Chapter 3 - "Its all going to be okay..."

Doctors PoV

I was sat by Clara's head and I never knew that child birth could be so traumatising.

Amy told me its something that I wouldn't want too miss and it will change my life forever, but I'm a 2000 year old man and have never been this stressed... Even with the Daleks.

I stroked Clara's head and could see the panicked look in her eyes. It was disgusting to say the least the amount of crunching and tugging that they were doing.

How are women possibly made for that kind of force?

'You have to see this Doctor, you missed Autumn being born, you can't miss this' Louise said and before I could respond she dragged me down the other end of the bed.

'Wait wha-' I stopped.

'Ewww, I could have lived another 1000 years without wanting to see that' I pointed out and Clara laughed.

Good. At least she was in better spirits.

'But it, oh my god there's a baby there' I said pointing at the baby that was half way out of Clara's stomach.

I have to say, I pictured it to be far more gruesome. This baby is half alien, so I expected some sort of alien trade.

I ran back to her side and grabbed her hand before the baby was born.

'It's here Clara. You did it' I said to her and planted a kiss on her forehead before standing back up again and witnessing my child in Louise's hands.

'Oh thank god' she said in an exhausted sigh. I kissed her head again and crouched back down

Something struck me though. 'Louise?' I asked and she shot me a look and I realised what was going on.

Thankfully Clara was too in her own world at the moment, so was a bit slow on the uptake.

I watched as Louise placed her in a tiny cot and they had the oxygen in her tiny mouth so quickly.

'Was it around the neck?' I whispered.

Louise nodded and went too help out. 'Well?' Clara asked and I looked down at her.

'No. Please don't give me that look' Clara begged trying to move. 'Stay still Clara you could cause yourself more of an injury.

'No. My baby. Please don't--' she whispered distraught at the very idea, but then there was a reassuring sigh of relief from Louise and a whole number of medics, because there was a tiny cry.

It was a small cry, and it could barely be heard, but it was there. 'Please tell me it's alright?' Clara begged. 'Please' she whimpered.

'She's fine' I whispered in her ear and she didn't really hear what I said as the baby was wheeled away out of the room.

'Well, congratulations. At least I can confirm that it is a girl' Louise said and Clara smiled. I was on top of the world.

Another daughter.

But as she was wheeled out the room, a tiny little head caught my attention straight away.

'She's really small Louise' I said shocked.

'She weighs exactly 5 pounds' she said.

'That's tiny' I said and she nodded reassuringly.

'But she's breathing and that's all that matters' Louise said.

'Where are they taking her?' Clara cried from just under my ear. 'To the baby unit. She needs checking over and quite a bit of care for now' Louise said and I rubbed her arm.

'When can I see her?' Clara asked. 'Soon' Louise responded.

We don't however know how long she was lacking oxygen. Until tests are run, we don't know how she is.

I knew I had to stay strong for Clara so wiped the tears away from her eyes. 'It's all going to be okay' I said.

'Wait what's the date?' Clara said suddenly piping up.

I realised I had no idea either, so looked at my watch.

'July 27th...That's the day she was born' I said and kissed the top of her head again.

'Right Clara. We'll sort you out here and make sure all is good and then we'll get you to recovery' Louise said. There was a whole number of people around her now and in the room.

They were stitching her up and doing whatever they could to make her better.

'I'm too tired to care' Clara said.

'Don't say that Clara' I said but she was exhausted.

'It's alright Doctor, I'll look after Clara and sort her out... Go an find her' Louise said and I flashed Clara a smile, kissed her forehead and then I went to find my daughter.

'What go and find the baby?' I asked and Louise looked at me.

'She needs all the support she can get' she informed me and I understood.

Clara's PoV

The pain was awful.

I will not be having any more children if I can help it because I won't be doing that again.

I didn't even do it myself. It was another C-section, but it was still agony.

I feel sort of sorry for the Doctor really because I put him through hell. But 10 hours I was in labour before she was actually born.

We didn't even know if we would hear her cry before she was taken away but we did.

I looked down at the yellow custard in the bowl. The thick gloop, that was rolling on top of the pudding.

I inhaled deeply through my mouth hoping to God that it would help, but I could taste it then and that was it.

'Angie, could you... Umm--' I handed her the spoon and bowl and bolted for the bedroom again.

I didn't care who was feeding Autumn right now, as long as the custard was gone and out of my sight.

'I'm not coming back out until the custard is gone' I yelled through the door.

'Always has been an attention seeker that one' I heard Lucy say.

I clenched my fists. 'She's not looking for attention' The Doctor said in my defence.

'Really, that's why she's cooped herself up in the bedroom. That girl is an idiot and has made some terrible decisions in her life... Starting with that baby' she said.

I gasped. She was talking about Autumn. 'I'll have you know that Autumn is the best thing that has ever happened to Clara... No matter how against it I was at first' my Dad said.

'Come on Clara. I've saved some custard just for you' she said snidely and The Doctor lost it.

'Would you stop. She can't look at the custard because she's pregnant!!!' The Doctor said.

Oh my god. Did he just tell everyone that I was pregnant? It just slipped out.

'You what?' My Dad said and I could tell that the room had gone dead silent.

So I walked out my room and figured I'd better just face everyone.

'Yes. It's true. I'm pregnant' I said.

Everyone in the room had halted and stayed dead silent. 'Feel free to say something... Anything' I said going back to the sofa.

It took a few moments, but George kicked into gear and was over to me. 'Well congratulations' he said as I smiled.

'It's good news yes?' He questioned. 'Oh yeah. Great news' The Doctor said approaching.

'So your actually going to have another baby?' Angie squeaked and I nodded.

'Yep. I hope so' I said and looked up. 'Sorry. It slipped out' he apologised and I smiled.

'Doesn't matter' I said pulling his face towards mine. He looked around the room really happily.

'Best Christmas Ever' he said beaming