SKIP TO THE BIRTH CHAPTER
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I woke up in the morning and decided to call Joe's mom, Lisa. Today I wanted to go shopping for some last minute baby things and I knew she was gonna be down to go with me. Joe was back at work until Connor gets here so it was just me and Joelle at the house.
"Hello?" Lisa asked answering the phone.
"Hi Lisa. It's me. Listen, I was kind of hoping we could go... AAHHH!!!" I felt pain in my stomach and dropped the phone.
"Katie? Dear are you alright?" I could hear her.
I picked up the phone and put it to my ear. "Lisa?"
"Are you alright, dear?"
"I'm not sure. My stomach hurts really bad and there's a lot of pressure." I said almost in tears.
"I'm on my way. Make sure Joelle is up. We may have to take you to the hospital." she said and then hung up.
I felt another pain and put my hand on my stomach. This time I felt a warm liquid run down my leg. I looked down and saw a little pool with blood. I started freaking out. The phone started ringing and I answered it. "Hello?" I asked.
"Hey babe. What's wrong?" he asked hearing my sniffles.
"Joe I think something's wrong. My stomach hurts and then warm liquid and blood ran down my leg. Joe I think something's wrong with the baby." I cried.
"Oh my god. I'm coming home now. I'll be there in an hour." he said.
I yelled for Joelle and she sat beside me rubbing my back. The front door opened and Lisa walked in rushing over to where we were. She took one look at the floor and then looked at me wide eyed. "Honey you're in labor. Let's get you to the hospital." she said.
Joelle ran to change her clothes quickly and I called my uncle John. He said he'd meet us at the hospital.
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We arrived at the hospital and I was rushed in to a delivery room. Uncle John, Sika, Vanessa, Summer, Lisa, Joelle and Matt all surrounded me in the room.
"Where's Joe?" Lisa asked.
The door opened and Joe ran to my side. "I'm right here." he said. "What's going on? What's wrong with the baby?"
"Nothing Leati. She's in labor." Sika said.
"Are you sure? She said she saw blood. Doesn't that mean there's something wrong with the baby?"
"No. The baby is gonna be perfectly fine. You always see blood when your water breaks." Lisa told him.
A doctor came in and checked me. I was ten centimeters already. That was fast. I always knew that it took a long time to dilate all the way.
Everyone cleared the room except for Joe since this was his baby too.
We were already at the pushing stage and it hurt like hell because I couldn't get the epidearl since I was too far dilated when I came in so I have to feel every ounce of pain.
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JOE'S P.O.V.
I watched Katie lay there screaming every time she had a contraction. It hurt me to see her like this. The pain was written on her face.
"Okay Katie. I'm gonna count to three and then you push as hard as you can." the doctor told her while he took his position. I've been in the same position for the past ten minutes. Holding Katie's hand and soothing her while she screamed at me and almost breaks my hand.
"One. Two. Three."
Katie pushed and squeezed my hand. There was some crying in there and it broke my heart. Once she relaxed a little I kissed her hand. "You're doing so good baby. You're doing great." I said.
"Shut up Joe! I hate you so much! You did this to me you fucker! The next time you wanna have a baby why don't you carry it for nine months douche bag!" she yelled grabbing a hold of my shirt.
I let out a little chuckle and then she pushed again.
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KATIE'S P.O.V.
After, what seemed like, hours of pushing I heard a little cry. I relaxed and started crying myself. Joe kissed my head and then looked over to the nurses. One nurse brought over my baby wrapped in a blue blanket and I couldn't help the tears that filled my eyes as she handed him to me.
I looked at him in such awe. He was beautiful. I looked at Joe and smiled. "Good job daddy." I said.
He chuckled. "You too mommy." He leaned over and kissed me and then we went back to looking at our baby. "He's beautiful."
"Yeah. He looks just like his daddy." I said.
"Can I hold him?" he asked.
"Do you really have to ask?" I asked. I handed the baby to Joe and he held him while smiling. He was so happy.
The door opened and my mom walked in.
"Mom!" I said.
"Hi sweetheart. How are you doing?" she asked.
"I'm good now that I get to see my baby but I'm exhausted." I said. My eyelids were really heavy.
"You should be. You've been here all day." She walked over and rubbed my head a little bit which only made my eyelids heavier. "Go to sleep baby. I'll be here when you wake up."
I drifted off to sleep.
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JOE'S P.O.V.
"So, Joe, how does it feel to be a daddy again?" Katie's mom asked.
"It feels incredible." I said.
The door opened and everyone else walked in. Joelle climbed up next to Katie and they both fell asleep.
"So what's the baby's name?" my mom asked.
"Connor." I said.
Everybody took turns holding Connor and I just smiled. This was one of the best days of my life. The first best day was laying with my wife sleeping. We were a family and I was extremely happy with our new addition.
After a while everybody left and it was just me, Katie, Joelle and Connor. I sat up watching them all because I was just too happy to sleep. This was my dream and I'm glad it came true.
