Polaroid

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it had gotten to the point in her pregnancy where lex simply couldn't sleep. she was almost four weeks past her due date and sometimes breathing was unbearable for her. she was so uncomfortable in her own skin, her legs were heavily swollen and she wonder how her toes looked like because it seemed like ages ago since she last had seen them. that's when she decided, and she didn't care anymore. she wanted this baby out now, and if she was going to have to induce herself in her bathroom, she would but that baby was being born today.

Shaking Mike from his slumber, the soon to be father opened his eyes to land on her swollen stomach as she stood in front of him with her hands behind her back trying to support the weight she was carrying, "Lets go." she spoke after Mike was able to gain consciousness, "This baby is coming today whether she likes it or not." she groaned as Mike was already going into their closet and fetching their overnight bags.

The thought of the baby being here just made things more real. they drove in silence, lex scrolling through her phone as she tried to find whatever she could find to induce her labor, "you know how exhausting it is?" she answered as she finally looked at mike who shook his head, a bemused smile on his lips as he knew he wouldn't hear the end of this, "i'm close to forty-five weeks and this girl just thinks it's okay to put me through more pain? the audacity, sounds like her father."

mike finally looked over. lex was considerably big if you were to put it in nicer terms. it gotten to the point to where his xxl shirts were getting to be to tight around her belly and she lived in leggings even though they were too small around her bottom. lex was ready to get her out, "now that's just your hormones doing the talking." mike quipped back.

lex smiled as felt another kick from her daughter but decided that she could try whatever it took to get it started. bouncing up and down in her seat, michael watched with amazement in his eyes. it was hard to understand what her body was going through, but he did know she handled it with absolute grace. as much pain and uncomfortableness that lex was going through the last few months of her pregnancy, mike was in awe, "what's that suppose to do?" he asked

"break my water." lex huffed out, "you would think for her being a big baby she would be poking her head out by now."

"babe, she's a long baby not a giant." mike reminded.

"her father is one." lex groaned, there was no angle or shifting that felt comfortable anymore. lex was tired, sore and quite frankly so was so done with being pregnant. the magic was so far gone she wanted nothing more than to finally be over this.

finally arriving to the hospital, mike watched as lex waddled herself in there. he knew the pressure her legs were feeling, sore and swollen from the knees done and the weight that she was carrying. lex could barely walk, but she waddled as fast as she could because she was determined to have their daughter tonight. following behind, with their bags, mike was already calling their families. the same one that were waiting anxiously for the last four weeks who waited the arrival of the sweet baby girl.

lex was admitted, already three centimeters dilated and mike shook his head at the shit-eating grin lex had as she bounced on the medicine ball mike had made sure was packed into their car, "i told you all the bouncing would work." she giggled as mike sat on the floor with her, holding her hands.

"you just want our baby girl out." he mused as lex nodded.

"she needs to get out from here, asap."

not much later, everyone piled in. their sleep still wearing off as they watched lex continuously bounce on that, "you're gonna crush my nieces skull." jonah butted in as lex narrowed her green eyes. everyone had learned that lex was not one to be messed with while pregnant. she would drag you and bury you only to have her end your life all over again.

"jonah i will make sure you are on the end of the ball." she hissed out as mike looked at eveyone who contained their smiles knowing lex was just speaking from amplified emotions.

"are you taking epidural?" meg asked as lex shook her head, reaching for the cup of ice that the nurses had provided for her

"you're not?" haylee pipped up, eveyone in the room shocked by the news

"if i can handle the pain of being overdue, i can handle her coming out. i'm ready for her to get out of me."

mike sure wished that had gotten the epidural. it was only him inside the room with various family members coming in and out checking on lex and mike, "we are never having sex again." she bounced through another contraction, her eyes screwing shut as she tried to breathe it out, "ever."

mike had told by his father after eight children, cousy and jonah that it is best to keep their mouth shut when their women are wishing them death. anything, even in the slightest would lead to their death.

lex was 10 centimeters dilated by 4 in the morning the following day, and was never so happy to hear people telling her to push. that she did. she was so determined to get her out, that lex did. sienna penelope porter let her first cry into the world after thirty minutes after her mother started pushing, "she's beautiful!" the doctor smiled as they placed her on lex's chest, tears filling both mikes and lex eyes as they gathered around their daughter.

"even covered in my nasty insides, sienna you are a sight to see, baby girl." lex mused as they watched her intently.

whisking their daughter away, mike watched as they weighed her and measured her, "you guys have a big girl, but by looking at the father it makes sense." the nurse joked as she filled up the slip to put infront of her bassinet, "she's weighs, 9pounds, 2 oz and is 21 inches long."

"i think she's was made to become the next basketball star." another nurse quipped in as they looked at her, "she's beautiful by the way."