Harry: 19
Camryn: 18, 13 weeks pregnant
Darcy: 22 months
"Dada!"Darcy exclaims pointing up into the sky to see the little birds flying above them. Harry chuckles and looks at the birds that she's pointing to, "are those birds? What do birds say?"
Darcy looks at Harry, wrapping her arms tighter around his neck and nuzzles her nose against Harry's, "tweet tweet."
"That's right,"Harry smiles proudly, kissing her lightly on the lips, "you're so smart. You're my smart girl, huh?" Darcy blushes proudly and nuzzles her cheek against Harry's.
"Did you have fun at the park?"Harry coos, his forehead against Darcy's as he holds her in his arms in front of him, her legs wrapped around his stomach.
"Swide!"Darcy babbles, looking into Harry's green eyes.
"Slide? Was that your favorite part? Yeah? We went down the slide a lot, huh? And what about the swings? You made me push you in those for a long time,"Harry continues their little conversation as he walks them down the sidewalk, turning onto the street that their house is on.
Darcy realizes where they are and starts bouncing in Harry's arms, "mama! Mama!"
Harry chuckles and pulls her pink beanie tighter over her curls to make sure she's not cold in the London breeze, "mumma! Yeah let's go see mumma."
Since Harry had a day off today he decided to spend a little one on one time with Darcy and take her to the park after they ate breakfast which also allowed Camryn to have some much needed alone time.
"Guess what, Darce,"Harry smirks looking at her big blue eyes as they return to his green ones. "Nana is coming to play today!"
Darcy's jaw drops and her eyes light up as she squeals, "Nana!"
Harry laughs and nods his head as Darcy continues to squirm and squeal in his arms in excitement, "Nana is gonna come and play with you all weekend, won't that be so fun?"
Harry carries her up to the front door, carefully taking one arm from around her to fish in his sweatpants pocket for his keys. They walk into the hall, stopping by the closet as Harry sets Darcy onto the floor and begins to unzip her coat as she stands patiently, watching him.
"Baby? Cami?"Harry calls as he helps Darcy pull her arms out of the coat, "we're home!" He takes her pink beanie off of her head and laughs lightly at the way her curls are standing up crazily, "you look lovely, darling." Darcy giggles as he ruffles her curls with his fingers and kisses her cheek lightly.
"Mama?"Darcy asks looking around the empty house questioningly.
"Mumma?"Harry smirks watching Darcy survey the house, "where's Mumma? Should we go find her?" Darcy eagerly nods and takes Harry's hand that he's offering her as they walk up the stairs in search of Camryn.
"Cami? Bug? You in here?"Harry calls as he opens up their bedroom door. He walks in to see Camryn sitting on the bed in tears with earbuds in and her eyes closed.
"Buggy?"Harry questions softly, cautiously walking forward towards the bed with Darcy still clinging to his hand. Camryn finally notices that they've entered the room and snaps her eyes open which immediately fall on her baby girl. She quickly sniffles, takes out her earbuds, and wipes the tears off of her cheeks to prevent Darcy from getting scared.
"Hi babes,"Camryn puts on the fakest smile Harry has ever seen. "How was the park? Did you have fun?"
"Mumma swide,"Darcy lisps climbing onto the bed with the help of Harry cupping a hand under her bum.
Camryn reaches her arms out for the toddler and Darcy climbs onto Camryn's lap, "you went down the slide? That sounds like so much fun! What else did you and daddy do?"
Darcy looks up at Harry for help with her words. "I pushed you on the swings and you really liked it, huh? And we went on the teeter totters and..." He would continue but he catches the way Camryn's face scrunches up in pain and her hand immediately goes to her tiny baby bump, wincing slightly.
His heart drops. He knows this all too well. "Baby, what's wrong?" Camryn looks up at Harry, her eyes wet with tears that look like they're two seconds away from spilling over.
"Sweetheart, talk to me,"Harry whispers gently, sitting down on the side of the bed and putting a hand on her legs that are under the covers.
"I-I'm cramping,"Camryn whispers, barely audible. The words cause the tears to start flowing down her cheeks again.
