FALLING APART - CALUM HOOD (COMPLETED)

Chapter 27.

Chapter 27.

The doctor let me know that it would be in a matter of minutes before the first baby was to be brought in this world and take his first breath. She placed a mirror between my legs so I could see what was going on. Calum propped me up with her arms and held me tight. He soother me as much as he could , The doctor told me on the next contraction that I needed to push through my bottom and hold it for a count of ten.

As the wave of heat, pain and sweat enveloped my body, I took a deep breath and pushed. One, two, three, four...

"please make it stop!!!" I screamed , I tried to push, my contraction ceased and I would have to wait for another one to come on.

On the second push I could see the first head crown. it made me want to push more, but the contraction stopped. Its head had sunken back in to my body. Three times in a row this happened.

Finally, on the fourth push I felt a release of pressure. The first babies head had come out. The doctor had told me to push lightly. As she helped ease it out of my body, she turned his shoulders to help make way through the rest of the birthing canal.

The doctor reached up and handed the first baby to me. The most intense, beautiful, serene moment of my life. This perfectly pink little wrinkly body lay dependant in my loving arms. I just brought another human being into this world.

All I could say was

"Oh my god!" .

My joy and relief were interspersed with disbelief that I would have to do it all again, very soon. It was so wonderful to have my newborn daughter in my arms and some relief from the contractions, and I had no idea what to expect for the second birth.

My second midwife Robyn and Anne arrived at this point. Anne kept quietly and observantly beside the bed out of my eyeline, and only spoke to congratulate us on the first birth. Robyn's sweet and calming presence was wonderful and helpful as the contractions began to kick in once more at full speed; I would really need the strength of both my midwives to face the challenge a second time.

I was needing to vocalize loudly to cope with the contractions and felt awful moaning into my sweet new babies face, so I handed her to Ashton , who was also in the room, reluctantly as I felt I needed him to help me but i knew I had Calum for the new round of contractions. I told the midwives I was scared and didn't want to do it again, and they calmly and sweetly reminded me that not only could I do it again, I was doing it again.

We knew that baby two was in a breech position, so Anne asked if she could examine me. I was initially reluctant but eager to make the birth as smooth as possible for the baby and myself, so I decided to go ahead, and thankfully she was as gentle as possible given the ferocity of my contractions. She established almost instantly that the baby was coming foot first, as the bag of waters was low inside. The contractions were roaring through me and the baby was experiencing increasing deceleration between.

''I cant do this.'' I cried out my body becoming extremely tired , Calum caressed my face giving me a kiss on the cheek.

''Yes you can princess come on...''

''No Calum I can't please it hurts oh it hurts so much.'' I cried out

Calums P.O.V

I'd been nervous about watching the delivery itself. The thought of bringing two babies into the world at one time scared the heck out of me , But once the midwife said she could see the top of the head, I couldn't resist.

Despite my feelings of uselessness, the midwife encouraged me to be as involved as possible. I offered words of support from time to time, although I'm not sure how welcome they were. And I was given the task of preparing my newborn's clothes and putting bedding in the cot. Okay, it wasn't exactly rocket science, but at least it made me feel less of a spare part.