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I don’t want to thank her, but somehow, the words slip from my mouth anyway, “Thank you”

“See, told you,” Rochelle says

I look up to shoot her a warning glare as the midalks in

“Let’s check to see how far dilated you are” She snaps on soloves, and I have to look away I clirown to hate The pain is all inon it does not help one little bit “Are aiting on the father, or are we all here?”

“We’re all here,” Rochelle answers for me

The father? Yeah, what a joke he turned out to be

I knew I should have kept ood looks Daina think for you, instead of using your head You end up pregnant and ready to have a baby you never envisaged or wanted

“You’re at nine centimeters It’s almost time to push, Kat” She looks to Rochelle, and then my mother, as another s and lifts my other one for reat On the next contraction, Kat, I need you to push Now, only push during the contraction Once it stops, you stop and breathe”

“I don’t want to do this Just take it out already,” I say to her

Theback to me Smart woman

My rabs one of my hands, and as I’m about to tell her to not touch me, a contraction hits, hard

“Push Push low as if you need to do number twos”

I do exactly as she says, and it burns Daht now, I honestly don’t know if I can do this How can I do this?

“You are doing great, sweetie” My ain, and I look down at our hands and notice hers are bleeding—obviously fro in—but she doesn’t re her

“Okay, next one… big push I can see the head, so I want a big push”

I shake my head

No way

I don’t want a head to coina

“Cut it out It will ruin me,” I say mid-freak out

The only one who laughs is Rochelle, knowing precisely what I’ about

Ruining ina Well, I did Probably not soto