I've been married to the singer and songwriter Shawn Mendes for a little over three years now. We have a daughter that is a little over two years old: Rose Lucille Mendes. Shawn loves the fact that she looks just like me and that she acts kind of like me too. I'm currently nine months pregnant with Shawn's baby boy, and our little boy should be arriving any day now.

Shawn was sitting in the living room with his parents who were in town so they could be there when I have their first grandson. Rose was their first granddaughter and first grandchild. Aaliyah is still at home because she's at school. I walked into the room and smiled when I saw Rose sitting on Shawn's lap. She was facing him and playing with his hair - he had his head bowed down so she could play with it.

"Careful Rosie, don't yank on Daddy's hair please." He said. I smiled and then gasped. Shawn looked up at me.

"Daddy I want to play with your hair." Rose said.

"You okay honey?" He asked.

"My water just broke." I said with wide eyes. His eyes widened too.

"Okay, let's get you to the hospital. The bag is already in the car. We'll call your mom and dad while we're on the way there." Shawn said. I nodded and Shawn handed Rose off to Manny.

"Okay." I said as I carefully began walking to get my shoes on.

"Stay there love, I'll help you." Shawn said.

"What can we do?" Karen asked. Shawn handed her his keys.

"Please start my car and get Rose in her seat. Also, if one of you guys could call one of Y/n's parents to tell them that would be great." Shawn said.

"Okay." Karen said and they headed out to the car. Shawn helped me get my shoes on. It was May 31st, so it was nice and warm out.

"Ready to be a Daddy again?" I asked as Shawn locked up the house and helped me to the car.

"Definitely." He said.

"OWWW CONTRACTIONS!" I yelled before we even got to the car.

"Shhh honey, you're okay." Shawn said as we stopped walking. I looked up at him.

"I don't want Rose to hear me screaming like this. I don't want to worry or scare her." I said.

"Honey, we'll explain to her that you're in a lot of pain. Scream as much as you want." Shawn said. I nodded.

"Okay." I said, and then Shawn helped me into the car.

"We've already called Y/m/n and her and Y/d/n and Thomas are going to head to the hospital." Manny said.

"Okay, thank you." I said as Shawn began to back out of the driveway.

"Rosie, I have to tell you something important, so I need you to listen carefully, okay sweet pea?" Shawn asked.

"Okay Daddy." She said.

"Mommy's in labor right now so she's in a lot of pain. If she screams, I don't want you to get scared. She's screaming because she's in pain but she'll be okay. Okay honey?" Shawn asked.

"Okay Daddy." Rose said. I gripped onto something in the car as another contraction hit.

"Shawn." I whimpered.

"Scream if you need to babe." He said as he drove as fast as he could - while also driving safely - to the hospital.

"AHHHHH. THIS HURTS." I screamed.

"I know honey, I know. Let it out." Shawn said. We soon arrived at the hospital and I was wheeled into a room with Shawn. My parents and brother were already there in the waiting room, so Karen, Manny, and Rose sat with them. Shawn got changed into scrubs. I laughed a little and then covered my mouth. Shawn gave me a funny look.

"Sorry, it's just really funny to see you in a hairnet." I said. Shawn smiled and kissed my forehead.

"Rose is going to be a big sister." Shawn said with a smile. I smiled back and nodded.

"Yeah. And you're going to be a Daddy again." I said. Shawn's smile widened.

"Yup. And you're going to be a Mommy again. I love you honey." Shawn said as he kissed my forehead again.

"I love you too." I said. The doctor and a nurse came in.

"How are we doing Mr. and Mrs. Mendes?" Dr. Ackles asked.

"Good. Ready to have our little boy here." I said and the doctor nodded. Her and the nurse then checked something with the baby and then spoke and hushed tones. I looked at Shawn, who was holding my hand. The doctor then looked at me.

"Mrs. Mendes, your baby's heart rate has dropped so we need to do an emergency c-section. This isn't optional by the way. We need to do an emergency c-section." Dr. Ackles said. I looked at Shawn quickly before looking back at the doctor.

"Well is he going to be okay?" I asked.

"We're not sure at this point, but we can only hope for the best." She said.

