"I can't do this anymore" Rebecca shook her head that was leaned against her husband's chest as her arms were laying on his shoulders, she was tired and he was the source of strength to keep her going and keep her upright as they swayed slowly back and forth and he placed a kiss to her head as his hands ran up and down her back
"Yes you can" he nodded "You heard the nurse, you're at 8.. you're almost there" he said
"Easy for you to say, you're not going through this" she snapped and he nodded, she was right
"Are you sure you don't want me to get the nurse so you can get an epidural?" he asked and she shook her head "You're in pain"
"Yeah no shit" she said letting out a deep breath
"I don't want you to be in pain" he shook his head and she looked up at him "I can't stand it"
"Shouldn't have gotten me pregnant then" she said with a small smile
"So this is my fault" he nodded
"Baby.." she shook her head with a small smile "I'm okay" she said "This is how this is supposed to happen, We didn't get to do this with Ella but this is what we would have done. It's part of it" she said with a nod "It's not pleasant and I hate it but I have to do it, I have to go through it and at the end of it it will all be worth it"
"Who are you trying to convince? You or me?" he asked
"Both" she nodded
That was four hours ago.. Things got even more intense a few hours later when her water broke on it's own, Rebecca had been labor for 28 hours at this point and she was beginning to get exhausted. After her water broke she quickly dilated to a 10 and it was time to push.
She pushed for an hour and doctors were now becoming concerned, They honestly thought they would have to do an emergency cesarean which Rebecca hated the idea of.
"I'm not doing it" she shook her head as she tried to catch her breath "I'm not going to go through 29 hours of labor to be rushed to a c-section"
"Rebecca" Colby said shaking his head
"Shut up Lopez" she said grabbing his hand again as the pain overtook her once more and she felt the immense amount of pressure again
At 8:31AM she felt the worst amount of pain and pressure she had ever felt in her entire life and then at 8:32AM the pressure and pain went away immediately and she saw the baby fall into the doctors arms
"Oh my god" she said as her head fell back on the pillow
"You did it!" Colby said as the doctor placed the newborn on her mother's chest "Oh my god you did it" he said
"She's so cute" she said looking the best she could at her newest daughter "Look at this hair.. dark hair" Rebecca said with a smile as she looked up at her husband who had tears in his own eyes and back to her daughter who was calm now against her chest and her little eyes fluttered open and she looked around for a few seconds before they closed again
Rebecca felt the pressure and pain come back once more and then she remembered she had to do it all over again and she let out a cry as she shook her head
"I don't want to do this again" she said and she felt her husband kiss her hand as he held it tightly in his
"You have to" he said "She needs her sister" he said
"Fuck" she said in a whisper as the pain began to build again
"We can take her" The nurse said "So you can focus on the next one" she said reaching for the baby
"Don't touch her!" Rebecca exclaimed and the nurse looked to Colby who shook his head
"Don't take her away when she's in momma bear mode" he said shaking his head "She might get up and kill you" he said and he watched his wife's hands gently wrap around the newborn as she began to push again
There was significantly less swearing this time around, maybe it was because her body had gotten used to what she was doing or maybe it was the fact that she had a newborn laying on her chest and she didn't want to frighten her. Either way it seemed a tiny bit more peaceful.
She pushed for twelve minutes before the pressure was once again at its worst and a few seconds later another tiny baby fell into the doctors arms, but this time this little baby came out screaming. She was quickly placed onto her mother's chest beside her sister and she calmed quickly and Rebecca looked up at her husband who was now completely overcome with just as much emotion as she was.
"Woah" Rebecca said in a whisper
"How did you do that?" Colby asked as he bent down slightly to see the newest addition to the family
"I have no idea" she shook her head "That was the most painful thing I've ever been through" she said shaking her head
"You just did that without any medication" he said in disbelief
"Holy shit that hurt" she said and he laughed slightly as he kissed her quickly
"You did amazing" he said
The nurses got Rebecca cleaned up after about twenty minutes of skin to skin with her girls. As she got cleaned up Colby was watching every move the nurses would make with his daughters. He stared down at the babies who were under the warmers with a smile and he placed his finger in one babies hand and she wrapped her little fingers around his and then he heard a tiny cry from the one in the warmer on the left of him
"Aw I'm sorry" he said looking at the baby "There's two of you and one of me.. You're gonna have to give me some time to figure this out" he said placing his left pinky in the baby's hand and she grabbed onto it instantly
"Hey.." Rebecca said as she walked in slowly and very gently and carefully sat down on the bed "Guess what" she said and he looked over to her "They're St.Patrick's Day babies" she said with a smile
"There's your Irish connection.. are you happy now?" he asked with a smile and she nodded
"They knew you weren't going to let me have an Irish connection and they said yeah right, Dad, watch this" she said and he laughed
"Is nobody in this family going to help me win arguments or are you both gonna side with mommy?"
"You're outnumbered by girls Lopez, you're never going to win an argument again"
Ava Grace Lopez was born at 8:32AM on March 17th weighing 5 pounds and 1 ounce, 18 and a half inches long.
Olivia Faith Lopez was born at 8:44AM on March 17th weighing 4 pounds and 7 ounces, 17 inches long.
The Lopez three were now a family of five.
