Harry Styles Fanfiction - Remember Me?

Chapter 331

October 2022
40 weeks + 3 days
**HARRYS POV**
Arriving at the hospital, Y/n got checked in and soon afterwards hooked up to the fetal monitor to check on the baby and the contractions before she got examined by Doctor Brooke in the delivery room.

„Y/n, your cervix is now at 6 centimeters, so it's not quite time yet, but you're doing great." Doctor Brooke said. „Now I'll keep checking on you regularly and if you need anything, just call a nurse or press the button."

„Okay, thank you." Y/n said and just after she put her leggings back on and stood up from the bed, another contraction hit her, so she leaned against the bed, trying to breathe through it.

„Take deep breaths in and out." Doctor Brooke reminded her. „In and out, you're doing great."

„Ahhh! It hurts...so bad..." She whined.

I kept rubbing her back as Y/n suddenly looked down, reaching with her hand to her legs.

„I think...I- my water just broke." She said, looking up to Doctor Brooke and the nurse that had just entered.

„That's okay, everything's okay. That just means everything is moving along." The doctor explained before she left while one of the nurses led Y/n to the bathroom to change into a hospital gown before she cleaned up the water from the floor.

Eventually, the nurse left the room and Y/n and I were alone. I was trying to help her as much as I could through every contraction. It wasn't easy to see her like that in so much pain every few minutes, but she did so great every single time a new contraction hit her.

„Don't you wanna try to go into the tub? Maybe it'll feel a bit better." I suggested as she laid in bed on her side while I knelt down in front of her, holding her hands.

„No, I really don't wanna go in the tub. I don't wanna give birth in there."

„Okay, whatever feels right to you, yeah?"

She nodded. „Yeah. Thank you, H. You're so helpful and so gentle with me. I love you."

„Love you more, sweetiepie." I smiled at her. „No need to thank me for anything. I'm so proud of you, you're doing amazing."

„Thank yo- aaah! Ooow! God it hurts." She let out a pained moan when another one hit her.

„Take my hand, love. Squeeze it as hard as you need to." I told her, gripping her hand properly while I reached my other one out to brush her hair out of her face, running it through her soft hair afterwards. „It's almost over, baby."

Hours and hours passed and we kept going like this with Doctor Brooke checking on her and the baby every now and then like she did right now.

„I really feel like I need to push, can I push?" Y/n asked her while she was examining her.

„Your cervix is at 10 centimeters, but I need you not to push. Y/n, your baby is lying in the wrong position."

„What- what does that mean?" Y/n asked worriedly.

„It means that instead of your baby lying head first down, she's lying with her bottom first which is very complicated and stressful for the baby to deliver naturally." Doctor Brooke explained what made me worry just as much now.

„And what's gonna happen now? Is she okay?" I asked her.

„She is for now, but I'm sorry Y/n, we're gonna have to do a c-section and that as soon as possible."

„A c-section? But that's not what I had planned." Y/n looked at me with tears in her eyes, so I wrapped my arm around her back to hold her a little closer to me.