nineteen

"Baby?"

Blinking her eyes open, Elianna looks up to her husband, furrowing her brows and humming in response.

"The kids are downstairs eating breakfast. I know the Braxton hicks were bad last night. I tried to stay as long as I could but I gotta go to the office. It's almost eight." he explains.

"Oh," Elianna answers, pushing herself up and kissing him before going to the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face.

Once she's done, she makes her way downstairs, greeting the kids as they greet her and making herself a bowl of lucky charms. She sits at the table with her kids, having a little conversation with them as they finish eating before cleaning up the kitchen and heading to the playroom with the kids.

"Mommy, can we watch PJ Masks?" Kameron asks, walking over from the train table.

"In a little bit, buddy. Just play with your toys for a bit." Elianna answers, wanting him to do more than look at the screen like she's been allowing recently.

"But-"

"Kameron," she says, her tone slightly warning this time.

"Okay." he sighs, sulking away.

Soon afterward, Elianna stands up. "You guys wanna go outside for a little bit? It's nice out today."

"Yeah!" the three of them answer excitedly, jumping up from their spots.

"Alright, let's go," she says, following the four of them out of the playroom and to the backyard where she sits on the patio under an umbrella while they run around, hopefully getting rid of some energy to all take naps today.

By the time ten rolls around, Elianna let's out a sigh and enters the house, leaving the screen door open so she can hear the kids while putting together four plates of fruit and yogurt. She then grabs three juice boxes and fills up her water before heading back out onto the patio.

"Kids! Come eat a snack!" she yells, sitting back in her chair and starting to eat her own plate while the kids eat theirs.

When the kids are done with their snacks, they immediately begin running around again, leaving Elianna on the patio to relax through more Braxton Hicks contractions.

As lunchtime nears, over an hour later, Elianna forces herself out of her chair, walking inside and once again leaving the screen door open so she can hear the children. Deciding she's in the mood for grilled cheese, she makes four, adding tomato to each of theirs and leaving it out of her own.

She makes their plates, adding applesauce and a veggie before setting them at the table and walking to the screen door.

"Come eat lunch!" she yells, opening the door for them as they hurry towards the house.

As they're eating, she picks up the four plates from the patio, putting them in the sink.

Taking in a breath quickly, Elianna holds onto the counter, leaning forward slightly as pressure overwhelms her. Once the all too real feeling contraction comes to an end, she shakes her head and sits at the table with the children, eating her sandwich with them.

By the end of lunch, she had felt the same way three times, making her pick up the phone and dial the familiar number and place the phone to her ear.

"Hello?"

"Mama Lee, hey."

"Elianna. Hi honey, is everything alright?"

"Um, yeah. Well, either my Braxton hicks are really bad today or I'm in the beginning stages of labor," she explains. "Is there any way you can come over and help me out? I've been trying all morning but I'm struggling."

"Absolutely. I'll be there in ten minutes."

"Okay, thank you."

"Of course sweetie. Bye."

"Bye."

After hanging up, Elianna walks into the living room where all the kids sit, sitting with them for a few minutes before speaking up.

"Brayden, come on, let's take a nap," she states.

"NO!" Brayden yells.

Sighing heavily, Elianna closes her eyes. "Brayden. It's nap time. Let's go."

"NO!" he yells again.

"Lord help me." Elianna breathes. "One...."

"No!"

"Two..."

"Nooooo!" he screams.

"Brayden Mitchell! Upstairs NOW!" Elianna orders.

"NO!" he screams.

"Okay. No tablet or tv today."

"No!" he yells.

"Yes," she replies, walking over and picking him up, although she's not supposed to.

After carrying him to his room, she lies him in bed, ordering him to take a nap and slamming the door, making him begin to cry.

Elianna rolls her eyes, walking downstairs and making it to the bottom of the stairs as Mama Lee walks through the front doors.

"Nap time?" she asks, hearing Brayden's cry.

Elianna nods. "Yeah."

"Mama Lee!" both kids exclaim.

"What are you doing here? Mama is here today!" Kameron says, laughing.

"Yes but mama doesn't feel good so Mama Lee is gonna hang out with you guys, okay?"

"Are you okay?" Elena asks, standing on the couch and touching Elianna's face caringly.

Elianna laughs lightly. "Yes baby, mama's fine. Very tired."

"You should take a nap mommy!" Kameron suggests.

"I think that's exactly what I'm going to do," Elianna answers, walking over and kissing his head. "Thank you mama lee for coming all the way over."

"Of course honey. Go try to get some rest."

