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.

against my elbow-my heart just breaks

dripping down my face as I take in every ounce

arms wrapped around

can’t believe he’s here,” I whisper in complete

he’s so mad,” Roger

has at least stopped my crying. “You know, Roger,” I say quietly, “most new parents say something nice about their kid when they meet him for the first time, like how beautiful he is, or how much they love

lot of noise, Cora,” Roger murmurs, still staring at the baby with an expression somewhere between shock and awe. “I

murmur to the baby, cuddling him close and pressing a kiss to

sighs. “I couldn’t have come up with

me,” I sigh. “My

I’m exhausted, and my whole body is aching, I just feel such rich, complete happiness in

and I are the only three people in the world. I almost

you let the nurses clean him up and wrap in him in a blanket? And I’ll check you out, see if I can

comes close, reaching for him. “I’m sorry,” I say,

you didn’t,” the nurse says, grinning at me as she takes the baby from my arms. “You’re just an excited new mom and the birth went beautifully, no complications, so there’s no harm in wanting to hold

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

Ella murmurs, sitting down next to me and holding her hands out, palm up. “I basically bled out

placing my hands on top of hers and laughing a little. “I’m sure your next one

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

my head on Roger’s shoulder,

laughs and closes her 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 for

I

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