Time Period: A Flashback
Date: 12-15-2009
Place: A Specialized Delivery Room inside The Danvers' House
Situation: The premature deaths and ascension of Lydia and Zen occuring two months early
Lydia (exhausted from pushing): I can't push anymore
Kara (secretly in labor herself): I know Zen is arriving early. You can do this. You are well-equipped for this.
Lydia (resuming pushing): AHA..AHA..AHA
Alex (Lydia's midwife): Thats a good push, Lydia. The baby is super close.
Lydia (pleading with Alex): How much longer?
Alex: Just keep on breathing and pushing. Your son will arrive soon.
Lydia (desperately pushing): AHA...AHA..AHA
Carol (observing Kara): You look unwell. You must rest. I will take you to your bedroom.
Kara (experiencing Braxton hicks): I have been experiencing Braxton hicks all day. My pain has been minor. I must stay with Lydia.
Jeremiah (to Kara): Please listen to your mom and your body
Kara (rubbing her stomach): Icarus can wait. My friend needs me right now.
Alex: Kara, please go to bed. I can handle one delivery at a time. I will update you on Lydia's condition.
(Before Kara can argue with Alex and their parents, she is hit with huge contractions. Carol and Jeremiah take Kara to her room asap.)
Scene: Kara's bedroom
Kara (writhing in pain on the bed): OUCH!
Carol (timing Kara's contractions): You are not in active labor. You have been experiencing Braxton hicks. These Braxton hicks are common in the late stages of pregnancy. They can continue on for days.
Kara: I predict I will give birth between December 20th and Christmas Day
Jeremiah: I bet the birth will occur on Christmas day
Alex (distraught, she enters the room): I couldn't save Lydia and Zen. They ascended to Heaven right before me. I am so sorry.
Kara (devastated): NO!
Alex (gives Lydia's friendship bracelet to Kara): Lydia considered you to be her sister. You can keep her friendship bracelet.
Kara (sobbing): However will I give birth to Icarus without Lydia?
Carol: Lydia will be with you in Spirit
Kara: But Still
Jeremiah (hugging Kara): I love you
Time Period: A Flashback
Date: 12-20-2009
Place: The Same Specialized Delivery Room
Event: Icarus's difficult birth
Jeremiah (playing Christmas cds): I am going to play Christmas CDS since Kara is having a Christmas baby.
Kara (panting): Dad...Mom
Carol (wiping sweat off Kara's head): What you are doing right now is a labor of love
Kara (desperately pushing): GRR...AHA...AHA
Alex: Again, Kara, Push
Kara (stretching and stressing herself out): AHA..AHA..AHA
Alex (applying pressure on Kara's stomach): Please come out baby
Kara (exhausted, she collapses on her pillow): I need him out of my body at once
Alex: Do you want to change positions or hold onto something?
Kara (laying on her side): I will push on my side
Alex (rubbing Kara's stomach): Just wait for the next contraction
Kara (holding her leg and bearing down as she pushes): AHA..AHA..AHA
Carol and Jeremiah (cheering on Kara): GO KARA!
Alex (shaking her head): Something is wrong
Kara (suddenly worried and anxious): What is wrong?
Alex (touching Kara's opening): The baby is right there at your opening. His head isn't moving though.
Carol: What is the next step?
Alex (getting out scissors): I must perform an episiotomy
Jeremiah: What is an episiotomy?
Alex: It is a small incision into the vagina that will help release the baby
