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"Thank you, Doc" Sabrina’s tone is as sweet as sugar, probably because Doctor Laura is the one who controls the drugs

And yep, the second the doctor is gone, my woman’s smile fades and she fixes rowls "You!"

I fight a laugh "Takes two to conceive, darlin’ At least according to science"

"Don’t you dare bring science into this! Do you even care what’s happening to roan rips out of her throat "Noooooo! Oh, Tuck, another contraction"

I snap to action, rubbing her lower back just like Hippie Stacy instructed me to I order her to breathe and count out each breath, while diligently checking theher contractions

It passes quickly, and the next one doesn’t come for a while, which disheartens me I read up on the labor process, and it seees of it She hasn’t even hit active labor yet, and I pray to God that this baby doesn’t take days to pop out

"It hurts," she moans after another contraction ends There’s a sheen of sweat on her face and her lips are so dry they’re turning white

I rub an ice chip over her mouth and lean down to kiss her temple "I know, darlin’ But it’ll all be over soon"

I’ Four more hours pass before she dilates to five centis the tally to fifteen hours, and I can see Sabrina’s energy beginning to drain Plus, the pain is getting worse Her latest contraction has her gripping ht I feel the bones shift

When it ends, she collapses against the bed in a sweaty mess and announces, "I want the epidural Fuck, I’ll even take the forceps of dooet this baby out of my body!"

"Okay" I smooth her damp hair away from her forehead "We’ll tell Doctor Laura when she comes back to--"

"Now!" Sabrina yells "Go tell her now"

"She’ll be here any minute, baby And the contractions are three minutes apart We still have time before the next--"

Before I can finish, there’s a lethal little hand bunching up le cat and murders o find her right noill rip your stupid head off your stupid neck and FEED IT TO THE BABY!"

Nodding calers off et the fuck out of there and look for the doctor

The tallies keep racking up

Time in labor: 19 hours