Chapter 7: The waiting Now that everybody knows, there was only one thing to do for Barbie and Julia; wait for the baby to come out. Julia was in the nursery, trying to design something cute. She’s changing the settings every day because she can’t do anything else. Barbie was in the kitchen downstairs; cleaning up the dinner. It was running late, Melanie was already asleep and Sam went home. Julia was 29 week; her belly is growing up so fast but she’s healthy; that’s all that Barbie needed to hear. After he finished cleaning everything he went in his bedroom thinking that he would find Julia in bed; but no, she was asleep on the rocking chair in the nursery. ‘’Baby, want to come sleep in the bed? You’ll be better and it’ll be more comfy. ‘’ ‘’Sure, would you help me to get there. ‘’ Barbie helped her to get on her feet and held her back all the way to their bedroom. ‘’I feel like I’m going to explode. My back hurts and I can’t be on my feet more than 20 minutes. ‘’ ‘’That’s so normal, honey. That’s what we called; being pregnant. ‘’ He smiled at her hugged her so tight and kissed her goodnight. Julia woke up 4 times during the night, she couldn’t sleep. She was so scared of giving birth even though she was well prepared to do it. What if the baby needs medical help at her birth? Or even worse, what if something goes wrong with her and she needs medical help? These two questions had been in her head all night long. She finally fell asleep at 4am. In the morning, Barbie looked at her and felt that something was wrong and the she was so scared of the events that are coming fast. He decided to let her sleep; she needs to be strong and ready. Sam arrived; this time with a luggage. ‘’Where are you going with this? ‘’ asked Barbie. ‘’I decided to leave it here so when Julia will be closer to her due date I won’t have to go back to my house to get it.’’ ‘’Do you think it will be long or that it’s going to go faster; even faster than before? ‘’ ‘’I hope that it won’t be faster. Just keep it that way and everything will be perfect. ‘’ ‘’What if it actually goes faster? ‘’ ‘’Her body won’t be ready for a delivery when the baby will point herself. ‘’ ‘’Do you know if there’s anything we could do to slow her down a little bit? ‘’ ‘’Maybe you could try massage or talk to the baby or to have family time; like only you, Julia and the baby. I really don’t know it’s not a normal or easy pregnancy; Julia has been strong since then by the way. She’s handling it so good. ‘’ ‘’Yeah, I’m not so sure these days. She’s not really sleeping, she’s moving all the time. It seems to be hard on her…. ‘’ At the same time Barbie heard Julia screaming from their bedroom. Barbie and Sam ran upstairs; Melanie was already there. ‘’What? What’s wrong Julia? Tell us!!! ‘’ screamed Melanie. ‘’Cramps, kicks or anything else I don’t know but it hurt so badly. Can you do something Sam? ‘’ said Julia in pain and crying. ‘’Let me check something. ‘’ Sam checked if she was in labour which was negative. ‘’It’s only a kick Julia; a big kick from her. She’s getting bigger and soon there will be no more places for her. ‘’ ‘’Did it stopped baby? ‘’ asked Barbie ‘’Yeah it did. God that hurt, I can’t imagined how it will hurt when I’ll gave birth. That’s going to be painful.’’ Explain Julia while catching up her breath. ‘’Yeah; but you’ll be able to squeeze my hands, scream, walk around the house; and the whole time I’ll be with you. Believe me I will. That’s why I married you, to be with you and to take care of you Jules. ‘’ Sam and Melanie left the room as soon as Barbie got everything under control. Sam did coffee and Melanie made breakfast for both of them. Barbie stayed with Julia to spend some family time and to talk to the baby like Sam proposed. ‘’Are you alright now? ‘’ ‘’Yes, I feel better when you’re here. ‘’ ‘’Julia, I know you didn’t sleep much last night and I also understood that you’re scared as hell to give birth. Don’t tell me that I am wrong. ‘’ ‘’I’m scared Barbie. What if anything happen? ‘’ ‘’There will be enough person here to take care of you both. There’s going to be Melanie, Sam, my dad; which is weird but he’s been there you know and me. If you want anyone else to be here tell them. ‘’ ‘’I know, I think I want to have Norrie here too. Her and I are kind of became very good friend. ‘’ ‘’Ask her. ‘’ ‘’She don’t have to be in the room with me but in the house that would make me safer. ‘’ Barbie kissed her and kissed the baby too; just before starting to talk to her belly. ‘’If you could slow it down; it will be very helpful. Your mommy could sleep a little bit longer and be stronger for the big day. We can’t wait to meet you but we can wait a little bit longer, you know. Go easy on her because I love her very much. Angelina Shumway-Barbara, please be the greatest little girl in the world and listen to your daddy. Be softer on your mommy, no more brutal kicks or nausea or anything else. I love you my precious little miracle! ‘’ ‘’You’re so cute when you talk to her. Can’t wait to see you hold her and feed her. You’re going to be the greatest dad in the world. ‘’ ‘’And you; are going to be the greatest and strongest mommy in the whole universe. ‘’ At night, Sam did his check-up on Julia; she’s now 29 weeks, so just 10 weeks to go. It seems so long at first but when Sam did the ultrasounds, he saw that the baby was in the right position; facing down. ‘’That’s interesting. I think I’m going to move in today. She seems all ready to see the world. Let’s see how long she stays like that. I know that Barbie talked to her this