His stomach churns as he fights with himself to stay calm for Camryn and Darcy's sake. He immediately gathers Camryn in his arms as Darcy watches them curiously. "Hey, hey, it's okay. It's okay." He wants to slap himself for saying it. Of course it's not okay. This is exactly what happened last time. It's all of the signs that she had before she miscarried the baby last time. "I'm gonna go call the hospital, alright? And my mum, she's probably only about a half hour out, so she can watch Darcy. We're gonna figure this out, okay? I gotcha." Camryn nods tearfully and closes her eyes as Harry presses a kiss to her forehead.
"Mumma sad?"Darcy questions looking up carefully at Camryn.
"No, baby, I'm okay,"Camryn assures Darcy, kissing her forehead gently and rubbing back her crazy curls.
"D, what about we go downstairs and have a snack,"Harry suggests trying to get Darcy distracted. He reaches down to pick up Darcy into his arms. "I'll be right back." Camryn silently nods and watches as Harry carries Darcy out of the room. He situates her downstairs on the couch with a pack of fruit snacks and the tv playing Mickey Mouse. "I'm gonna go help mumma, alright? You watch your show." Darcy nods, her eyes trained on the tv and mindlessly shoveling fruit snacks into her mouth.
Harry rushes up the stairs with his phone in his hand already searching for the hospital's number. He walks into the bedroom and sits down on the edge of the bed, his eyes on Camryn who's still silently crying and shaking a bit.
"Honey, have you been bleeding?"Harry gently asks, reaching out to interlock one of her hands with his.
Camryn shakes her head, "no. But, it's gonna start."
"Hey, hey, we don't know that,"Harry tries to reassure her, "don't worry until we have to, okay? You're not bleeding and that's good, okay?" He caresses Camryn's cheek with his hand and she nods against it. She hisses out a breath, her hand going to her pelvis as she closes her eyes, "oh ow."
He dials the hospital and asks to be transferred to the Labor and Delivery line. A few seconds later a cheery midwife's voice rings through the phone. "Hi my wife is 13 weeks pregnant and she's cramping really bad...uh huh, yes, 13 weeks...yes, she is a patient... her name is Camryn Styles S-T-Y-L-E-S...she's 18...yes, she had a miscarriage in October...she was 14 weeks when that happened...uh huh....she has had a successful pregnancy, yes, we have a little girl who's almost 2...yeah she said she's been having really bad cramps...no, no bleeding..." He flicks his eyes up to Camryn who's watching him intently and asks her a question, pulling the phone away from his face for a second, "she wants to know if these cramps feel like the ones from the last miscarriage?" Camryn gives her answer and he begins to talk into the phone again, "she said it feels really sharp, like the pain is really sharp, not like a contracting pain like her past miscarriage was...yeah, the doctors said this was considered a high risk pregnancy because she conceived just a month after our last miscarriage...okay...okay...so should we come in?...alright, thank you very much...alright I will, bye, thanks again."
Camryn looks up at Harry hopefully, her heart beating out of her chest. Harry kisses her forehead, "she said that there's not much we can do right now, baby." Harry hears Camryn choke on a sob and his heart stops. Her head falls into his chest as she sobs into his chest, desperately gripping at his shirt. "We have to do something! We can't just sit here, please, baby help me. We have to help the baby, please Harry. Please, help me."
It's enough to break him down into tears too. Hearing her beg for him to help change something that he knows is unfixable and completely out of either of their hands. "I wish I could, bug. You know I would if I could." He rocks their bodies side to side gently as he buries his face into her blonde hair as she continues to sob.
They stay in a silent hug until Camryn gently pushes away, still crying and sniffling looking at him, "I dunno what to do."
Harry cradles her face in his hands and looks at her with the most gentle eyes, "I'm gonna call mum and see how far away she is, alright? And maybe she'll have an idea about what to do. Can I get you anything? Water? Heating pad?"
Camryn nods her head and grimaces as another stabbing pain ripples through her lower abdomen, "heating pad." Harry frowns as he watches her face scrunch up and her breathing quicken. "Okay, I'll be right back."
He's already ringing his mum by the time he's half way downstairs.
"Hi sweetheart! I'm about 15 minutes out, I can't wait to see you guys!" Her heart drops as she hears Harry's quick breathing that's catching in his throat. "Mum,"he chokes out, tears falling down his cheeks, "mum, I need you to get here."
"Baby, I'm 15 minutes away, what's wrong? Talk to me, honey,"Anne gently coos despite the nerves that are coursing through her body.
