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chapter thirty three

Amanda

Alesha was brought into the delivery room with me by her side. She had only wanted me to be in the room with her as a loved one when the twins were going to come out. Our parents were waiting in the waiting room for any news on Alesha or the twins.

Alesha had been brought to the delivery room an hour ago and she was now ten centimeters dilated finally. She had been in labour for twelve hours, almost thirteen with the twins.

"Alesha, when you have your next contraction, I need you to push as hard as you can," the midwife spoke gently. Alesha gripped my hand as she nodded and groaned in pain as she pushed. "Give another one like that and one of the twins will be crowning, Alesha."

Alesha breathed heavily and I wiped the sweat off of her brow. She had yelled at me for kissing her cheeks and forehead earlier when she was in the throes of labour, around seven centimeters dilated. I wanted to kiss her forehead to try to give her strength but I would get yelled at if I did.

Alesha screamed in pain this time with her next contraction as she pushed. I peered over Alesha's body to look and one of the babies was crowning. It was impossible to tell who was crowning.

"A few more big pushes and one of the babies will be out, Alesha," the midwife encouraged. I heard a tap run with water, heating up to clean off whichever baby came out first. The midwife gripped the infant's shoulders as it emerged more from Alesha with the next push.

"The shoulders are out, Alesha. A couple more big pushes will do it for this baby," the midwife encouraged again.

"You hear that, babe? One of the babies is almost here," I spoke softly. Alesha glared at me but she didn't say a word. The contractions were coming too quickly for her to say anything but cry out with pain and push.

Alesha cried out with pain again as it mingled with the squall of a newborn. A baby had been pulled out the rest of the way from Alesha. She slumped back against the bed and cried out with pain again.

"First baby's a boy!" The midwife announced as he was passed off to one of the delivery room nurses to be washed off and the umbilical cord cut.  "Next contraction, I want you to push as hard as you can again, Alesha."

She nodded but said, "I can't anymore. I can't do it." Alesha was exhausted after being in labour for now thirteen hours. She couldn't push out another child but our daughter was still in her. There wasn't anytime to get Alesha prepped for a c-section so she would have to do it vaginally.

"I know that you can, Alesha. Just a little more," I tried to encourage her. Alesha glared at me again and she flipped me off with her other hand. She was pissed off in labour, which meant she would become determined. Alesha screamed out in pain, loud enough to be heard in the waiting room and she pushed.

The head of our daughter crowned  from her and Alesha slumped back against the mattress of the bed again. She let out another cry of pain and she pushed, the shoulders starting to emerge from her body. My hand had lost almost all feeling from Alesha squeezing it so hard.

Her forehead shone with sweat from her labour and there were tears 
of pain in her eyes. Alesha breathed heavily again and she cried out with pain as she pushed one last time while the baby girl was pulled out of her.

"The second is a girl. Congratulations,  ladies," the midwife spoke. Alesha breathed heavily and groaned with the contractions her body was having to get rid of the placenta.

The placenta was delivered quicker than the twins had been. It had taken Alesha almost forty five minutes to push out the twins. There was a ten minute age difference between them from Alesha trying to push out our daughter.

Alesha was handed the twins, who were placed into her arms and she looked down at them, smiling softly. Their skin was red and their eyes were screwed shut as they cried in Alesha's arms. Her hospital gown was lifted up so the twins could be placed on her chest and she could feed them laying down.

"Go announce it, babe," Alesha spoke tiredly. I nodded and I left the delivery room as Alesha was brought back to her hospital room.

"The twins have arrived!" I announced. "Baby boy and girl. They're healthy and they're going back with Alesha to her room!"

"Do they have names?" My mum asked. She was grinning and so was Bev, Alesha's mother.

"Our son's name is going to be Abel Zaire but we haven't agreed on our daughter yet," I replied. I sat down as I continued to talk about the twins and their delivery, explaining why we hadn't yet agreed on a name for our daughter yet.

I got our combined families to leave so I could go back Alesha and see the babies myself and maybe get some rest before telling Simon and David the news.

Alesha was breastfeeding the twins, one on each nipple as she laid back against the bed.

"How was everybody?" She asked, looking up from watching the twins nurse.

"Not too bad but they wanted to keep talking and I wanted to get up to see you and our twins," I replied. I sat down beside Alesha in the bed and one of the twins, Abel, released her nipple, making breast milk dribble down his chin.

"Do you want to burp Abel for me? Our baby girl hasn't finished yet," Alesha asked. I took Abel from her and burped him, cradling him in my arms after. "What do you think she looks like more? Ashley Diane or Hollie Rose?"

"Hollie Rose," I decided. I looked at our little girl's face as she nursed.

"Hollie Rose Holden-Dixon it is then," Alesha agreed quietly.

[] hey guys! Alesha finally gave birth without any complications. What do you think is going to happen next and what did you love about this chapter? Bye until the next chapter!