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"Here you go." Said Mariana handing Callie a big plate of hot wings.
"Thank you." Callie said before diving in. It was now her 41 week with a baby in her. To say she was over it was a understatement. She tried everything to try and induce labor. Between spicy food, sex, exercise, and primrose oil. Nothing seemed to work. She had even booked an appointment for acupuncture.
"Hon you have just got to let the baby come on her own." Jamie said.
"You really think I'm gonna let her be in her for 42 weeks. She's coming out today." Callie said. The wings really burned her mouth and she had to drink water quickly.
After finishing the wings nothing happened. She asked Jamie if they could take a walk around DTLA so that's exactly what they did. During the walk about a block away Callie felt a pain in her stomach."
"Hey." Callie said. She tried sitting on the bench and Jamie went to help her.
"Is it time? Are you going into labor?" Jamie asked.
For a few minutes Callie was unable to answer. But then the pain subsided. She groaned. "No it was just a braxton hick. This baby is literally gonna be the death of me."
"Come on let's go home. Maybe you should just try and relax. I'll run us a bath and let's just enjoy the last few moments that we have to ourselves." Jamie said.
Callie agreed. "Ok. I feel like a whale. I'm huge."
The fact that she was carrying their daughter just made her so much more gorgeous to him. Her pregnant waddle was probably the cutest thing he had ever seen.
The next few days were spent with Callie using the same tactics to try and induce labor. When they still weren't working Callie went to the gynecologist to see if she could give any medication. But she seemed to be fine. The baby was just taking their sweet time. Dr. Gonzalez decided to use the stripping the membranes method to help but again didn't do anything.
So she gave up and went into her 42 week of pregnancy. Even though the doctor reassured her she was fine her annoyance turned into worry. She knew that if she were to be pregnant any longer she could have a higher chance of a stillbirth. She did not carry Coco for 10 months to end up with no baby.
Jesus and Emma had left and just decided to come over whenever she went into labor. Jude was at school. So this left the moms, Mariana, and Jamie with Callie. They got her to quit all the ways she tried to induce labor. Instead now they tried to keep her distracted. She was having contractions but it wasn't anything that would need her to drive to the hospital. They were watching The Notebook. With the crazy hormones Callie was a emotional wreck. Crying every single moment. During the end Callie got a contraction that was seven minutes apart from her last one.
"That was seven minutes apart." Lena said. Everyone tried to help Callie up and grab the things they needed.
"No! I'm waiting for five minutes. The movie is almost done." Callie said not moving her butt.
"Callie baby it's time to go to the hospital. Your suppose to go at seven minutes." Jamie tried to say calmly. Even though he was internally freaking out.
"It says 5-7 minutes. I really don't want to wait at the hospital for hours on end. Let's just finish the movie." Callie pleated.
Everyone tried to sit down and watch the movie. But their instincts were just screaming to get Callie out of the door. When the movie finished she was right at five minutes apart for her contractions. They all went around grabbing what they needed including the hospital bag and left.
In the hospital they were taken in right away. Callie was 6 cm dilated. This meant she was in active labor. They were in the room where she was gonna give birth when the gynecologist came in.
"Is it finally time?" Dr. Gonzalez said.
"Hope so." Stef said sitting on the couch in the room.
"You all must be the support. I'm Dr. Gonzalez." She said shaking everyone's hand. They all also introduced themselves and who they were to Callie. "So Callie it says here that you would like to do a natural birth. Is that still part of your plan?" She asked.
"Yes it is." Callie said.
"OK." Dr. Gonzalez said. "If you change your mind please tell us right away so you can get an epidural. Also Jamie you would like to help deliver the baby correct?"
"Yes, if that is possible." Jamie said.
"Of course. We have some scrubs here that we would like you to change into." Dr. Gonzalez said.
Jamie took the scrubs and went to change. The doctor left and said she would be back later. When the nurse came they advised her to try and walk around. They also had a exercise ball for her to roll around on while Jamie massaged her back. Callie wanted this to be as peaceful as it could. She couldn't handle a crazy mess and surprises left and right. The couple had taken Lamaze classes and read books on how to keep it as zen as possible. Between aromatherapy and breathing techniques it was a fairly quiet and peaceful. The moms and Mariana all went to grab a bite to eat quickly.
After a couple hours everyone was back and waiting. Callie was snacking on ice cubes. She was having major contractions and things were starting to get serious. The doctor came in to see how dilated she was. Callie was now 10 cm dilated. Everyone got into their positions. The moms were on either side of Callie holding her hand and giving her comforting words. Jamie was next to the gynecologist to help deliver the baby and Mariana was recording the birth for a souvenir for later.
After 14 hours active in labor Callie was finally at her last push. It was sweaty, painful, but oh so joyful. This was the best experience of Jamie's life. Seeing his baby come to this world was like no other.
"Ok mama. One more push." Dr. Gonzalez said.
"We are so proud of you." Lena said.
"Just one more push and the rest of your life will begin." Stef said.
With that Callie gave one more push and Jamie pulled her out and set her on Callie for direct skin to skin contact. It was November 25, 2019 at 5:23 am they all heard a loud cry announcing her presence. There was tears in everyone's eyes and Callie was full blown crying at seeing her daughter for the first time. The umbilical cord was cut and the whole family gushed at the new baby in the family.
Callie was exhausted but deliriously happy. It was now 8 am when visiting was allowed. Jim, Diane, Robert, Sofia, Jesus, and Emma were the first ones. They immediately fell in love with the small girl.
"She is beautiful." Robert said. The baby was a brunette with a thin layer of hair. She had big beautiful blue eyes.
"Do you guys have a name?" Jim asked.
"Yeah we do." Jamie said before looking at Callie.
Callie answered, "Her name is Colleen Sophie Hunter."