Cora

“You’ve got this, Cora!” Ella cheers at my side while I squeeze Roger’s hand, panting and shouting as I give what the nurse has told me is one last, final push.

I put everything I have into this final moment, squeezing my eyes shut and pushing as hard as I can, wanting this done – wanting to feel my little baby in my arms

And suddenly the pressure lessens, and my eyes fly open as I gasp And there’s a little baby’s cry ringing out through the room.

“Here!” I gasp, leaning forward fervently, some motherly demand in me needing my little baby now even as I see him in the nurse’s hands. “Give him to me!”

The nurse hesitates, looking towards her colleagues. I moan a little, still reaching, wanting him now

“Do it,” Ella snaps suddenly up from my side. She stands and moves towards the nurse, putting a hang on her shoulder and gesturing towards me. ” He needs his mother – ”

Roger is completely still at my side, his eyes focused totally on the baby, who starts to cry his little heart out.

“Please,” I beg, reaching for him.

“All right,” the nurse says, nodding and bringing him forward. “We’ll clean him up in a minute – ”

And she takes two steps forward, and leans down, and places my little baby in my arms

And I burst immediately into tears.

head curled against my elbow-my heart just

little baby, tears dripping down my face as I take in every ounce of him, every tiny finger

tight to my side, his arms wrapped around me, staring down

can’t believe he’s here,” I

can’t believe he’s so mad,”

sense of humor has at least stopped my crying. “You know,

an expression somewhere between shock and awe. “I

him, gorgeous boy,” I murmur to the baby, cuddling him close and pressing a kiss to his forehead. “Welcome to the

sighs. “I couldn’t have come up with something that good. He needed

got me,” I sigh. “My whole

whole body is aching, I just feel

and the baby and I are the only three people in the

do you think, Cora?” she asks quietly. “Will you let the nurses clean him up and wrap in him in

– yeah, the baby needs to be checked. And I laugh as the nurse comes close, reaching for him. “I’m sorry,” I say, shaking my head. “I didn’t

the baby from my arms. “You’re just an excited new mom and the birth went beautifully, no complications, so there’s

eyes follow the nurse as she carries the baby across the room to be weighed and checked out by the doctor. But the nurse is right – everything went well, and the baby looked fine

next to me and holding her hands out, palm up. “I basically bled out after my traumatic

on top of hers

wide eyes, and I turn my head to the side, not understanding her reaction. But then she just grins and shakes her head, dismissing it. “I’m sure it will,” she says with a happy sigh. “Now, does anything

reply, leaning my head on Roger’s shoulder,

eyes, starting to call upon her gift. I feel it when it starts to sweep through me, and I sit up a little with curiosity. This isn’t the first time Ella has healed me, of course, but this is the most conscious I’ve been

I

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