“Deep breaths Omega!” Niall was almost exploding in the ambulance.
“If…I knew…that birth…was so darn…painful…I would’ve…never done…this!” I gasped breathlessly.
“How many times have I heard that?” the nurse or whatever mumbled, that was the quietest noise in the ambulance. We were driving fast and bumping around like crazy. I couldn’t help but scream as another contraction came.
“She will be okay right?” Niall asked worriedly.
“Yes it’s just the child getting ready.” She turned her head towards me, “You know it’s all worth it. Having a beautiful baby in your arms. It’s like magic.”
“Enough with the pep talk just help me!” I shrieked at her, the pain was awful. We finally arrived at the hospital and I got rushed to a room. “Now this is déjà vu!” I chuckled forgetting about the pain for a couple seconds. A spasm shocked through my body and I flinched, again in pain.
“When is the baby coming?” Niall asked, fed up with my screaming.
“Any second now.” She answered and started speaking to me. “Right I need you to take three deep breaths and then push as hard as possible.”
“Don’t you dare let go of my hand.” I warned Niall and he nodded his head, worry in his eyes. I took three clumsy breaths and pushed with all my strength. This next pain was so bad I nearly screamed the roof off. This repeated three times before the baby was in my arms. I had a baby boy in my arms. I knew my face was red and I could feel the hot tears fall from my wet eyes.
“He…he…he is beautiful.” I said in a gentle voice. “Niall, look he has your eyes. And my hair, what shall we call him?”
“How about the name we decided? He looks like a Noel too.”
“Our baby Noel.” I whispered over his cry. “Here, Niall, you hold him.”