Grant’s POV
Dr. Sherri just came back in and is about to check C’s cervix again. In the past 30 minutes, the contractions have gotten worse, and honestly, I don’t know how much longer I can stand to see C in so much pain. DS: “ok Candice let’s see if you have progressed any more” she checks for no longer than 15 seconds, then comes back up. DS: “well it looks like it’s baby time” G: “forreal” DS: “yes she is 10 centimeters and the baby is starting to crown” G: “oh my gosh our baby is finally coming” I give C a kiss on the forehead, who is currently having a contraction. DS: “I'm going to get the team and then I will be back” G: “ok” DS: “let’s have a baby” she walks out and I put my hand behind C’s neck and rub her check with my thumb. G: “let’s have a baby” C: “let’s have a baby" I let our parents know it was time, and then for the next 5 minutes I helped C breath through her contractions until Dr. Sherri came back.
Dr. Sherri walked back in and gave us a run down. DS: “ok so these 2 ladies over here are nurse Erica, and nurse Liv, they are your Neonatal nurses, they will be here to assist you with breastfeeding, baby clean up, doing all baby's testing, and answering all your questions after birth, they will be the only nurses who will handle your baby. You already know nurse Angie, and she will be here both to assist you and to make sure this goes as smoothly as possible. Any questions before we get started” C&G: “nope” DS: “well then let’s deliver this baby” nurse Angie lifts up C’s bed, so while she does that I quickly go grab my chair and bring it closer to her bed side and put her hand right back in mine. I kissed her hand, and soon enough, we were ready to go. DS: “Ok Candice I’m here to guide you through this, every contraction I tell you to push on I need you to push with all you have like you are taking a poop, can you do that for me” C: “mhhhm” DS: “good, ok her comes this first one I want you to push really hard ok” C nods her head. DS: “alright here we go push” C: “aghhhhhhhhh” C pushes for 10 seconds, and honestly, she might have broken my hand with how she squeezed it. I have never seen her in so much pain, and I feel bad I can’t do anything to make it go away. G: “good job baby, you are doing amazing” DS: “ok here is the next one, and push” C: “aghhhhhhhhh” DS: “good Candice, 4, 3, 2 ,1 and relax” Candice relaxes her head back on the bed trying to breath before her next contraction. DS: “here we go again, ready push” she pushes again, and I think this is her hardest one yet because my hand is throbbing. DS: “The baby’s head is out” G: “good job baby, you can do this”
Candice pushed about 4 more times. Our baby’s shoulders were making it a little difficult, but it’s ok because C only needs to push one more time now. DS: “Ok Candice, I need you to give me one last push ok” C nods her head. She is in so much pain, but she is a champ. DS: “alright here we go give me all you got, ready push” C: “aghhhhhhhhhh” C lays back and as soon as we hear that beautiful sound nothing else mattered, both me and C started to cry. We are really parents. Baby: “wahhhhhhh” NE: “time of birth 4:10 pm” DS: “happy birthday, little one… Say hello to your beautiful baby boy" Dr. Sherri places our son on C’s chest, and we both can’t stop smiling and crying. G: “we have a son” C: “he’s so beautiful and little, hi baby boy I’m your mommy” G: “and I’m your daddy” I kissed Candice and for what felt like an hour even though it was just 5 minutes we admired our son. G: “we really made a human” C: “I know right, I wonder who he will look like” G: “me too” C: “safe to say I won the bet” we both laugh as we wipe our tears away. G: “I guess you did” I give her another kiss. DS: “we are gonna deliver the placenta, and after that dad would you like to cut the cord” G: “yeah”
C delivers the placenta, and after a minute or 2, they hand me the scissors. My hands are shaky, but I pull myself together and cut the cord. DS: alright now that dad has cut the cord is it ok if the nurses clean your son up, then we will bring him back so you can do his first feeding and then dad can do skin to skin” C: “yeah that’s ok” they take our son, clean him up, weigh him, measure him, and put a hat on him. NL: Your son weighs 6 pounds even, and is 20 inches long” G: “ Yay, he might get my height” C rolls her eyes, and I chuckled. They handed C our son back so she could feed him, and after about 20 minutes, it was finally time for me to do skin to skin. NE: “ok dad, can you go sit in the reclining chair” G: “yeah” I go sit down. NL: “ok so you are gonna take off you shirt and then we will place your son on your chest and then lay a blanket over you, sound good” G: “yeah” I take off my shirt then they put our son on my chest and cover me with the blanket, he really is so small. He has his legs scrunched up so that he’s in a ball, and all I can do is melt. I love him so much. DS: “We are gonna give you some time to bond with your son. We will be back to check-in in about 30 minutes to explain breastfeeding a little bit more indepth and to take your son for testing, but if you need us before that just hit the call button, ok” C&G: “ok” DR. Sherri leaves, and we just take in the fact that we are parents.
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They have a son!!! I tried to do the gap thing so that the chapters aren't just one big paragraph. I hope y'all enjoyed it. <3
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Finding Our Way Back
FanfictionGrant and Candice have been "best friends" since their break up 2 years ago, and they are both "over" each other until certain events make them realize that they can't be bestfriends anymore.
