Birth Stories

Christmas suprise

Olivia had been having cramps in her stomach for almost two days now. She know what it is but since they are still farther apart she doesn't care much. She has thirty minutes between each of the contractions and they last only a few seconds. Since it is christmas eve she wants to spend time at home with her family not in the hospital laboring.

  "Hey babe the kids want go look at Christmas lights. Do you want to come or stay here I know you have been having cramps all day." Louis said.

  "No I want to come. Help me up and get my shoes on please." Olivia said as another contraction hit her. This one was stronger than the rest had been. She winced a little but Louis back was turned so he didn't notice it.

  "We should to the christmas lights we can walk around to look at first then the ones that we can drive around and look at." Olivia said. She knew walking around would make the kabir process speed up. She got her shoes on and followed Louis out the door to meet the kids by the front door. They had two sons. Elisha who is seven and James who is two. They both had their jackets on. Once they saw them they headed outside.

  "Wow they are really excited to go see the lights." Olivia said as she made her way outside.

  "Okay boys first we are going to walk around the neighborhood and look at the lights here then we will drive through and look at more christmas lights." Louis said. He picked up James and held him on his hip. Elisha grabbed Olivia's had that Louis was not holding. After walking around for almost two hours they decided to head back to the house. The contractions were almost on top of each other and pasting about a minute.

  "Hey I have to use the bathroom really fast." Olivia said as they got back to the house. She ran inside and up to the bathroom. As soon as she got in there she felt a pop and a gush of water.

  "Shit wait a little longer little one." Olivia said as she hissed from another contraction. She heard a knock on the door and jumped.

  "Are you okay in there Olivia? The boys are ready to go see lights. They are being a little bit impatient." Louis said.

  "Yeah I am fine. I am not feeling that good so how about you take the boys to look at the lights. I will stay here and get their presents ready." Olivia said. She bit back a cry as a contraction hit her. She felt a growing pressure in her hips.

  "Are you sure about that?" Louis asked. Olivia told his yes and sighed when she heard him leave. She heard the door close and the car start before she got out of the bathroom. Since it was only her at the house she left just her shirt on. She began walking around the house as the contractions worsened.

  "Come on little one. It's just you and me until the guys get home. Hopefully you are a little girl so I am not outnumbered as much." She said as she slowly made her way around the house rubbing her tight stomach. It only took fifteen minutes before the pressure was worse and she felt the need to push. She slowly made her way back to the room whimpering as she felt the baby shifting down with each step she took while she went up the stairs. She made it to the bed and squatted down.

  "Ah this hurts so much more than when I had the boys." She groaned as she began to push. She felt a familiar burning as the babies head made its way out. She cried out as the babies head made it to the farthest point. She stopped pushing as the contraction left. She decided to look at the clock and saw that it was almost midnight.

  "Just a few more minutes and you would be born on Christmas day." She said. She bit her lip and pushed when she felt the next contraction. She felt the head pop out and she put her hand under the head to support it as she pushed the shoulder out.

  "You are almost here my beautiful baby." She said as she gave one more push and the baby completely slid out. She pulled the baby up onto her chest and sat down on the bed.

  "Aww look at you my christmas baby." She said when she saw it was twelve. She grabbed a towel from the pile she had yet to put away and started to clean the baby off. She checked the gender of the baby and smiled. She heard the door open and the kids running around. The door opened and she looked up to see Louis standing there looking at her shocked.

  "Louis come say hi to your new baby girl." Olivia said. He ran over and sat down beside Olivia.

  "Babe why didn't you tell me that you were in labor. I would have sent the kids to my mom's and stayed here with you." Louis said as he took his baby in his arms.

  "Because they were so excited about seeing the lights besides I was fine. I had already done it two times this time was not even that bad." Olivia told him.

  "Hey I am going to get the kids into bed then we can get their presents wrapped and ready." Louis said as he handed the baby back to Olivia. The baby girl in her arms started to whimper because it was hungry so she pulled her shirt off and let t the baby feed. After a while Louis came back into the room and kissed the top of her head.

   "Let's get this done so we can go to bed." Louis told her. Olivia felt some cramping in her stomach again but it was not bad so she just nodded her head and laid the baby down in the bed.

  "I will do Elisha's and you can do James presents." Louis said. He carried the presents to the bed and placed the beside her. She stared wrapping the presents until they were done. After they were done Louis took the presents and placed them under the tree. Olivia saw that it was almost three in the morning now. The cramping in her stomach was getting worse and she could feel pressure on her hips. She knew that the second baby would want to be born soon.

  "Hey let's get some sleep before the little ones decide they want to be awake. We know that they will be up before the sun tomorrow." Louis told her. Olivia nodded and laid down beside Louis with the baby laying in an old bassinet from one of the boys. They got three hours of sleep before Olivia woke up to horrible contractions. She could feel the babies head already pushing at her entrance. She bit her lip and pushed not wanting to make any noise and wake up Louis. She could feel the head sliding out little by little until the head was completely out. She let out a small whimper as she pushed the shoulders out then the rest of the body. She grabbed the baby and held it to her chest while she shook Louis awake.

  "Lou look now we have two little christmas babies." Olivia saif as he slowly opened his eyes.

  "They are our little christmas babies. Come on let's go wake the boys up." Louis said as he helped Olivia clean up and get out of the bed. They went down the stairs to find both of the boys sitting on the couch waiting for them.

  "Boys come meet you baby sisters." Olivia said as she went and sat beside James on the couch. Both boys circled around to see the babies that their parents were holding. They spent the whole day celebrating christmas and the two new additions to the family.