Ashton Irwin Pregnancy Series

Hard labour (Your POV)

*this chapter picks up from the last chapter*

"Are you sure that you're in labour?!" Ashton was slowly freaking out.
"Yes. I'm sure. My waters have broken." I smiled at him. "And no you're not dreaming babe."
      The two of us walked slowly to the bathroom since I still had the feeling of having to pee. Ashton carefully lowered me onto the toilet seat as a painful contraction ripped through me, causing my hands to curl around his shoulders. I screamed out in pain as the contraction stabbed me repeatedly.
   "A-ashton. This hurts."
"Yes I know darling. We can always get an epidural once we get to the hospital if the pain gets too harsh on you."
"But what about what happened last time with Sofia? You know I've been dreading getting an epidural ever since what happened." I started breathing faster, remembering what exactly happened.
"Hey, hey, hey. Babe, it's gonna be alright. Nothing bad is gonna happen to the triplets. Everything is gonna run smoothly. We're gonna be parents to three beautiful children very soon."
"Thanks. We  should start heading to the hospital now. Call in." I sniffled and wiped my tears as Ashton got me down stairs.
The few minutes that Ashton was getting the car started, contractions where getting stronger, and the pain was getting to the point of being unbearable.
"I can't do it. Ashton, I really can't do it. It's too painful." Tears started to well up in my eyes as another contraction came over me.
"It's alright doodlebug. Just breath." Ashton lead me  into the car as both Macey and Cooper ran to try and get Ashton off of me.
He got me into the car and brung the dogs inside the house. He came back out to the car and we went over everything before we left. The contractions were coming fast and more painful, I forced myself not to start pushing. Within 30mins we were in the lobby with the hospital bag and all the stuff that I needed. We went up to the room and settled on a bed.
"Do you think that I could get into the water? I'm feeling a little tense." I asked as soon as a contraction ended.
"Yes that would be best for both you and the babies." My midwife said.
Just walking over to the shower that was only a few feet away seemed impossible since a contraction had decided to hit and I had to stand up letting gravity take over. I screamed out in pain as the water had hit my back. I was shaking, and Ashton was rubbing my hand with his thumb.
"Just get these kids out of me!!!!" I screamed in pain and cried, as the shower water felt like it wasn't working.
"It's alright honey bun. Just breath through the contractions. Do you wanna get out and try the yoga ball?" Ashton asked calmly.
"Yes." I muttered giving in and pushing a little letting out a little groan while I did it.
Ashton turned off the water and moved me to the bed while another contraction hit me making me hold my bump and screaming through the gas and air. I got my leggings back on and Ashton carefully got me onto the yoga ball that we bought when I was first pregnant with Gabriel who unfortunately had died in the womb due to his heart and kidneys failing. Ashton massaged my shoulders while I bounced and taking deep breaths.
"Ok Y/N let's go ahead and check how far along you are."
I got up on the bed while my midwife checked how far I was. Another contraction came making me shake really bad and to have lots of blood start spilling out of me. My midwife said it was nothing to worry about and even gave us an ultrasound to show that everything was ok.
"How much longer do you think we will have to wait until the c-section?" Ashton asked, at this point we'd been waiting a few hours.
"At the rate that the others are going at, at least sometime tomorrow evening. At this moment right now, she may be able to deliver one of the triplets naturally since she's 6cm."
I groaned and started to cry as I thought that I may have to get an epidural.
"I don't want to get an epidural." I cried loudly remembering like it was just yesterday that it happened. "But I want to sleep so badly."
"Hey it's alright babe. Nothing bad is going to happen this time." Ashton kisses my temple and holds my hand which calms me down.
"In order for you to sleep, you're gonna have to get an epidural." My midwife said leaving the room as she was called into a different room.
I cried while looking down at my stomach. I put my hand on my bump and started to talk to it. "I love you three so very much. Your daddy and I can't wait to meet you. Please stay strong for us, be our little fighters." I hiccuped a sob and put my hands over my eyes refusing to look at anything.
Then Ashton put his hand on my bump and rubbed it. "Come soon triple threat. We've been waiting forever. Now just please pull through and come soon."
The brokenness in his voice made my hormones act up and I started crying even more, when a contraction hit and made me scream louder then I had during the whole labouring process. Ashton helped me through the contraction as best as he could, but I was constantly moving my lower half trying to get comfy.
"Can you rub my back please."
Without hesitation Ashton rubbed my lower back.
"Holy cow this really hurts. I just hope that they're here soon. I don't wanna wait a whole day." I breathed heavy just finishing a contraction.
"If I could switch or at least share this pain with you I would in a heart beat."
I got back into my bed. Contractions started to speed up and at this point it was a little past midnight. 10 minutes later my midwife had come in and I'd caved into getting an epidural. Ashton got me set up and my midwife checked everything before she left for the night. Before I got the chance to say goodnight to Ashton I'd fallen asleep. A few hours later I'd woken up and needed to vomit.
"Ash?" He must've already been awake since he walked out from the bathroom.
"Yes sweetheart." He came over to me and pecked me on the lips.
"Could you grab me the thing, I don't feel good."
He grabbed the blue plastic bag that the hospital has and placed it in front of me. I ended up vomiting into it and drinking some water before laying back down on my side with multiple pillows that I insisted on bringing. Ash kissed me goodnight and laid back on the chair that was provided. Before I was fully asleep I could hear Ashton saying a prayer. He only said prayers when he needed reassurance about something, that would only stress me out if he came to me about it.
"Dear lord. Please take care of my wife and please let our children be born healthy and soon. I can't stand to see my wife like this. She's my world, I can't loose her." He sighed and started to choke on tears. "I've grown so close to these children already, I want Y/N to be happy, I want her to be able to feel like she's good enough to bear children in the future. So please lord, I'm asking you to make sure that Y/N's labour and birth goes well. I really want her to have children, I want us to be a family. Amen."
I smiled and sniffled. "Me too lord. Let us have a family."
Ashton came over to me and kissed me, then my bump. "You heard that?" He laughed a little.
"Yeah. I did." I put my hands on my bump and Ashton put his hand on top of mine.
"Night night kids. Night hun." We kissed again before I fell asleep to Ash singing to 'raise me up'.
I slept through the night until I was awoken by Ashton shaking me awake. The monitors where beeping while nurses and midwives were flooding into the room and I could hear them talking about an emergency c-section.
"What's happening Ashie." I started to have a panic attack.
"It's nothing to worry about. But Maylie's vitals have gone down suddenly. We have to do an emergency c-section."

A/N: sorry for not updating, I haven't had any inspiration but hope you enjoy this chapter