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.

elbow-my heart just breaks

take in every ounce of him, every tiny finger and toe, his

side, his arms wrapped

here,” I whisper

mad,” Roger replies,

his strange sense of humor has at least stopped my crying. “You know, Roger,” I say quietly, “most new parents say something nice about their kid

making a lot of noise, Cora,” Roger murmurs, still staring at the baby with an expression

close and pressing a kiss to his forehead. “Welcome to the

with something that good.

sigh. “My

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

like Roger and the baby and I are the only three people in the world. I almost jump in surprise when I feel

think, Cora?” she asks quietly. “Will you let the nurses clean him up and wrap in him in a blanket? And I’ll check you out, see if

remembering that – 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

the nurse says, grinning at me as she takes the baby from my arms. “You’re just an

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 to me. I don’t

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

Ells,” I sigh, placing my hands on top of hers and laughing a little. “I’m sure your next one will be

wide eyes, and I turn my head to the side, not understanding her reaction. But then she just grins

leaning my head on Roger’s

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 it and I can really feel it this time – the way the gift runs through me, seeking out the parts of me that hurt and sweeping through them piece by

I

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