MY DREAM JOB

BIRTH

EMMA POV

IT WAS ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE DOWN IN BONDI AND I WAS CURRENTLY READING A BOOK THAT WAS GIFTED TO ME BY ONE OF MY FRIENDS THE BOOK WAS ABOUT BREATHING EXERCISES FOR CHILDBIRTH BECAUSE I WAS NOW AROUND 9 MONTHS PREGNANT AND THE BABY WAS DUE ANY DAY NOW AND AS I WAS READING THE BOOK I FELT OUR BABY KICK AND I CALLED MAXI OVER AND WHEN HE FELT THE BABY KICK HE HAD THE BIGGEST GRIN ON HIS FACE

AND AS I FINALLY FINISHED READING MY BOOK I FELT A CRAMP IN MY STOMACH AND AT THIS CURRENT MOMENT I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE BABY KICKING AGAIN BUT WHEN I FELT IT AGAIN HE CAME BACK FASTER AND MUCH MORE STRONGER KNEW I HAD TO TELL MAXI AND THEN I FELT WATER GO DOWN MY LEGS

MAXI MUST OF HEARD ME GASP BECAUSE HE CAME RUNNING INTO THE LIVING ROOM AND HE SAW THE PUDDLE ON THE FLOOR HE THEN RAN UPSTAIRS AND GRABBED THE BAG AND CARRIED ME BRIDLE STYLE TO THE CAR

AS WE ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL MAXI SAW A NURSE AND TOLD HER WHAT WAS HAPPENING THEN THE NURSE CALLED FOR A WHEELCHAIR I WAS THEN RUSHED UP TO THE MATERNITY WARD I WAS THEN TOLD TO CHANGE INTO A HOSPITAL GOWN AND THEN MY VITAL SIGNS WERE CHECKED

FINALLY, MAXI CAME RUSHING INTO THE ROOM AND SAT RIGHT BY MY SIDE AS THE SET BEGIN TO SET AND THE MOON STARTED TO RISE I HAD BEEN IN LABOUR FOR ABOUT 7 HOURS AND AFTER WHAT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER A DOCTOR CAME IN AND GAVE ME AN EPIDURAL FOR THE PAIN THEN HE CHECKED HOW FAR ALONG I WAS AND AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD START PUSHING AND SO I SQUEEZED MAXI'S HAND

AND THAT'S WHEN I HEARD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SOUND IN THE WORLD OUT CHILDS NEWBORN CRY AND I STARTED TO CRY WITH JOY AND RELIEF AFTER THE DOCTOR CUT THE CORD I WAS THEN TOLD I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HEALTHY BABY GIRL

MAXI POV 

TODAY I WAS GOING TO SURPRISE MY DARLING WIFE EMMA WITH THE NURSERY THAT I HAD BEEN WORKING ON WITHOUT HER KNOWING BUT AS I WAS PUTTING EH FINISHING TOUCHES ON IT I HEARD EMMA GASP I THEN CAME RUSHING INTO THE LIVING ROOM AND THAT WHEN I SAW A PUDDLE OF WATER ON THE FLOOR I FELT MYSELF PANIC I WAS ABOUT TO BECOME A FATHER I THEN RACED UP INTO OUR BEDROOM AND GRABBED THE BAG AND I CARRIE EMMA TO THE CAR AND DROVE TO THE HOSPITAL

THE NURSE CAME IN AND HELPED EMMA GET READY FOR HER BIRTH I TEXTED THE BOYS AND TOLD THEM WHAT WAS HAPPENING AFTER MANY LONG AND PAINFUL HOURS LATER A DOCTOR CAME INTO THE ROOM AND TOLD EMMA TO START PUSHING BUT BEFORE I KNEW IT I HEARD THE WAIL OF OUR NEWBORN BABY AND THEN I HIT ME I WAS REALLY A FATHER NOW

THE DOCTOR CLEANED UP THE CORD AND CHECKED ON EMMA HE WALKED OUT AND LET US HAVE SOME PRIVATE TIME AND AS EMMA WENT TO SLEEP I SAT DOWN IN ONE OF THE CHAIRS AND LOOKED AT OUR PRETTY DAUGHTER 

FACT: An epidural is where pain medication is given to you while you are in labour it helps control the pain while giving birth it is a local anaesthesia