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“Okay, let’s get to the Jeep.” He lifted me up to my feet and led me toward the door.
I screamedand called him every name I could think of on the hour ride to the hospital. Finally, we made it. Mason walked me inside and sat me down in a wheelchair before finding someone to help us.
The nurse wheeled me up to labor and delivery while Mason parked the Jeep. When he found me, I was lying in bed wearing a puke green gown and threatening to choke the nurse with her stethoscope if she didn’t supply me with drugs.
“Hey, we will get something. You just have to give her time,” Mason said moving to my side and taking my hand.
“I don’t have time. I need drugs.” My voice sounded like something from an exorcist movie.
“Okay, just calm down. Remember to breathe,” he coached.
The nurse, feeling like she should run away, I’m sure, chose this moment to leave. I was hit with another contraction, I doubled over in pain and squeezed Mason’s hand as hard as I could.
“Ow, Lennox! You’re hurting my hand,” he complained.
I turned and looked at him, trying to make his head explode.
I must have scared him, because he didn’t complain again.
Nurses kept coming in and checking me. As it turned out, I wasn’t dilating very quickly. At one point they were discussing sending me home for awhile but I wasn’t having it. I tried to get out of bed to chase down the nurse that uttered those dreaded words, but Mason stopped me.
“Just try to relax,” he said wiping my forehead with a wet cloth.
“Try to relax? You try to relax with a baby trying to rip its way out of you.”
Shortly after threatening the nurses and Mason, a wonderful man came in with the drugs I had been asking for. I got my epidural and was able to sleep for a couple of hours before all the excitement happened.
After beingin the hospital for six hours, I was finally dilated enough to start pushing. Mason was by my side, holding my hand, and rooting me on. The doctor came in and flipped up the blanket that was covering my numb legs and everyone got in position to deliver the baby.
After pushing for what seemed like a decade, the baby’s head was out. Mason peeked over the blanket and his face instantly went pale.
“Are you okay?” I asked hoping he wasn’t going to pass out on me.
“Yeah, yeah. I’m fine,” he said wiping sweat off his brow.
I gave one final push and the baby was out and crying loudly.
“Congratulations, you have a daughter. Would you like to cut the cord?” the doctor asked Mason.
Mason nodded his head and stood from his chair. He was handed the tool, which he took with shaky hands. I laid my head back and prayed the worst was over. Soon after closing my eyes, my baby girl was placed on my chest. I looked down at the most perfect baby I had ever laid eyes on. She had dark blue eyes and a head full of dark hair. A tear escaped my eye, looking down on what was nothing short of a miracle.
“She looks just like you,” Mason said with tears running down his face.
