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 to

ounce of him, every tiny finger and

arms

believe he’s here,” I whisper in complete

mad,” Roger replies, his voice

humor 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

at the baby with an expression

gorgeous boy,” I murmur to the baby, cuddling him close and pressing a

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

me,” I sigh. “My whole heart,

is aching, I

sit for a few more minutes where it feels like Roger and the baby and I are the only three people in the world.

“Will you let the nurses clean him up and wrap in him

checked. And I laugh as the nurse comes close, reaching for him. “I’m sorry,” I say, shaking my head. “I didn’t mean to yell at you earlier

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

the baby across the room to be weighed and checked out by the doctor. But the nurse is right – everything

me and holding her hands out,

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

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

in reply, leaning my head on Roger’s shoulder, starting to feel my exhaustion now more than I did

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

I feel completely

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