"My husband can come with me right?" I asked. They nodded.

"Of course." She said.

"How many people can we have in the room? I want my mom and Shawn's mum to come with us." I asked and said.

"That's fine." She said.

"I'll go quickly tell everyone what's going on and get our mom's. Please don't take her into surgery until I get back." Shawn said.

"Okay." The doctor said. Oh my gosh. Will our baby be okay?

Shawn's point of view

I ran out into the waiting room. My heart was racing - not from running, but because I felt nervous and scared. Mine and my wife's family stood up when they saw me.

"Is he here already?" My mum asked. I shook my head.

"No. His heart rate has dropped so they're going to do an emergency c-section. Y/n's very scared right now and she wants to know if you and Y/m/n can come with us to the operating room. The doctor said yes to it. Do you guys want to come with us?" I asked. They nodded.

"Sure." They said and then we went back into the room that Y/n was in.

Your point of view

I saw Shawn walk into the room with our moms. Tears filled my eyes.

"I'm scared." I said.

"I know you are my love, but everything will be okay. Our moms are coming with us, okay?" Shawn asked. I nodded.

"Okay. Will you hold my hand while we head to the operating room?" I asked. Shawn nodded.

"Of course I will darling." Shawn said.

"We'll walk behind you." My mom said. I nodded.

"Okay." I said. We then went into the operating room. Due to the fact that they didn't want me touching anything during the surgery and they needed an arm for an IV, they strapped an arm down. They let the other arm remain unstrapped so I could hold Shawn's hand for comfort. They put a sheet up so I couldn't see what was going on which only made my anxiety worse, but luckily Shawn could see what was going on.

"I'm right here darling, I'm right here." Shawn said as he pushed some of my hair back. He's always been able to sense when I'm scared. I looked at him.

"I'm scared." I said.

"I know you are, but everything will be okay, I promise." Shawn said. I nodded.

"Ready Mrs. Mendes?" Dr. Ackles asked after the numbing kicked in.

"Yes." I said.

"Okay, we're going to start now." She said. I looked at Shawn. He looked at what they were doing - cutting me open - and then looked at me. He held my hand in one of his and used his other hand to rub my cheeks, my forehead, my head, anything to keep skin to skin contact with me.

"You're doing great honey." Shawn said. I nodded.

"I want him to be okay." I said.

"He will be honey." Shawn said.

"Will you still be able to cut his umbilical cord?" I asked. Shawn looked at the doctors and nurses.

"Will I still be able to cut his umbilical cord?" Shawn asked.

"We'll determine that when we see how he's doing." Dr. Ackles said. Shawn nodded.

"Okay." He said. I squeezed Shawn's hand and he looked at me. "What's up love?" Shawn asked before kissing my forehead.

"I'm scared Shawn. Please just keep talking to me. Tell me a story or something please. Anything to get my mind off of my anxiety." I said.

"Does it matter what story I tell?" He asked.

"No, just anything to get my mind off of what's going on. I don't even care if the story is made up or not." I said. Shawn kissed my forehead.

"Okay honey. Let me tell you my favorite story." He said as he massaged my scalp. He then began to tell me our love story, and I smiled. He talked about when we met in Boston at Dunkin Donuts and when he asked me to be his girlfriend and things like that. Every once in a while he would poke his head over to check to see what was going on with our son, but everything was going well.

"We're almost done Mrs. Mendes." Dr. Ackles said.

"Okay. How does he seem?" I asked.

"He seems fine, I think your husband will be able to cut the cord." She said. I smiled at Shawn and he was already smiling.

"That makes me so happy." Shawn said. Even though he was looking at what was going on, he kept rubbing my head. I smiled at my husband, in awe of him.

"I love you Shawn." I said. He smiled at me.

"I love you too Y/n. You're doing great honey." He said. Soon, we heard a cry.

"Would dad like to cut the cord?" Dr. Ackles asked. Shawn nodded.

"I would love to." Shawn said. I heard the snip and watched Shawn smile.

"We're going to clean him off and do a couple of tests on him." Dr. Ackles said.

"Okay." Shawn and I said. Shawn then rested his forehead against mine.