"Mum, Camryn might be miscarrying again,"Harry cries, reaching into the cabinet for the heating pad and putting it in the microwave.
"Oh sweetheart,"Anne's heart stops, she's sure of it, "Harry, baby boy, I'm so sorry. I'm so close to being at your place, alright? I'll be there so soon to help."
"Please hurry, mum,"Harry feebly pleads. He sounds like a little boy who's hurt and begging for his mum, but he can't help it. No matter how old you get there are situations where you always need your mum. "I need you."
"I'm hurrying, sweetheart,"Anne assures him, "I promise. You just stay with Camryn, alright? You cuddle her and tell her how much you love her. I love you both very much."
"I love you too,"Harry whispers as he peaks over the corner of the wall to check on Darcy who is still completely enthralled by her cartoon.
Since he knows Darcy is still content, he runs up the stairs with the heating pad to be found with Camryn lying on the bed in the fetal position crying in pain. "Sweetheart,"Harry coos with a frown. He kneels down in front of her and gently uses his hands to remove hers from gripping her stomach and places the heating pad against the skin.
"Baby, it hurts,"Camryn whimpers and then hisses in pain, burying her face into the pillow.
Harry nods silently, his throat closing as he reaches up to brush back Camryn's hair from her forehead. "Does it still feel different than the miscarriage?"
Camryn nods. "This is sharp. Like I'm getting stabbed in the pelvis." She whimpers in pain and then reaches her hand out to hold Harry's. "It's not...a cramping feeling."
Harry nods, trying to hold onto Camryn's words and turn them into reassurance. Surely she would know if it's a miscarriage, right? Especially since she's already experienced one.
"Can I do anything?"Harry whispers, bringing his face even closer to hers as her brows furrow and her eyes close in pain.
"Can you hold me?"Camryn whispers, tears coating her voice thickly.
Harry nods immediately and positions himself on the bed to bed sitting up against the headboard. He helps Camryn gingerly climb onto his lap, sitting sideways and burrowing her cheek into his chest. He holds rests the pad on her lower stomach as she grips onto his shirt.
"I've got you,"Harry murmurs soothingly into her hair, rocking their bodies side to side soothingly. "You're okay."
Camryn looks up at him tearfully, "we can't lose another one."
His heart clenches and he nods down at her, the tears in his eyes spilling down his cheeks. He can't reply because what can he say? He has no words. So, he just silently kisses her forehead over and over again while she sobs into his chest.
Neither of them say it, but they're both anxiously dreading for Camryn to feel the blood in her pants. They assume it's coming at any moment. Harry braces himself at each whimper that escapes her mouth, and freezes with each clench that her body goes through because surely this is the one that will bring blood. That will make all of this real. The sign that they've lost another one.
He hears the front door open and sighs a breath of relief. His mum. His protector. The only person who can make him feel okay right now.
"Is that mum,"Camryn mumbles, her hands massaging her lower stomach as she hisses in pain.
"Yeah,"Harry nods tucking his lips into her hair, "everything's okay. Mum will help us know what to do."
After a couple of minute there's a knock on their bedroom door and Anne walks in soon after.
"Hi sweethearts,"she cautiously whispers, catching sight of the dried tears on Harry's cheeks and the fresh one's dripping down Camryn's. She looks over the young couple, Camryn sitting on Harry's lap and both of them clutching onto each other, desperately in need of comfort.
Camryn bursts into tears at the sight of Anne and Anne hushes her, rushing to swoop her up in her arms.
"Mum,"Camryn sobs into Anne's shoulder as Anne's hand rubs up and down Camryn's shaky back.
"I know, sweetheart,"Anne whispers, turning her head to kiss Camryn's temple and trying desperately to keep the tears back. Seeing both Harry and Camryn so broken makes her want to collapse onto the floor. She was so happy for them that they were able to get pregnant so easily after their first miscarriage, and now they're having to go through it again. It crushes her mumma heart. She can't protect them from this and that's all mums want to do, protect their babies.
She realizes that the way she feels about wanting to protect Camryn and Harry is probably the way Camryn is feeling about her unborn baby. The air-sucking guilt that Anne feels right now about not being able to protect Harry and Camryn is probably the same thing that Camryn is feeling about the baby. She can't protect the unborn baby and the thought of the guilt Camryn is feeling right now makes Anne sick.