"Will do."

Heading up to her room, Elianna lays on the bed, another contraction hitting her like a ton of bricks.

Groaning when it's over, she buries her head in a pillow, knowing she's not going to be able to go to sleep with how intense they are already at this point. Problem is, they're not close enough together to go to the hospital or call Justin either.

After making it through an hour and a half watching Friends with the exception of struggling through contractions here and there, Elianna hears as Brayden wakes, Mama Lee getting him up at once.

Glancing at the clock that now says 2 pm. Sighing heavily, she counts the minutes between contractions for the next thirty minutes. Twice... only twice.

It stays that way for a while, the contractions stay at just fifteen minutes apart before slowly gaining speed.

Entering the kitchen at almost 3:30 pm, Elianna finds herself trying to breathe through another contraction while leaning on the counter. Once it's over with, she finally pays attention to Kameron who had been trying to get her attention since it had started.

"Are you okay, mommy?" he asks for the sixth time.

"Yeah baby, mommy's okay. I think baby sister might be coming today," she explains to him.

He gasps. "Really?!"

"Yeah, bud," Elianna says, walking over to the fridge and deciding to eat something.

"Hungry?" Mama Lee asks.

"Not really. But the contractions are about 8 minutes apart and I know once I get to the hospital I won't be able to eat," she explains, taking out some leftovers and heating them in the microwave.

"Are you going to call Justin?" she asks.

"I probably should." Elianna sighs. "I wanted him to get as much work done as possible."

"True but he will also be upset if you don't call him while you're going into labor," she says, laughing lightly.

Elianna laughs a little, sitting down with her food and taking out her phone, dialing Justin's number.

"Hey baby, I was just about to go into a meeting," he answers.

"Oh... okay," Elianna answers hesitantly.

"What's up?" he asks.

"Nothi-" getting cut off by a contraction, Elianna groans lightly, holding the phone to her ear and shoving her chin towards her chest, breathing deeply.

"Elianna?" he asks, slight panic in his voice.

"Sorry," she says after another few seconds.

"Was that a contraction?" he asks.

"Yeah, um, I've been having them all day. Mama Lee came in around 12:30 to help me out," she explains.

"Baby, why didn't you call me?" he asks.

"It wasn't bad enough to pull you out of work," she tells him.

"Is it now?" he asks. "I can cancel the meeting if you're far enough along that we need to go to the hospital."

"How long is the meeting?"

"Probably about thirty minutes. It's just a recap and orders but baby-"

"No. Finish your meeting. I've gotta eat and put last minute stuff in the hospital bag. That'll take me at least thirty minutes. Then you can meet me at the hospital. I'm bringing your bag too so it's not like you won't have clothes and everything you need."

He sighs. "Baby are you sure?"

"Yes, Justin. Now go into your meeting and finish up. I'll see you at the hospital in forty-five minutes."

"Okay. I love you."

"I love you too," he replies, hanging up.

Soon after finishing her food, Elianna makes her way upstairs, putting last minute things in all the bags and looking at the time. With Mama Lee's help, all the bags are carried downstairs.

"Mommy?"

Looking over to Brayden, Elianna sighs.

"Come here guys," she tells the three of them, sitting on the couch for them to gather around her.

"Where going mommy?" Brayden asks.

"Mommy has to go to the doctor," she tells him.

"Why?" he asks.

"Mommy is going to go to the doctor and then gama is gonna come over and spend time with you and brother and sister. And the next time you see mommy and daddy, little sister will be here and you'll get to meet her," she tells him.

"Baby sister?" he asks.

She nods. "Yes, baby."

"Baby sister is coming?!" Elena exclaims.

"Yeah, Lena, baby sister is coming!" Kameron says excitedly.

Elianna giggles at their excitement before standing and walking to the kitchen where Mama Lee stands.

"Alright, so Mama Lee..."

"Yes dear?" she asks.

"This is what we're gonna do," Elianna says. "Since I'm so far into labor, I can't drive. It'd be too dangerous. So, I'm gonna call Pattie and my mom and have them come over and watch the kids. When they get here, if you don't' mind, you can drive me to the hospital and Justin will meet us. Once Justin's there, you're free to go home for the next few days since our families will be with us constantly."

"Okay," Mama Lee nods. "Sounds good."

"Okay."

After calling both Pattie and her mother, Elianna sits with the kids, breathing through contractions until they arrive.

"Okay, we'll keep you updated!" Elianna promises, leaving the house with Mama Lee.

