Upstead comfort fics

First Born

(So sorry for not posting anything in a few days, I had to nanny a lot this weekend and barely had any time to write.
I got a request for Hailey being in labor and being in a lot of pain and super anxious and Jay helps her through it. Set a couple years in the future! Also, if y'all want to send requests for things of Hailey and Jay as kids/different ages, I'd be happy to do those as well! Just put the age with the request if you don't want it in PD time)
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For 9 months, Jay had been by Hailey's side through morning sickness, cravings, hormone induced meltdowns, insecurities, excitement, appointments, getting a nursery together, and birthing and parenting classes. They'd read the books and done research about how things would go during labor because there wasn't a woman Hailey could really go to about it, and it was all leading up to this.

Hailey woke up to a searing pain in her stomach and whined, waking Jay, as she felt her legs get wet. She'd started having very mild contractions hours ago while Jay was at work, but when she called Will he said she didn't need to go to med yet and to wait till her water broke and the contractions were closer together.

"What's wrong?!" He sat up quickly.

"I think my water broke," she whimpered, suddenly terrified.

"Okay, breathe, baby. Let's get you into clean pants and go to med, everything is okay," Jay kissed her forehead and gave her a smile, trying to ease her fear.

15 minutes and two contractions later, Jay was helping Hailey into the truck and driving to med, calling her doctor, Maggie, and Will along the way. When he pulled up, Maggie was outside with a wheelchair and Jay's brother, ready to take Hailey in.

"Jay, I'll go park, go with her," the older Halstead instructed and Jay jumped out of the truck.

"Bring the bag!" He called as Will drove off.

"How are we doing, Hailey?" Maggie asked as she wheeled Hailey into the hospital.

"It hurts," the blonde groaned, squeezing Jay's hand.

"I know, hun. How far apart are the contractions?" Maggie asked.

"Like 10 or 11 minutes," Jay supplied. "Her water already broke."

"Okay, Hailey, your doctor is on the way, I want you to change into this gown so we can get you hooked up to all the monitors," Maggie told them and handed Jay a gown.

She left them alone while Jay helped Hailey change then came and got her hooked up. Will came in with their bag and gave Jay his keys then came and gave Hailey a kiss on her head.

"I'll come check in soon," he promised, getting back to work.

Hailey's doctor came in and smiled at the couple. "Hailey, I'm gonna see how dilated you are, okay," Hailey nodded.

"Only 3 centimeters, we've got a while. How are you feeling?" Dr. Rani asked.

"The contractions are a bitch," Hailey grumbled, yawning.

"You're not wrong," the doctor laughed, rubbing Hailey's shin in sympathy before lowering her legs back down and covering her up. "I need you dilated one or two more centimeters before I can do an epidural, do you want one?"

"No, Jay hates needles, I can do this," she insisted.

"Babe, if you want one, get one," Jay sighed, leaning over to kiss her cheek. "I care more about you being comfortable."

"I wanna try without," she said.

"Okay, we'll try without, but you can change your mind before you hit 7 or 8 centimeters, so we'll keep monitoring it," the doctor told Hailey, who nodded.