More Than Love-A Hardzello AU

26 - For You To Be Here

Then a contraction came and I started to push. The nurse in between my legs counted for how long I needed to push.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Take a deep breath." I took a deep breath as I felt Emma's head getting ready to slide out. It was very painful but I tried not to scream. Ben held my hand as I pushed our baby out.

"We're starting to see the head. You can push again," she said to me and I pushed again. I could feel her head moving along and I felt the stretch as her small head started to come out. They told me to breathe again and I let out another breath.

"The head is crowning," the nurse in between my legs told me. She told me to push again and I did. "Come on. Push, push, push!" She told me and I pushed with all of my might. I pushed several times and for several minutes, then I pushed again and I could now feel that her head was completely out. They even cut me a little down there but I didn't mind. 

"She has a lot of hair," the nurses told me and I smiled while I tried to catch my breath. 
"You can push again and once you do, we can pull her out," she told me and I nodded. The realization then hit me that Emma was finally going to be in this world.
"Let's hope you have some hugs and kisses saved up for her," she told me and I laughed a little. 

I continued pushing and once the shoulders were about halfway out, the nurse grabbed onto Emma and started pulling her out. I felt her little body slide through my opening and it was so painful. But then I heard something I will never, ever forget.

Her cry.

She cried as she came completely out, but she couldn't cry much. The amniotic fluid was blocking her from crying. The nurse got an eye-dropper and took the amniotic fluid out of her mouth. Then one of the other nurses put a white towel on my torso and chest. Emma was placed on the towel and that's when I started crying. She cried as the nurse cleaned her off with the towel. I looked at Ben and he was crying too, though he was smiling. One of the nurses got a pair of scissors and handed them to Ben. The nurse clamped the umbilical cord and she told him where to cut it. He cut it and a little drop of blood came out of it. Emma was now silent on my chest. The nurse took a stethoscope and checked her heartbeat. The nurse told us that her heartbeat was normal and she took Emma to clean her up. Emma cried again once she was off my chest. I think she liked being on my chest.

I wiped away the tears as I was told to push again, they said I had to get the placenta out. I pushed again and it didn't take long for it to come out. I didn't have to have my legs spread anymore so I put them back together. I was now laying normally. My mom told me that I did an amazing job and so did John and Mary. That's when Emma came back into the room and she was completely swaddled. She had a little baby cap on her head. I smiled at that.

Emma was placed back on my chest and I almost started crying again. I was just so happy that I could finally hold her and look at her beautiful face. 

"She is very healthy. She's 7 pounds 9 ounces, and 19 inches." She then left us to be. Ben and I looked at our daughter with awe. We couldn't believe this was our baby. She was absolutely gorgeous. She also looked a lot like Ben. She had his nose, his chin, his forehead, and his ears. She was also blonde so she did look a lot like him. She then opened her eyes and Ben and I could now see her pretty blues. Ben gasped once he saw that. I turned to him and smiled.

"She's beautiful," he said as he looked at our daughter.

"Yeah, we did good, didn't we?" I replied to him with a chuckle. "Can I hold her?" He asked me and I nodded. I put Emma in his arms and he smiled at the little thing.
"Hi, Emma. I love you," he said to her as she looked at his face. Ben kissed the top of her forehead as she tried to move her little limbs. 

Then, Gwil, Rami, and Lucy all came into the room and saw Ben with a baby his arms. 
"Oh my god," Gwil whispered as he, Lucy, and Rami walked over to where Ben was. They looked at Emma and they cooed over how cute she was. 

"May I hold her?" Gwil asked and Ben said yes. She was carefully placed in gwil's arms and he looked at the little thing in his arms.
"She's definitely Ben's baby," Gwil said with a laugh.
"Is it because she looks just like me?" Ben asked with a smile. Gwil nodded happily.
"She is so tiny," Lucy said to us. We told them how much she weighed and they nodded. 

Then she started crying in Gwil's arms.
"What do I do?" Gwil asked and Ben took her. He placed her close to his chest and rubbed her back a bit. She then stopped crying and she was now silent. Ben laughed as she was able to stop crying so fast.

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Soon, Ben's parents came into the room. Emma was still in Ben's arms and he was giving her a bottle. Ben's parents looked and saw Ben and the baby. Ben looked up and smiled at them.

"Hi, mum. Hi, dad," he said as they walked over to him.
"Can I hold her?" Ben's dad asked him and he nodded. He carefully put Emma into his dad's arms. "Emma, this is your grandpa," Ben said as he placed her in his dad's arms. Ben's dad looked at his granddaughter with awe.   
"She's so beautiful," Ben's mom said as she looked at her. Ben smiled and nodded happily.

We were now Joe, Ben, and Emma.

This is the last chapter, BTW. I hope you enjoyed it!!!