Those feelings, however, make Anne jump straight into protective mumma bear mode. She flicks her eyes up to Harry as Camryn continues to blubber into her shoulder, "you called the hospital?"
Harry nods and runs his hand through his hair trying to calm himself so he doesn't break down in front of Camryn, "they said there's nothing they can do."
"Nothing they can do?"Anne gawks. Her mumma bear heart beating full force. "I'm gonna call them." She takes Camryn's cheeks in her hands and brings her wet eyes to look into her own gentle ones. "I'm going to figure this out and take care of you, alright?"
Camryn chokes on a sob and nods, her eyes giving Anne a silent thank you. Anne passes Camryn off to Harry and immediately requests his phone so she can call the labor and delivery suite.
"Hi, yes my name is Anne Styles and my daughter-in-law is 13 weeks pregnant...yes, yes my son did call earlier...I understand that there's not much you can do, but I think we'd all feel better if we could bring her into the hospital and get her checked out...I understand that that's not protocol, but this is my daughter and my grandchild and I need her to get help...yes...yes, that would be great...thank you so much...I really appreciate it...alright, we'll be right in...thank you."
Anne hangs up the phone and Harry and Camryn glance up curiously at her, surprised at the protective mode she's fallen into. Harry speaks up first, "what did she say?"
"We're gonna get you to the hospital, alright?"she looks at Camryn and gives her an encouraging smile.
"Really? They said they couldn't do anything when Harry called,"Camryn sniffles, wiping some of her tears as she shifts on Harry's lap, his arms wrapping tighter around her.
"They did,"Anne nods, "until I got ahold of them." She winks at Camryn and Harry which makes them smirk a bit. "No one messes with my baby girl, huh?" Camryn starts to cry more tears, overwhelmed with love and appreciation for Anne. The way she's taken in Camryn ever since she was 13 and constantly shows Camryn her intense motherly love for her will never cease to make Camryn emotional.
"Thank you, mum,"Camryn sniffles reaching towards Anne. She's never felt more grateful. Not only is Anne fighting for Camryn, she's fighting for her unborn baby. "Thank you so much."
"No need to thank me, sweetheart,"Anne assures Camryn, kissing her cheek. "I was just being a mumma. You'd do the same thing for Darcy, huh?" Camryn nods tearfully, knowing with a certainty that she would.
Harry and Anne help Camryn off of the bed and Harry helps Camryn out of her shorts and tank top that she's wearing and into sweatpants and a sweatshirt to brave the London winter outside.
"Mum, will you come with us,"Camryn requests just as Anne was stepping out of the room to check on Darcy.
"Of course,"Anne replies with a gentle smile, "I'll go get Darcy ready."
Harry gingerly helps Camryn down the hall and down the stairs, his heart halting at each pained gasp and wince she gives.
"Mumma,"Darcy smiles from Anne's arms as they gather together in the hallway in front of the front door. She looks at Anne and points to her, "nana!"
"Nana? Are you so glad that Nana is here? Me too,"Camryn grins, rubbing a hand down Darcy's back that's clothed with a heavy winter coat as Darcy shows her excitement by nuzzling her face into Anne's neck.
They pile into Harry's black Range Rover, Anne driving and the other three in the back because Harry didn't want to be separated from Camryn. He sits in the middle of Camryn and Darcy, holding one of Camryn's hands as she curls her body against him, her head finding his shoulder and his other hand in Darcy's tiny palm as she babbles to him about the Mickey Mouse episode she was watching. Most of the words are incoherent but he makes out a few of them such as "Putoe" (Pulto), "hotdog", and "mimme" (Minnie).
Her little babbles are a nice distraction for both Harry and Camryn as Camryn tries to not focus on the sharp pains in her lower abdomen and Harry tries to not think too deeply about how hard Camryn is squeezing his hand.
He looks over at Camryn once Darcy has distracted herself with looking out the window. She slowly brings her wet blue eyes up to meet his green ones and waits for him to talk first. "Okay?"
She inhales a shaky breath before whispering for just the two of them to hear, "baby, I'm scared."
Harry nods silently and presses a long kiss to her forehead, neither of them really having the words to say what they want to say to each other. "I love you."
