kissed her cheek. "Good honey."
Dixie panted and was laying against him, he sat behind her. She groaned. She had been walking around on and off, taking another break. "It's been forever."
Zeke let out a chuckle. "It's been about 4 hours."
Dixie glanced up at him and rolled her eyes. "Longer… since… this morning.." She groaned and tried not gripping on his hands, or tensing during the next contraction..
"Why didn't you tell me?" He sighed, and frowned kissing her watching her, try relaxing as she breathed through it. He felt bad he wasn't with her before.
Dixie smiled and kissed him softly. She kept going at them, and even got up to walk around more. They got more intense, and shorter. "Doctor?" She panted during a rest.
Zeke hesitated for a second, Dixie smiled slightly nodding. He got up and left the room shutting the door to get Jerry awake to go get the doctor.
"How you holding up?" Zeke came back and smiled, pushing her hair from her face and tying it back.
"Exhausted. Scared...Everything." She looked up at him and sighed and kissed his cheek and groaned slightly. "That...feels different." She shifted slightly. She took a breath, and gave in pushing.
Zeke rubbed her back, and waited. "Lets get you moving a bit."
Dixie groaned and moved from the bed, and walked around with Zeke, she stopped walking, and leaned against Zeke. She felt a really big shift, and let out a groan while gripping onto Zeke's arm. "Sorry." She muttered, and moved a bit
"It's okay honey." He helped her move to the bathtub, that he had filled already with warm water.
Dixie breathed and took off her gown, she had her sports bra on still. "Oh." She sighed relaxing in the water.
Zeke sat down, and rubbed her sides.
Dixie breathed and gave in, and pushed. She felt better in this squatting position.
Zeke watched and smiled, "Keep going hon. Good.." He talked her through it, and helped her.
Dixie kept pushing, breathing and kept going "Oh gosh." She groaned, moving one hand inbetween her legs and felt, she smiled slightly.
Zeke smiled more, "Crowning?"
She groaned softly and nodded..
Zeke kissed her cheek, and smiled. "Breathe through it. It'll pass." He had been humming a song from the musical they saw into her ear.
Dixie nodded and breathed, listening to him hum. They both loved going to see that play, 'Two Gentlemen of Verona'.. She started humming softly, relaxing. She breathed and pushed more.
"There we go." Zeke smiled, watching using a flashlight, and helped guide the head out. "Keep going honey."
Dixie breathed and pushed more, grunting softly.
"Push, baby.. Almost done." Zeke glanced up at her, he was holding the baby's head. He was trying to not shake from being excited.
The door opened, Jerry moved aside, and let the doctor in.
Dr Allan came over, and kneeled down talking to them both softly and watched. Zeke moved into the tub with her and helped her squat more.
"Good honey." He smiled kissing her cheek. "Push baby."
Dr Allan smiled. "Almost done."
Dixie panted hard and pushed more, groaning.
"Push, push." Allan smiled, and watched.
Dixie moved her hand down, and put it on the baby, she groaned and let out a cry pushing harder, feeling the baby slide out. She quickly grabbed the baby picking him up from the water and cried.
Dr Allan smiled, and laughed. "It's a boy."
Dixie cried holding the baby close, and leaned against Zeke.
"A son. How wonderful." He smiled kissing her more. "Great job honey...So proud of you." He kissed her more.
Dixie held the baby close, and looked down at the little boy and cried more. She realized it wasn't Shane's, she sighed in relief. She was handed a towel by Dr Allan, and wiped his face and body a bit and wrapped him with it. She kissed his face and cried more. "I love you, Lucas Daniel.."
She held the little brown haired blue eyed boy close.
Daniel was her dad's middle name, and Negan's middle name was Lucas.
She realized it was his.
Zeke suggested Lucas for a boy, and she fell in love with it more the longer she thought about it, and realized that was also Negan's middle name.
Zeke smiled looking down at the little boy. Lucas after her dad and Daniel after his second middle name. "Hello son." he stroked the little fair skin toned boy's head.
The baby cried, and snuggled up with Dixie. Dixie smiled more, and kissed his head, a while later, she got out of the tub, and into the bed. She refused to let Lucas go, and held him close. She groaned as she got examined and delivered the afterbirth later on.
"Lucas needs to get looked at love.." Zeke said holding her close, and smiled slightly.
She nodded, and handed the baby over to the doctor.
Zeke smiled big, kissing her more, and holding her close. "You did amazing.."
Dixie smiled laying her head against him, she wiped her eyes. "Can't believe I did that." She was given Lucas back, and Zeke told Dr Allan to feel free to stay the night in a spare room.
Allan left and stayed in the room across the hall.
"Can't.. Believe I made this." Dixie smiled more kissing Lucas all over and held him close.
She smiled and cried more, she couldn't help it. She was happy.
Zeke smiled and kissed her cheeks and held her close.
"Can't believe you did either.." He kissed her more, and watched the little guy sleep