"Thank you for telling me my favorite story." I said.

"You're welcome darling." Shawn said.

"Do you think he's okay?" I asked. Shawn picked his head up and looked over at where our son was. He then smiled at me.

"They're bringing him over." Shawn said. I smiled and tears formed in my eyes as they placed our son on my chest. Someone undid the strap on my arm.

"Oh my gosh Shawn look at him. He's beautiful." I said. I heard sniffling behind me and knew that it was either my mom or Karen.

"He really is beautiful honey." Shawn said.

"His tests came back fine. He's all good. You'll have to stay in the hospital for about five or six more days Mrs. Mendes." Dr. Ackles said.

"That's fine, as long as our little boy is good, I'm happy." I said.

"Do we have a name for this little man?" A nurse asked. They had quickly - but they did a good job - stitched me up.

"Yes. His name is Jacob Alexander Scott Mendes." Shawn said and I could hear the pride in his voice.

"Beautiful name." The nurse said and we thanked her.

"I'm so proud of you Y/n." My mom said as her and Karen walked over to the side of the bed.

"Thank you. I don't think that I've ever been so scared in my whole life. His name is Jacob but we're going to nickname him Jake. Johnny is the godfather, and Aaliyah is going to be the godmother." I said. My mom and Karen nodded.

"Wait, isn't today May 31st?" Shawn asked. I nodded and then my eyes went wide.

"Oh my gosh." I said as tears formed in my eyes. Shawn smiled.

"That's amazing." Shawn said. Shawn obviously knows that our son Jake is named after my former neighbor Jake who passed away suddenly - Johnny, our Jake's godfather, is Jake's brother - and Shawn also knows that today is the original Jake's birthday. I looked at our son, who was still on my chest.

"Did you hear that Jakey? You were born on the same day as the man that you're named after." I said. Jake opened his eyes and I smiled when I saw that he had Shawn's eyes.

"Oh my gosh he has my eyes." Shawn said. I laughed.

"He looks just like you babe. Do you want to hold him?" I asked. Shawn smiled and nodded as he gently took Jake from my arms.

"Hi there Jakey boy. Look at you, so handsome. You gave Mommy and I quite the scare buddy, but it's okay we still love you more than you'll ever know. Your grandmother's are here. Can you say hi to them?" Shawn said as he turned Jake a little bit so his grandmother's could see him.

"Hi there Jakey. Oh you look just like your Daddy." Karen said.

"He's so handsome." My mom said.

"Thank you." Shawn and I said. A nurse came in.

"Mrs. Mendes we're going to bring you into another room for recovery now and you'll get more instructions on how to recover more easily and faster." She said. I nodded.

"Okay." I said. Shawn put Jake in a crib that was on wheels and they wheeled Jake next to my bed as we went to a different room.

"We have to tell our family that he's here." Shawn said. I nodded.

"Yeah." I said. Shawn was about to go tell them, but the nurse came in and gave more instructions. They told me to take it easy, try not to lift things, support my belly, even if it's to cough or sneeze, drink lots of fluid, and use a heating pad (set on low) or a warm washcloth around my belly. My mom and Karen stayed with me as Shawn went and told the rest of our family that Jake had made his arrival.

"Y/n, look at this picture that I took while you were in labor." Karen said. Tears formed in my eyes as I smiled.

"That's beautiful. Can you send that to me please?" I said and asked as I looked at the picture of Shawn and I from behind. Shawn was talking to me and I was looking at him as he rubbed my scalp to keep me calm.

"Of course. I wouldn't even mind it if you posted it if you wanted to." She said.

"Thank you. Jake, isn't your Daddy amazing?" I asked my newborn son. He just looked at me. I looked up as Shawn, my dad, Manny, and my brother, Thomas, who was holding Rose on his hip, walked into the room.

"What's my nephew's name?" Thomas immediately asked as Shawn sat on the bed with me.

"Jacob Alexander Scott Mendes." I said.

"That's beautiful." Manny said.

"Thank you. Y/n picked out the name, but I loved it so I said yes." Shawn said, and even though he was saying that to everyone, he was smiling at Jake as he rubbed our son's cheek with his index finger, causing Jake to give a gummy smile.