*******
"Alright darlings,"Anne sighs as she pulls into the parking lot of the hospital outside of the Labor and Delivery Suite. Camryn and Harry carefully get out of the car and Anne goes around the car to unbuckle Darcy, lifting her up in her arms. Camryn is huddled over in pain, gripping Harry tightly as they walk to the elevator.
"I can get you a wheelchair, babe,"Harry offers.
"No, I just wanna get in there,"Camryn whimpers.
The elevator takes them down to the 1st floor and they walk in through the doors of the Labor and Delivery Unit.
"Hi, I'm Anne, this is my daughter Camryn Styles, I called earlier,"Anne greets the midwife at the front desk.
"Oh, yes, yes, right this way, we have a room waiting for you. The midwife hurries standing up after glancing at Camryn's hunched over figure. They slowly walk down the hall and into a room, Camryn's feet dragging along the tile floor.
"Alright, sweetheart, I'm gonna have you hop up on this bed, if you can." The midwife hurries around the room collecting monitors for Camryn's stomach.
Harry helps Camryn onto the bed, a loud "ow!" escaping her mouth at the sudden movement. Harry sits down on the stool right next to Camryn's bed while Anne occupies the recliner in the corner of the room with Darcy on her lap who has now distracted herself with playing with Anne's necklaces.
"Alright, my love, we're just gonna put these monitors on you to see how this little bub is doing, alright?" Camryn nods and lifts up her shirt, revealing the baby bump under it. It's quite big already considering she's only 13 weeks. "My charts say you've had two ultrasounds, is that right?"
Camryn nods and grasps onto Harry's hand, "one right after we found out we were pregnant and one at 8 weeks."
The midwife nods and hooks a monitor over Camryn. "Alright, very good. Let's see what's going on here."
"Do you think I'm miscarrying?" Camryn's voice is almost quiet enough for the midwife to have to ask her to repeat what she said.
"Well sweetheart, I don't want to give you false hope, but my suspicions are if you were miscarrying you would've already started bleeding by now. But, let's check on this precious little thing before we make any more assumptions, okay?" Camryn nods and looks over at Harry who's eyes are trained on her face. He nods encouragingly at Camryn and kisses their interlocked knuckles.
"Okay,"the midwife smiles, rolling up a computer monitor and a stool for her to sit on. She has a tube of ultrasound jelly in her hand. "This is gonna be quite cold, but you braved the weather outside today, so I'm sure you'll be able to manage." She winks at Camryn to try and lighten the mood, and it works, earning a bit of a grin from Camryn. "Okay, roll your pants down just a little lower for me...perfect...alright, we'll get started." She places the jelly on Camryn's stomach and gently, "has that sweet girl ever seen her little sibling?" She motions her head towards Darcy on Anne's lap who is now focused on Camryn and the monitor by Camryn, eyeing it curiously.
"No,"Camryn shakes her head, "we've always left her at home with babysitters when we go to the doctors, so she has no idea what's going on. I mean we tell her all the time that I have a baby in my belly, but I don't know if she really understands it yet."
The midwife nods and places the doppler on Camryn's stomach, moving it around for a couple seconds trying to find the precious sound of the heartbeat. After a couple of seconds Camryn's grip tightens in Harry's hand and he feels his heart stop beating.
"C-can you find it,"Camryn whispers, on the verge of tears.
"Don't worry, love,"the midwife smiles comfortingly and continues to move the doppler on Camryn's stomach, "baby is still really small right now, so sometimes the heartbeat is a little harder to find." Camryn nods and tries to hold onto her words, but she knows this all too well and it makes her sick.
And then, wosh wosh wosh wosh.
There's a collective sigh heard across the room and Camryn and Harry break into shameless tears.
"Oh yay,"the midwife smiles up happily at Camryn, leaving the doppler on the area so they can continue to hear the heartbeat, "that's what we like to hear isn't it?" They listen to the heartbeat for a couple more seconds, Harry leans over the edge of the bed to kiss Camryn and whisper that he loves her. "Heartbeat sounds just perfect,"the midwife takes the doppler off of Camryn and then switches the monitor on, "now should we have a little look at this bub?"
"Yes please,"Camryn nods with a huge smile, looking over at Anne and Darcy. Anne has a few relieved tears running down her cheeks.
