Start of a Family (Tom Holland Pregnancy Series)

Labor

⚠️CAUTION GRAPHIC⚠️

In the room everything is chaos. Everyone is buzzing around and I'm in the most chaotic center of it all. The pain is overflowing my body and squeezing Toms hand isn't helping anymore.

"Love. They are going to check how dilated you are now. You are doing great." Tom kisses my hand.

"We're at 4cm." One Doctor calls and I feel my heart drop. I've only dialed one more centimeter in two hours of being here!

"Tom I can't do this." I breathe out feeling calm without the pain.

"You can. You are so strong." He pushes my hair back out of my face. I nod and just focus on him.

Another three hours another doctor comes in and checks how dilated I am. At this point I'm getting as much sleep as I possibly can between the contraction which are just barely over five minutes apart.

"We've gotten to 5cm!"

"Love were halfway there. I'm so proud of you." Tom says tiredly. It's 1:30 so I'm not surprised at how exhausted he is, but he can't fall asleep.

"Tom help me out of the bed." I tell him, my own exhaustion kicking in.

"Nonono you stay lying there. I'll get what you need." Tom stands up.

"Tom I need to use the restroom. And I need to move. The pain is worse when I'm lying still." I pull my feet over the edge of the bed.

"Alright love." Tom pulls me to my feet.

18 excruciating hours later and many, many, many checkups we get some good news. I'm so exhausted from bouncing on the exercise ball, dancing with Tom, and just being awake for so long that I'm just about to pass out.

"We've got 10cm! Go get Dr. Dubman!" One of the nurse yells after checking me.

"Good job love. Just a bit longer." Tom smiles. He was just about asleep. We've been awake for over an entire day...

"Mrs Holland, Hello I'm Dr. Dubman. I've heard you've been here for a long time," he chuckles, "anyways during your next contraction you are going to push until it is over, or I instruct you to stop. Is that clear?"

Tom nods but I give the doctor a skeptical look. I read that your instincts will be better than what a doctor says.

"Sir her water hasn't broken yet." One of the nurses points out.

"Get Dr. Lion. She's better at this." Dr. Dubman rolls his eyes and quickly he's replaced by a nice looking older woman who springs into action.

For fifteen minutes I push until I hear "it's a girl!" From my lower half. I look at Tom with a big smile and he's crying.

"Does dad want to cut the chord and give her a bath?" Dr. Lion asks Tom, who immediately nods and goes to do those.

"Dr. Lion.... I think there's another one." The intern nurse says shocked. Me and Tom give each other a horrified look, twins? We only have enough stuff for one child!

I push the other child out in forty five minutes and I hear that it's another girl. Tom cuts and bathes her too with the cutest smile on his face.

I collapse onto the bed more exhausted than I've ever been, though I still have to push a few more times to get the placenta out.

After all that I get both girls placed on my bare skin and I'm left to rest.