"Daddy." Rose said. Shawn looked at her.

"Hi sweet pea." Shawn said as he smiled at her.

"Where's my bubba?" Rose asked. When we told her that she was going to be having a baby brother, she put the two words together and she's been calling him bubba, which Shawn and I find extremely adorable.

"Mommy's holding him. His name is Jake. Do you want to meet him?" Shawn asked.

"Yeah!" She said with such enthusiasm. We all laughed.

"Okay, but you have to be very careful with him, okay honey?" Shawn said.

"Okay Daddy." Rose said.

"Come here." Shawn said as he picked her up and put her on his lap. She looked at Jake and I saw her reach her hand out.

"Be careful sweet pea." I said. She gently patted his head and I smiled.

"Bubba." She said. I smiled at mine and Shawn's two kids and then at Shawn, who had tears in his eyes as he smiled.

"Good girl Rosie." Shawn said. She then leaned back against Shawn.

"Am I cuter than Jake?" She asked and we all laughed. Shawn kissed the top of her head.

"You guys are equally cute." Shawn said, causing Rose to pout.

"I wanted to be cuter than him." She said.

"You're a big sister now. How do you feel?" Shawn asked. She thought for a moment before shrugging.

"I don't know. I'm tired Daddy." She said.

"I can take her back to the house if you want?" Thomas, Rose's godfather said. Shawn and I looked at each other.

"Well I have to stay in the hospital for another five to six days to recover." I said.

"And I'm obviously going to stay here with my wife." Shawn said. I looked at him.

"No, you don't have to. Go home and get some rest babe." I said.

"Didn't I stay here with you after Rose was born?" Shawn asked. I nodded.

"Yes, but I have to stay longer this time." I said.

"I don't care. You're my wife, you just had an emergency c-section, I'm staying with you." Shawn said.

"Well where's Rose going to go?" I asked.

"Well we're still staying at your house, so we could watch her and make sure the house is all nice and tidy while you guys are here." Karen said. I looked at Shawn and we nodded.

"Okay." Shawn said.

"I just sent you guys a picture and a video by the way." Manny said.

"Thanks dad." Shawn said.

"No problem. Should we head back to the house with Rose now since she's tired?" Manny asked.

"Wait, you guys drove in with me." Shawn said.

"I can drive them back to your house. I have a car seat in my car for Rose." Thomas said.

"Okay. Thank you." Shawn said. Soon, everyone left and it was just Shawn, Jake and I.

"Look at him Shawn. I'm so happy that he's okay." I said. Shawn kissed the side of my head and then rested his head on the side of my head.

"I know baby, me too. We should probably check to see what my dad sent us." Shawn said.

"Wait, your mom sent me a photo that's really beautiful and I want to post it at some point if that's okay with you." I said. Shawn grabbed my phone and unlocked it since he knows the passcode. I watched him smile at the photo.

"I love it. I don't mind if you post it babe." Shawn said.

"Okay." I said. Shawn then looked and saw that the video that Manny had sent us was Shawn introducing Rose to her brother, and the picture was of me holding Jake as Shawn looked on.

"Do you mind if I post about his arrival?" Shawn asked.

"That's fine honey. Actually, for your post, do you want it to be a picture of him gripping onto your finger?" I asked. Shawn smiled and nodded.

"Yeah." He said. He then took Jake in his arms and I used Shawn's phone to take the picture.

"There you go babe." I said.

"Thank you darling." He said.

"You're welcome honey." I said as he smiled at the photo. Not only was Jake gripping onto his finger, but Shawn was smiling at our newborn son. Shawn then made his post, and he held Jake as I looked at my phone to read the caption.

"Jacob Alexander Scott Mendes was born today, May 31, 2027 at 1:21 pm. He weighs seven pounds and five ounces. Jake, as we call him, gave his Mommy and I quite the scare when we were told that his heart rate had dropped and we needed to do an emergency c-section. Although my wife was scared and worried about Jake, she was a trooper - per usual - and we're so happy to say that Jake is fine now. Welcome to the world Jakey. Mommy and Daddy love you more than you'll ever know." Shawn wrote.

