Maternity Leave

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I only have a month until Emiline is due, I'm being put on maternity leave at the end of the day so I can rest and relax before I give birth. I'm not sure what I'm going to do as I don't normally sit around, I like to be doing something.

Em has been working on a helping out in a few cases so she had to go to work early today. I get Henry up and ready to go to school. I take him to class where he says bye to me and Emiline before going off to his friends. It's cute to see him talk to my stomach as he wants to talk to his sister.

I head to work and sit down at my desk. I start filling out the last of the paperwork I have to do when Em walks over to me and gives me a big card. I open it and see it's been signed by my workmates who are wishing me a good leave and good luck to dealing with a baby. More people come over to my desk and they even bring out a cake thats a white circle with pink dots on the side and on the top is two pink footprints and it says 'Good Luck JJ'.
I smile and can feel tears of happiness coming to my eyes. I say "thank you so much everyone"
Em says "time to cut the cake"
I laugh before slicing the cake and handing out pieces to everyone. Some people hand me gifts that I open and they are mostly clothes, books or toys.

I feel Emiline moving around more and what feels like kicks are getting harder so I sit down and put my hands on my stomach. Emily asks "is peanut alright JJ?"
I nod and say "just lots of movement right now"
Someone else asks "peanut?"
I nod and say "it's the name my son Henry gave to her before we decided on the name"
I hear "wait you have her name decided?"
I nod and say "I thought we told you, my baby girl will be Emiline Hope"
They all seem to like the name but I stop listening when I get another sharp pain in my stomach and up my back. I look at Em with worry and say "something is wrong, I don't know what this pain is"
The person next to me asks "are you having contractions?"
I nod and say "I think so"

They call an ambulance and the paramedics come over to me to do a quick check up before saying lets get you to the hospital, your baby wants to make an appearance. They won't let anyone else in the ambulance with me. My workmates say goodluck and send photos, Em says "I'll grab your stuff and pick up Henry quickly then head to the hospital"
I smile and say "thanks Em" before the next pain of a contraction goes through my body.

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