Arriving at the hospital twenty minutes later, the two of them walk in, lugging the three suitcases along with them.

"Hi, I'm uh in labor," Elianna explains to the receptionist.

The receptionist raises her eyebrows. "How far apart are your contractions.

"About seven minutes." Mama Lee answers, grinning.

"And how long do they last?" she asks.

"About 30 seconds." Mama Lee answers again.

The receptionist nods. "Alright, we're going to get you a room right away ma'am."

"Thank you," Elianna says, leaning against a wall nearby.

Within another minute, Justin rushes around the corner.

"Baby, hey."

"Hey." Elianna grins, kissing him.

"Thank you for bringing her, Mama Lee," Justin smiles. "We'll see you in a bit?"

"No problem, honey. Of course! I'll be here to meet baby girl whenever you guys give me the yes."

"We'll keep you updated." Justin smiles.

Mama Lee leaves a moment later and Elianna is admitted and given a room.

Before long, they learn she's about 6 cm dilated and is ready for an epidural.

After the epidural, Elianna finally gets some rest on and off, Justin trying to do the same although he sleeps lightly to be ready to help when she needs it.

After a couple of hours, she's checked once again to see if she's dilated enough.

"We're ten centimeters!" she's told in a cheerful voice.

"I am?" Elianna asks graciously.

"Indeed sweetheart!" the nurse says. "It's time to get ready to push."

About twenty minutes later, Elianna's attention is taken, raising her eyebrows at the woman talking to her.

"Alright sweetie, we're gonna do a practice push real quick," she informs her.

"Okay." Elianna agrees, nodding.

"Have you done this before or is this your first?" she asks.

"I've had one he's had two, so, we're decently prepared," Elianna says, laughing lightly.

"Good! Good." the woman says, grinning.

Waiting for the contraction, Elianna stays ready.

"Alright, take a deep breath.... Now push down. No. Take a deep breath. Hold it. Alright, sweetie push down. Push push push push push push. Oh yeah, you're good. Push her. Go go go go. Good! Oh my goodness. One more time honey. Give it all you got. Come on come on come on."

Elianna finally breathes normally, not pushing anymore and letting herself relax.

"Okay. Oh my god!" the woman says. "You're a champ. Let me fix this bed up a little bit."

"Okay." Elianna breathes.

"We can see her."

"You can?" Elianna asks.

"Wait, you can see her?" Justin asks, raising his eyebrows.

"Yeah." the woman answers, smiling.

"That was no trial push. That was a real push." Justin chuckles, kissing Elianna's head.

As the doctor comes in, they tell him Elianna's ready, making her grin.

"You're ready?"

"I'm so ready." Elianna laughs.

"Good!" she says, preparing both himself and the nurses.

"I'm having a contraction," she says a moment later.

"Alright, push honey, push." the doctor says.

Elianna does as she's told, holding Justin's hand.

"Head to your chest honey, head to your chest." a nurse says, helping her keep her head up.

"Good. Blow out."

Elianna lets out her breath before pulling it back in.

"Little push, little push." the doctor says. "Blow. Little push little push. Okay, stop."

Elianna stops for a second, bringing in another breath.

"Okay, little push."

She does.

Elianna's POV

My eyes are closed. All I feel is pressure. I push.

"Open your eyes! Open your eyes! Watch your baby come out. Watch her-"

My eyes start to tear as I see her arrive, my mind blocks out everything but her cry. Her sweet, sweet cry.

"Good job, baby," Justin whispers in my ear.

Her cries fill my ears as she's laid on my chest, my arms wrapping around her immediately and my lips pressed to her head. I pick her up, looking at her before cuddling her again.

"She's beautiful," I say, the words coming out as sobs.

"She absolutely is," Justin tells me, kissing my head over and over before leaning down and kissing her as well, placing a lingering kiss on her head.

"Alright honey, we're gonna deliver your placenta real quick cause it's right here," they tell me.

"Okay." I breathe.

"Give me a little push."

I do.

"Good. Feel that pressure?"

"Yeah."

"Okay. Good. All done."

She tucks into my neck, snuggling me as I snuggle her.

My princess.

Our princess.

She's here. 

***

she's hereeeee!

this was my first time writing an actual labor and delivery scene so I hope I did alright. 

i've never given birth so i had to go on youtube vloggers and research! 

either way, the newest bieber has arrived!

like and leave a comment if you're excited!

thank you all so much for reading and being so patient with me through going back to school. it's been a rollercoaster ride but i've been trying to write as much as possible for you. 

all my love,

shan:)