"D, do you wanna see your baby?"Camryn offers with a huge smile holding her arms out for her little girl. Anne walks across the room to Camryn's hospital bed and gently hands Darcy off to Harry.
"We're gonna see your little sibling,"Harry coos to Darcy as he points up to the monitor, "it's gonna be right there."
The midwife moves the doppler around on Camryn's stomach until she finds the little baby, "oh there they are! Just precious. Look at that little bub."
Camryn gasps and breaks down into more tears at the sight of her baby. She looks over at Anne who has positioned herself on the opposite side of Camryn's hospital bed and is holding her hand tightly. Her eyes are filled with pure love and are trained on her grand baby on the screen.
"Oh, they're beautiful,"Anne whispers leaning down to kiss Camryn's forehead.
"Squish, do you see the baby's feet,"Harry asks pointing up at the baby's incredibly tiny feet on the monitor, "look, they have feet just like you!"
"Fee?"Darcy babbles pointing to the same spot as Harry.
"They look okay,"Camryn checks, looking over at the midwife.
"Perfect,"the midwife nods, patting her thigh comfortingly, "everything looks wonderful. But, I think I might know what was causing you so much pain." Every head in the room snaps up to look at her anxiously. "How big was she?" The nurse motions over to Darcy who's still looking up at her little sibling on the black and white screen.
"5 pounds 8 ounces,"Camryn replies.
The midwife nods and smiles, "she was a tiny one, that was exactly my suspicions, and you didn't get very big with her?"
Camryn shakes her head, "no, I was really tiny with Darcy. This bump that I have now is about how I looked when I was like 30 weeks with Darcy."
"Okay, okay lovely. Well, I know our dates are right about you being 13 weeks, but this little baby is measuring about 5 weeks ahead of schedule." The midwife sees the fear cross Harry and Camryn's features and quickly continues, "which is absolutely fine! It just means we've got a big baby in there. The normal weight for a baby at 13 weeks is about 0.81 ounce and this baby is measuring 6.70 ounces which is normal for a baby of 18 weeks. I think the pain you've been having is round ligament pain. It's fairly common in pregnancies, especially when the babies are big and require you to stretch a little more. I'd say you're getting it because your muscles aren't use to stretching, so they're a little freaked out right now. It's completely normal, though and causing no harm to the baby, it will just make you a bit uncomfortable."
"It's okay, it's okay,"Camryn assures her, "as long as the baby is okay I really don't care what I have to go through." Harry smiles and squeezes her hand.
The midwife smiles and pats Camryn's knee, "that's a mumma statement if I ever heard one,"she looks up at Anne who smiles proudly and nods.
"How big do you think the baby will be? If it's measuring so ahead of schedule,"Harry asks looking at the midwife.
The midwife chuckles and looks at the couple, "I don't want to cause you too much stress, but I would assume the baby will be in at least the really high eights. A 9 pounder would be my best guess at this point." She watches as Camryn's eyes widely open and she gulps, the color draining from her face. "Don't worry, darling, you'll be completely fine, alright? Your body made the baby so it knows when it would need to come out, okay? You can do it, I promise."
"I can still have a natural delivery, right?"Camryn asks glancing between Harry and the midwife.
"Oh yes, of course,"the midwife nods her head assuringly, "and sweetheart, he could slow down so he might end up being a normal size and on track for growth, we'll know more when you come in for you 20 week appointment."
"Okay,"Camryn nods and smiles and Harry quickly jumps in, "is there anything we can do to help with the pain?"
The midwife looks down at her chart, "oh yeah, you can take some Tylenol or a warm bath. Usually if you rest it will ease the pain quite a bit. A heating pad could help too."
Harry nods and looks over at Camryn, "alright we can do that."
Camryn looks over at the monitor trying to memorize every little thing about the tiny baby on the black and white screen, "D, is that your baby?"
"Baby,"Darcy babbles, pointing at the screen and looking at Camryn, "mumma, baby."
"It's your baby! And it's practically already bigger than you,"Camryn jokes winking at Darcy, making the other adults in the room laugh because of Darcy's petite size.
The midwife takes a few pictures of the baby and prints them out for Harry and Camryn.
"Thank you so much for all of your help,"Camryn smiles, taking the photos from the midwife and looking down at them, "this made me feel so much better."
