Chapter Eight: Pain Everywhere
6 months later.
"Mum I don't feel well, I have a sharp pain in my stomach, and I think I might have eaten something bad," I told mum as the others got ready for school.
"Ok, darling why don't you hop in the shower while I drop the kids off at school." Mum kissed my forehead and put Xander in his car seat.
"Ok Mum" I went back upstairs and sat in the tub under the shower letting the water run soothingly over my body. The pain faded slightly and I filled the tub and turned it into a bath the warm water.
"I'm not going to school today," I told Josh.
"Why not?" He asked.
"Not feeling well, might have stomach flu" I replied. I shut him out as I fell asleep.
"Harlow honey, are you feeling any better?" mum asked through the door. I opened my eyes to find blood in the water and pain flared up in my lower back.
"No mum, there's blood lots of blood and it hurts so bad." Mum opened the door and ran to my side.
"Where did all this blood come from?" She asked concerned.
"From below," I told starting to realise what was happening. Mum looked down there and gasped.
"Harls you're in labour and your baby is crowning." She explained.
"No this can't be happening it can't be" I started to freak out. I'm only 17 I can't be a mother. What about my future? What about my education? What am I going to do?
"Harlow, you are going to have to suck it up and push" Mum's midwifery side came out. I began to push.
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ok breath and again" Mum repeated. Until the baby slipped out. Mum picked up the baby and put it on my chest and the little girl screamed.
"She's full term, Harlow She looks healthy." Mum told me getting towels to wrap around the little girl. "I'm going to call an Ambulance to take us to the hospital." Mum said running out.
"Hey Josh what should we call our first born?" I asked him.
"What... weird question, I was thinking Aven Rayne or something like that, why?"
"Can you meet up with my siblings after school?"
"Yeah I guess so Why are...?" I shut him out before he saw too much.
"Hello Aven Rayne Haverford" I kissed her head as I started to shake.
"Harlow they will be ten minutes let's get both of you warmed up, shall we?" Mum grabbed a bunch of other towels and wrapped Aven and placed her in Xander's bath seat. Then she wrapped two towels around me while she grabbed some warm clothes for me. I soon got dressed with the help of mum. There was a knock on the and mum quickly ran down to answer it. She soon came back with two paramedics. The female paramedic went to the baby and started examining her, while the male came to me.
"Hi there I'm Tony what's your name?" He asked putting his bag beside me.
"Harlow" I whispered watching the lady with my baby. Oh my gosh that is MY baby.
"HI Harlow what is your birthday?"
"June 29th 1999" I looked at him. He had bright blue eyes and fair skin.
"Great job Harlow, does it hurt anywhere?" he asked.
"Not anymore" I told him looking at my hands that won't stop shaking.
"Can I check your blood pressure?" he asked get his machine out.
"Sure thing" I held out my arm. He did some tests.
"Well your blood pressure is lower than it should be for someone your age and your sugars appear to be low as well. I personally think the hospital will have her overnight, how's the baby Meg?" He asked his partner.
"She is a little small but she is pink and seems full term, I think the hospital staff may want to take tests to be certain but other than that she's all good." She said. Tony picked me up and carried me out to the Ambulance.
"I'll grab Xander and meet you at the hospital" Mum called from the front door. I nodded and Tony put me on the gurney and buckled me in.
"Do you want to hold your daughter?" Meg asked. I looked at the baby in her arms and nodded slightly. "Here you go sweet pea?" She gently put the baby in my arms. Tears ran softly down my face and Meg brushed them away.
"Thanks" I smiled at her.
"How are you feeling?"
"Scared, Dizzy, happy" I whispered softly, my eyes closing heavily.
"Harlow? Harlow? Tony we're losing her" I heard Meg's voice of fading into the darkness.
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