Half of my heart

Surprise

I wake up to a sharp pain in my stomach. It goes away fairly quickly, so I just ignore it and get up and ready for the day. Brad is already downstairs with Bri and I can hear dishes clattering from him making breakfast. I make my way to our closet where I try to find something that will hopefully fit for the day. Just as I'm picking out the clothes I get another pain. This time is a little longer, but I feel fine when it goes away. I ignore it again, pushing it off as just Braxton hicks contractions, it can't be real labor, I still have almost 2 weeks. After getting all my clothes I slowly walk towards the bathroom where I again get another pain, and look at the time to see how far apart they are and see that it's only been 5 minutes. I decide to keep count of them now if I get any more because even though it's early, it could be the real thing.

I step into the shower letting the warm water hit all over my body. It feels so good on my achy back. I can feel my stress slowly start to go away as I wash my body and the shower fills with the scent of my body wash. It's all good until I feel a pop and then an intense pain in my stomach. This time, I know it's real. I'm in labor. I wait for the contraction to end and quickly wash my hair knowing we have to leave. By the time I'm out of the shower 5 minutes later I've already had 2 more, and they are starting to get stronger. I slowly dry myself off and get changed as fast as I can before another comes. Luckily, I can do that, but as I'm ready to leave the bathroom I get a horrible one. I lean against the sink trying to relax until it's over.

"Brad!" I yell downstairs hopefully loud enough for him to hear "Can you come up here?!"

He runs up to where I'm still standing against the bathroom sink and can see what is going on "Do you wanna go downstairs on the couch and relax? I just put her in her room for a nap."

I shake my head no "We really need to go." I slowly stand up straight and pack my bag. Brad goes to call someone to stay with Bri then comes back and takes my bag so we can go downstairs. Courteney gets here as fast as she can, and soon we're in the car on the way to the hospital. I wince in pain with every contraction. They're now only a minute apart and get stronger every time. Thank God we left when we did, because I know it isn't going to be long. Brad holds my hand for comfort since there's not much he can do while driving. I close my eyes trying to stay calm as another one comes and he gently squeezes my hand letting me know he's here for me. It goes away after a while and I try to get comfortable, but know that's not going to happen.

"We're almost there." He says as we pull into the parking lot. He helps me out and we make our way into the waiting room to check in. We sit there for what seems like hours until they call us back. I change into the gown they give me and then quickly lay in bed. Brad stands next to me holding my hand and we wait for the doctor. We both know it isn't going to be long.

The doctor walks in and does what she has to so I'm connected to the heart monitor and contraction machines. "How long apart are your contractions?" She asks me.

"About a minute." Brad answers for me "She's only been in labor about 2 hours."

The doctor nods and checks to see how far I am. She looks back up at us with a slightly surprised look that scares Brad and I "You're at 10, we need to get everything set up, and you should have him within the next half hour."

I look at Brad shocked. 30 minutes? I knew it wouldn't be too long, but this is fast. Before I know it, she's back with a few nurses. Everything is getting set up and the doctor has taken her place at my feet. Brad is helping to hold up my leg and is also holding my hand for support. The pain has gotten unbearable and I just want to be done. I have to wait until everything is set up so they can check him right away.

Finally after waiting for them the doctor tells me to start to push. I start right away when the next contraction starts and keep going until it ends. The next one comes quickly and I push again, this time I feel some movement, but I can't handle it and stop. The pain is excruciating.

Brad leans down and moves my hair out of my face "You're almost done." He says sweetly, knowing that I'm ready to give up.
I sit up and push again, this time actually getting somewhere. The doctor tells me the head is crowing and I'm almost done. I fall against the bed again and look over at Brad "It hurts." I complain to him. He squeezes my hand a little and kisses my forehead "I know it does, but soon it'll be over and you'll be holding him." He gives me a hopeful look. We both just want this to be over. I feel another contraction and this time I push as hard as I can for as long as I can.

"One more and you're done." The doctor looks up at me smiling. I take a deep breath and push through all the pain and burning. It feels like I'm pushing forever before I finally feel him come out completely and all the pain slowly goes away. She places him on my chest and the nurses really quickly wipe him off.

I pick him up and look at him for the longest time. He looks like Brad. I feel him grab onto my finger and it melts my heart. Brad leans down and kisses me and I can see that like me, he is also crying. He sits on the side of my bed and holds Brayden "He's perfect." I just smile and nod. He's perfect to me, too.

"Do you have a name?" The doctor asks interrupting us.

"Yeah." Brad looks down at me then at Brayden "Brayden John Pitt."

"Very cute. I like it." She smiles as she fills out the paperwork. Brad and I sign where we need to and then they take Brayden for a little to give us a break.

AN: I'm so sorry for not updating in so long! I thought I had already finished this story and was working on my other story. The next update will be in a few days!