Life with the Dempsters ( Hi-De-Hi Fanfiction)

Meet Megan

Several months later Gladys knew something was not right with her she became even snappier and taking it out on Clive  and 2-year-old Mali even got the brunt of it at times. She knew this feeling all too well and wanted to make sure she was right before telling Her husband. So she went to a local chemist, picked up a pregnancy test, and took the test at home, and after 3 minutes which felt like 5 hours, confirmed that she was in fact pregnant for the second time Gladys stood and stared at herself in the mirror unsure of how she felt.

Once Clive arrived home, he walked into the house with a tired and rather exhausted Gladys trying to feed a screaming Mali who was just not having any of it and Gladys was getting fed up and could not take anymore.

"Oh Mali just eat it please" Gladys said holding the food in front of the feisty little girl who held her mouth closed tight and shook her head "come on baby mommy hasn't had much sleep please just eat" tears were now falling from Gladys's eyes as she tried so hard to keep it together.

"Glad?, what's wrong" Clive walked into from a rather long and tiring shift at the Pub to hear his daughter screaming . He walked over to Gladys who just rushed past him and upstairs, slamming the door to their bedroom

Clive fed and put Mali to bed before knocking softly of their bedroom door, when hearing no answer he opened the door to find Gladys curled up on the bed crying, walking over and puling Her into his arms "are you okay Gladys? You have been acting strangely for a few months" he was going to say something about her weight gain not that it bothered him but then realizing she probably wouldn't like that very much "You're not sick are you?" She shook her head Clive sighed in relief "so what's wrong I don't like you being upset"

"I'm pregnant Clive" She stood up in front of him

Clive was silent for a moment "Are you serious" Gladys nodded and Clive stood up and kissed Her hard on the lips then pulling her down on the bed with him. She could see how happy Her husband was because she knew he wanted another child a sibling for Mali.

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Gladys was now a few weeks away from giving birth but she continued to work even against Clive's plea for her to stop but ignoring it she carried on and without knowing it putting a strain on their marriage which caused them to argue even more than they used to.

"Gladys, I am still trying to understand why you still chose to put our Childs life in danger"

"I have a job and the campers as. Yellow coats need me"

"I need you, Mali and the baby need you, but you still chose to ignore that and we obviously don't mean anything to you do we?"

"That's not true, How dare you say that" Gladys barked

"When you can fit me and Mali in your busy schedule we would like to spent time with you if that's alright"

"I'm free right now"

"I'm not talking about now I am talking about the times you choose your wonderful job over us," Clive said raising his voice.

They stopped arguing when they heard Mali crying pushing past Him ,she walked over to the bed and picked Mali up giving her a kiss and slowly rocking her back and forth until she felt the sharp piercing pain in her lower abdomen.

"Ouch" She put Her back into her crib and took deep breath, which seemed to help but as the seconds went by the pain came back stronger and more painful.

Mali began to scream again and Clive was outside the chalet, shaking his head in anger knowing that His wife didn't have the mothers touch like he did with his daughter. He could no longer take the screams of Mali so he stormed in to see Gladys doubled over in pain and their daughter screaming in the bed.

"Gladys, what's wrong?" Clive ran over to Her and bent down placing a hand on her back

"I...I think the baby is... coming... ARRGGH" She cried out in pain

"Oh my god" Clive ran to get Ted  "I'll call an ambulance " Clive there is no... ARGH ... time you will have to drive"

"oh god" He picked up Mali and then with his free hand helped His wife get up but half up off the floor She stopped "what is it" He began to panic.

"My waters just broke" He looked at Her, which did not help them both out very much

Once in the car Ted and Peggy met them at the hospital so they could watch Mali.

"Gladys are you okay?" Peggy took Her godchild from Her father as she met them out the front of the hospital

"Oh yeah haven't been better" Gladys spat sarcastically at Ted holding her stomach,

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Gladys was wheeled into the maternity unit where she was put on to a bed and the midwife wanted to check the baby's heart beat and make sure everything is alright with both mother and baby.

the midwife scanned Her stomach "Oh" she said a little loudly.

"WHAT , WHAT IS IT?" She said panicking.

"were you informed that your child could possibly have congenital heart disease" Gladys and Clive shook their heads.

"no one mentioned it to us and the 5 week scan looked normal" Clive said holding His wife's shaky hand.

"Okay, I need you to stay calm because all this stress isn't good for you or the baby" the midwife said giving them both a reassuring nodded.

After several hours of painful labour Gladys was ready to give birth.

"Hi Gladys , I'm Anne and I will be your midwife and you are more than ready to meet your little girl, so one nice big push Okay sweetheart" Anne said bending down to see that the she was crowning.

"Come on Gladys baby you can do it" Clive said holding her hand encouraging her every time she pushed.

"Well done, one last push and then the baby is here," Anne, said holding half of the baby until Gladys pushed once more.

"I can't do it; I can't "Gladys moaned with tears streaming down her sweaty and pale face.

"You can do it Glad" he said holding on to Gladys's hand

"I can't believe you did this to me Again Clive , if you do this to me ARGH ... ever again I will kill you" Gladys screamed before she did one last big push and the room was filled with a baby's cry.

"Would you like to cut the umbilical cord daddy?" He nodded and walked over to Anne and cut the cord.

"You did it, you are amazing Gladys" He walked back over to Her and kissed Her on the lips and she kissed back weakly.

"There is your lovely healthy daughter weighing 6lb 2oz "Anne handed the baby over to Gladys who looked at her little girl a sleep and comfortable in her mother's arms.

"Megan" Gladys said looking at the little bundle in her arms

"Megan.... ,let me guess another Welsh name?" Clive asked and Gladys nodded weakly, he Looked at his daughter "It is perfect so now we have a Mali and a Megan. Well done I'm so proud of you Glad"

soon enough Megan was taken away from her parents where she was rushed off for tests which later confirmed that Megan did indeed have a form of congenital Heart Disease.

this meant that Megan was not aloud home until everything was confirmed by the pediatric cardiologist which would take a few days to keep her monitored.

Gladys and Clive went home empty handed without their daughter who was left behind in the hospital.
~A couple of weeks later~
soon enough it was time to collect Megan from the hospital. They were informed that Megan's  heart valves were not properly formed which meant that there maybe holes between the chamber of her heart which would mean that she would need to be monitored closely and that she shouldn't do anything to excessive such sports or even dance which they both excepted, happy that they got their daughter back and if that meant keeping her from doing sports then so be it.