"Oh anytime, darling,"the midwife assures Camryn giving her hand a squeeze, "I'm just glad that little bub is okay. You just call us if you need anything, anything at all." Camryn nods as the midwife looks over at Harry, "and you take care of your two girls and this new little baby, alright?" She winks at him and he smiles, "yes, ma'am."
Harry puts Darcy on his hip as he grabs a paper towel for Camryn to wipe the jelly off of her stomach.
"The baby's okay,"Camryn grins up at Harry who looks down at her lovingly with Darcy nuzzling into his neck.
"They are,"Harry nods with a big smile, bending down to gently kiss Camryn, "I love you so much."
Camryn gingerly sits up on the bed and reaches her arms out for a hug from Harry. He wraps an arm around her, the other arm still holding Darcy to his hip and kisses both of their foreheads. He kisses the top of Camryn's forehead, "I love you" he switches his lips to Darcy's forehead, "and I love you" he then bends down to Camryn's bump and kisses it gently, "and I love you too, bub. Don't worry, I didn't forget about you."
*******
"Say night night nana, I love you!"Camryn coos leaning Darcy on her hip towards Anne who's sitting on the couch knitting while Harry is dozing off at the other end, the tv changer on his chest.
"Oh goodnight, sweetheart,"Anne gushes reaching her arms out for Darcy, "I love you very much. I'll see you tomorrow, yes? And we'll continue our game of hide and seek." Darcy giggles and sleepily rests her head on Anne's chest, giving her a big hug.
Camryn picks Darcy up and passes her to Harry to say goodnight. "I'll come up with you,"Harry offers beginning to get off of the couch.
"Its okay,"Camryn insists, "I'll just nurse her for a second and then if she's not asleep I'll have you come up to have a cuddle with her."
Harry cocks an eyebrow up at Camryn while hugging Darcy to his chest kissing the top of her wet hair from her bath, "you sure? I really don't mind..."
Camryn shakes her head, "no you had bath time duty all by yourself tonight and I haven't been able to play with her at all today because I've been resting."
Harry nods and smiles passing the groggy toddler to Camryn, "alright, you get some mumma and Darcy time and let me know if you need me."
Camryn walks up the stairs with Darcy cradled in her arms, already trying to start nursing. She sits down in the white rocking chair in the corner of Darcy's room and pulls up her shirt, allowing Darcy to latch and look up at her with big blue sleepy eyes.
"Hi, baby girl,"Camryn whispers, tracing a delicate finger down Darcy's downy cheek as she hungrily sucks, "I love you so much." Darcy blinks heavily as she intently listens to her mumma talk softly to her. "I'm so glad you're okay and that the baby is okay. You're gonna be an big sister. Isn't that so cool? But, you'll always be my baby." She bends down to gently kiss the tip of Darcy's nose. "Did you have a fun day with nana and daddy today?" Darcy's groggy eyes light up at the mention of her nana and dad. Camryn smiles, "yeah? Did you have so much fun? I'm so sad I couldn't do much today. I promise I'll play with you tomorrow. Maybe I'll join in on your game of hide and seek with nana." Darcy smiles widely while still latched which makes Camryn giggle softly. "I think you like that idea, huh?"
Darcy finishes eating but refuses to fall asleep. Her little eyes are threatening to close, but she's fighting it.
"Go to sleep, sweet girl,"Camryn whispers, rocking her back and forth in the rocking chair. "It's late, sweetheart." Darcy continues to blink up at Camryn, her slacked groggy lips whispers, "dada."
"You want, daddy?"Camryn coos nodding her head and reaching for her phone to text Harry and ask him to come upstairs. She doesn't want to walk downstairs with Darcy because she'll get woken up even more.
A minute after the text, Harry quietly tiptoes into the room smiling at his two girls. "Hi babes,"he whispers lowly coming closer to see Darcy groggily fighting to stay awake.
"Squish was asking for some daddy cuddles,"Camryn explains through a whispers.
"I'll get in the crib,"Harry offers walking over to Darcy's white crib.
Camryn giggles and shakes her head, "baby that always makes your back hurt."
"Its worth it to have cuddles,"Harry replies with a wink climbing over the rails of the crib.
