I can only stand there and cry. I feel like I'm losing my whole world. A nurse comes over to me "Ms Swan is there anything I can get for you, anyone I can call?" "I'm sorry what?" She repeats herself and I shake my head. She leads me over to a waiting room and I sit down. She hands me a bottle of water says she'll be back to check on me then leaves. I pull out my phone and dial Ruby's number. "Emma what's going on it's two in the morning?" I can't say anything and I just cry. "Emma what's wrong. Are you crying?" "Ruby?" "Yes Emma, me and Belle are here. What going on?" "It's Regina. They just took her into surgery". I cry out. "Oh No Emma. We will be right over". She hangs up and I sit and wait. A nurse bring Ruby and Belle in and they come over and hug me. Belle speaks first. "Emma tell us what happened?" I tell them everything and the tears fall from their eyes. They both comfort me while we wait. Over an hour goes by and I can't take it anymore and I stand up abruptly. "What the fuck is going on in there. Why hasn't anyone told me anything". I walk out into the hall and speak in a loud voice. "Why won't anyone tell me what the fuck is happening. Please". A nurse comes quickly over to me. "Ms Swan. I'm sorry. I don't have any new information. Please try to calm down". "Calm down. How the hell can I calm down. I don't know if my son or my fiancé are even still alive". Just then Ruby and Belle come to me and wrap their arms around me. Belle says "Emma please take a breath. You know they will be ok. I know you are scared but hold it together for them ok". I just hang my head down and they walk me back to the waiting room. A few minutes later Ruby asks "Emma have you called your parents?" I shake my head no. "Why not, I bet they'd want to be here for you?" I shrug. Belle asks "Would you like me to call them for you?" I nod and hand her my phone. A few minutes later the doctor finally came in. I jump up. "Are they ok". "As I told you earlier the cord was wrapped around your sons neck, we were able to get him out and the cord off him before we lost a heartbeat. It did take about a minute before we could get him to take a breath on his own but he finally did. We are running tests to make sure there was no damage done from the lack of oxygen from the cord being around his neck. He's currently in the NICU". "So my son, he's going to be ok?" "As far as we can tell right now Yes, he should be fine". "Thank god. How about Regina, how is she?" "Regina had a more difficult time. She lost a lot of blood from a condition called Postpartum Hemorrhage. As a result it caused a severe drop in her blood pressure which sent her body into shock from not getting enough blood. We were able to stop the the bleeding and are still pumping blood into her. Which she seems to be responding to and her blood pressure has been continuing to come up. I need you to know that this could be very serious if she doesn't continue to respond to these treatments. If the bleeding does happen to start again we may have to perform a hysterectomy, that may be the only way to get the bleeding to completely stop. I'm sorry". I can't say anything. "Emma do you understand everything I just said?" I nod. I start to speak slowly. "You did say she was responding to the treatment right?" "Yes, and that is a good sign". I nod again. "Can I see them. Who do I even go see first. I'm sorry I feel like my head is spinning right now". Ruby says "Here Emma sit down" and she leads me back to a seat. The doctor sits next me and says "Regina is still in post op, and will most likely be there another hour or so depending on her continuing to respond to treatment. Let me go call up to the NICU and check on your son and have someone come down to bring you to him. Ok?" "Yes. Thank you". When the doctor leaves I sit back and let out a deep breath and say "What the fuck. This is so not how this day was supposed to go. It should have been me holding onto Regina as she pushed out the baby, the we hear him cry for the first time. I wanted to count all his little fingers and toes and kiss his forehead". I start to cry again and cover my face. Belle and Ruby both do what they can to comfort me. Just then my parents come running in. "Emma" they both say. I stand up and they both hold me. After a few minutes we all sit and Ruby and Belle help me explain everything that the doctor told us. A little while later a nurse comes in asking for me. "Ms Swan are you ready to meet your son?" "Yes please". I tell everyone I'll be back and follow the nurse.