"That's perfect babe." I said.

"Thank you honey." Shawn said. I then posted the photo that Manny had taken of me holding Jake as Shawn looked on, his head resting on the side of my head as he kept an arm around me.

"Shawn and I are so beyond happy and proud to announce the arrival of our little boy, Jacob Alexander Scott Mendes. Jake, as we have nicknamed him, gave us a scare when we were told that we had to do an emergency c-section because his heart rate had dropped. Jake is named after three amazing men: Jake, for my former next door neighbor that was like a big brother to me and passed suddenly when I was 13, Alexander in honor of my Uncle Al, and Scott in honor of my Uncle Scottie. Our Jake actually shares a birthday with the original Jake, his namesake. Jakey, Daddy and I love you more than words will ever be able to describe and we're so happy that you're healthy now." I wrote.

"Perfect caption my love." Shawn said.

"Thanks baby." I said.

"You're welcome. Do you mind if I post the video of me introducing Rose to him?" Shawn asked.

"That's fine babe." I said. Shawn smiled as I held Jake and he posted the video. We put Jake in the little crib next to the bed and I read Shawn's caption.

"Thank you to my dad for capturing the moment that I introduced Rose to her little brother. When Y/n and I first told Rose that she was going to have a baby brother, she put the two words together, and now she calls him Bubba, which is adorable. I love my little family so much. I'm such a proud husband and father." Shawn wrote. I felt tired, but there was one more thing that I wanted to post.

"I want to post one more thing, and then I think I'll take a nap." I said.

"Okay baby girl. What are you going to post?" Shawn asked.

"It's a surprise." I said. He chuckled.

"Okay darling. Whatever you say." He said. I smiled and then posted the picture that Karen had taken while they were doing the c-section. I wrote my caption.

"I am so beyond thankful and grateful to have Shawn as my amazing husband, best friend, partner in love, and partner in life. When we found out that I would need an emergency c-section because of Jake's heart rate, I instantly became anxious and nervous, but luckily I had Shawn right beside me to keep me calm. Shawn, my sweetest and dearest love, thank you for repeatedly reassuring me that everything was going to be okay whenever I said that I was scared. Thank you for holding my hand and using your other hand to rub my cheek, my forehead, my scalp, anything to keep skin to skin contact with me to keep me calm. Thank you for telling me your favorite story - our love story, which is also my favorite story - when I asked you to tell me any story or just keep talking to me about anything to get my mind off of what was going on with Jake. My love for you is infinite. You're an amazing husband to me, father to our children, and you're just an overall amazing person. I love you Shawn Mendes, you've made me the luckiest and happiest woman in the world. (Also, thank you to my mother in law, Karen Mendes, for taking this picture!)" I wrote. Tears formed in Shawn's eyes when he read the caption.

"That's beautiful babe. I love it, and I love you." He said. Before I could respond, he put his lips on mine. I felt my heart race as if I had just run a marathon, I felt sparks shoot through my body like fireworks, and I felt butterflies erupt and fly around in my tummy. We soon pulled away.

"I love you too." I said. He smiled at me.

"Rest my love. You went through a lot today and I can tell that you're tired." Shawn said. I nodded as my eyes drooped.

"Will you lay with me please?" I asked.

"Of course I will. Come here honey." Shawn said as he got underneath the blankets with me but made sure that Jake's crib remained close to us. I put my head on Shawn's chest as he wrapped an arm around me and kept his other hand in Jake's crib.

"You're cozy." I said as I snuggled further into Shawn's chest. He chuckled and kissed the top of my head.

"Thanks baby. I'm so proud of you honey. You did so great today." Shawn said. I smiled.

"Thank you honey, and thank you for never leaving my side." I said.

"I'll never leave your side baby. Not now, not ever. You're my wife and I'm always going to be there for you my love." Shawn said. I was too tired to respond so I just nodded. I quickly fell asleep. After a little less than a week, I was able to go home but I mostly stayed in bed and relaxed. Thankfully, my family and Shawn's family would come over and help. I'm the luckiest girl in the world.