It's a hilarious sight to see. All 6 feet of Harry curled up into the tiny crib made for a human no older than 3. It makes Camryn's heart soar though, knowing that he would do anything for their baby girl.
Darcy has a bad habit of waking up as soon as Harry or Camryn lay her down in the crib. It use to be that Camryn would climb into the crib and nurse her there while laying down so that she wouldn't have to lay her down and wake her up, but Harry doesn't let her climb into the crib anymore because of her pregnancy. So, now Harry climbs into the crib whenever Darcy refuses to go to sleep. They know its a bad habit that they should break, but they're both too big of softies to ever pass up cuddles with their baby girl.
Camryn stands up from the rocking chair and kisses Darcy's forehead gently before she lowers Darcy down into the crib to be laying next to Harry. Darcy immediately cuddles her body into Harry's, his strong arms encircling her as he kisses her lips lightly. Her little cheek goes against Harry's chest as she immediately settles into the familiar feel and smell of her daddy.
Camryn quietly walks out of the room and down into the living room to see Anne still sitting on the couch and knitting.
"Hi sweetheart,"Anne grins looking up from her knitting, "are they getting some cuddles in?"
"They are,"Camryn nods with a big smile, "she loves her daddy cuddles."
"I think he loves them too,"Anne winks.
"I think I'm going to make myself some hot chocolate, do you want some?"Camryn offers.
"Oh that would be lovely,"Anne nods.
Camryn goes into the kitchen and makes her and Anne a cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream swirled at the top. She brings the steaming mugs out and hands one to Anne.
"Oh thank you, honey." Anne takes the cup from Camryn and sips it carefully. "Does Harry stay up there for long?"
Camryn giggles and sits down next to Anne, nodding her head. "Oh yeah, he falls asleep up there with her most nights and then I wake him up when I go to bed and he climbs out of the crib." Camryn looks over at Anne, "he's the best dad ever. You did a good job with him."
"Oh you helped me raise him,"Anne jokes. "But, he is a good boy. He adores that little girl."
Camryn nods sinks back further into the couch. "Mum, thank you for helping me today. Really, thank you so much. For everything. For taking me to the hospital. I guess I was just a bit overanxious."
Anne clicks her tongue and reaches out for Camryn's hand, squeezing it, "you weren't overanxious at all, you were just being a mum. And you're a really good one, might I add."
Camryn tears up at Anne's compliment. Knowing that Anne thinks she's a good mum makes her so proud. Anne is the best mum she knows, so it's a good compliment. "You're a really good one too, mum."
Anne giggles and pulls Camryn in closer to her, "thank you, honey." Camryn rests her head on Anne's shoulder as Anne presses a gentle kiss to the top of her head.
"You taught me everything I know about being a mum, you know,"Camryn whispers.
Anne kisses the top of Camryn's head. "Did I? Really? Well I must have been a good teacher because Darcy adores you."
Camryn smiles and snuggles her cheek deeper into Anne's shoulder as Anne hums soothingly, running her fingers up and down Camryn's arm. They've always been extremely close. Camryn tells Anne everything.
"When did you stop being scared about us getting pregnant with Darcy,"Camryn asks tilting her head up to look at Anne.
Anne looks off into the distance and puckers her lips. "Hmmm..." She thinks back to Camryn's pregnancy and tries to pinpoint the moment when she wasn't scared anymore. "I don't know if there every really was a moment where I stopped being scared. I'm your guys' mumma, and you know that mummas never stop worrying about their babies." Camryn nods, but Anne continues. "But, I remember when you guys were staying at my house the Christmas before Darcy was born and I just watched you guys that whole week and was just so amazed with how in love you were with her and how caring you both were towards each other. I remember one night I came downstairs because I thought I forgot to turn off the lights and Harry and you were snuggled up on the couch asleep, I think you had been watching a movie and fell asleep. I just stood there and looked at you for a bit. He had both of his hands on your belly and your hands were in his hair and you both just looked so content and I guess I just got this feeling that everything would be okay. And then when she was born and I got to see yours and Harry's faces looking down at her and you were just both so in love. You both looked so happy and I just knew everything would be okay."
"We love her a lot,"Camryn whispers, "and we love you a lot too."
"I'm so proud of both of you." Anne squeezes Camryn tighter against her and kisses her forehead.
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