morning. ‘’ '’Yes, he did. He told her to slow down a little. Is she going to be born before my due date? ‘’ ‘’I think that she will definitely will. Is it that; that is scaring you? ‘’ ‘’I’m freaking out actually. ‘’ ‘’Your body knows what to do so there is nothing to be scared of; trust me. ‘’ ‘’Thanks Sam; for everything that you do! ‘’ Sam got downstairs to tell Barbie that his wife was ok and that the baby is almost ready to come out. He also decided that he’s moving in the next day. Everything is going so fast. Melanie told the two guys, that she was going to bed because she’s exhausted. Sam went home. Barbie stayed a while in the kitchen; thinking about how their life will be different and how Julia will need to be strong on this day. Suddenly, he heard footstep in the hallway. It was Julia. ‘’Are you going to bed? ‘’ '’Yeah, yeah, I’ll be right there. ‘’ ‘’What’s wrong? You look so sad and so depressed. I’ve never seen you like this before.’’ ‘’It’s nothing, I’m freaking out…’’ ‘’… About what? You’ve always been the one so strong… ‘’ ‘’… It’s you; you need to be strong Julia and I’m scare that you won’t be strong enough and that I’m going to lose you. I’m losing hope, Julia. Tell me; how can I make you stronger? ‘’ ‘’I’m scare too. Every day I keep telling myself that I’ll be fine and that we will be one big happy family; but what if something bad happen? And I know that I don’t sleep much and I know that’s she growing faster. I know that I’m not strong enough. Help me Barbie, please. ‘’ Julia started to cry, she sat on the floor and cry and cry and cry. Barbie; who used to be so tough, started to cry too. He sat beside Julia; held her in his arm and kissed so many times and hugged her until she stopped crying. ‘’Mrs. Julia Shumway-Barbara, you are never going to lose me; never, understand. I’ll do everything to make you stronger. Tomorrow we both need some time off; spend all day in our bed sleeping in each other’s arms. You need it and I need it. So tomorrow, that’s the plan. Are you alright with this? I’ll ask Melanie to do the cooking and Sam will come here in the late afternoon. Now come on; it’s night time! ‘’ The next morning at 7am, Barbie woke up. He saw Julia beside him. She slept all night and she was still sleeping. He got closer to her stomach and said: ‘’you’re a baby good girl Angelina Shumway-Barbara. Stay like this for 3-4 weeks and that will be just great. Mommy has been sleeping well and didn’t wake. That’s my girl!’’ Barbie put his head in his pillow and felt right back in his sleep. 4 hours later, Julia opened her eyes; she looked to her watch and she saw that it was 11am. She’s been sleeping for 13 hours. She turned on the other side and Barbie was still there. ‘’Barbie, are you awake? ‘’ ‘’Now I am! Did you sleep well honey? ‘’ ‘’I did! ‘’ she said while looking Barbie getting closer to her. With a belly of 29 weeks, it was hard to go and kissed him so he came to kissed her; right on her lips. He gave her a long and passionate kissed. ‘’See, my little girl is listening to me already. I love her so much and I didn’t even meet her. I can’t wait to see her and hold her in my arms. ‘’ ‘’Same thing for me and yes she’s your baby girl Mr. Barbara. Now kiss me again.’’ Melanie came in with juice and food for the three of them; Julia eats for two now. ‘’Mel, you are truly the best. Come here! ‘’ Julia hugged her so tight; that’s seems like she slept a lot and very well. Melanie hugged her back and she let them ate together; she had stuff to do. As soon as they finished, Julia took the book that Carolyn gave her called My First Baby Book. She said that she had one for Norrie when she was born and that now Norrie likes it. Julia wrote her name as the mother, Dale Barbara as the father and the baby’s name; on the first page. There was also some question that Julia needed to answer before the birth of Angelina so they both answered the questions together. When they finished, Julia felt asleep in Barbie’s arms; he kissed her forehead and felt asleep too. ………………………… 3 weeks has passed. Julia is stronger than ever and ready for the big day. Still a little scared but now she just want the baby out. She’s now 36 week pregnant and she gets tired just by walking because Angelina is so big inside her belly. ‘’Now it would be a good time to come out. Your room is ready and everyone is waiting for you. I bet you’re so tight in there, huh? Come on, baby I’m sure you can do it. ‘’ ‘’Jules, what are you doing? ‘’ ‘’Oh my god, you scared me; I didn’t know you were here. ‘’ ‘’You didn’t answered. Are you ready? Are you sure? ‘’ ‘’She’s too heavy for me and she’s ready. She kicks all the time and I can feel a little pressure down there. I have a feeling that is going to be soon. I’m not afraid anymore, Barbie. We are going to be great parents to her. ‘’ ‘’It feels great to hear you say that. So let’s be all set for the big events. Do you want to go take a walk? I read once that it can start your contractions. ‘’ ‘’Good idea; can you go grab my winter jacket upstairs? It’s freezing cold out there. There is snow everywhere. ‘’ ‘’Sure; can you tell Sam about your plan so he could be ready? ‘’ ‘’Yeah, good plan! ‘’ Barbie ran upstairs while Julia was walking in direction of the living room where Melanie and Sam were watching a movie; peacefully. Sam put the movie on pause to hear if someone was walking towards, he heard Julia coming. ‘’Are you alright Jules? ‘’ ‘’Yeah, Barbie and I, we are going to take a short walk outside. Be prepared, I can feel that this baby will come out soon. ‘’ ‘’You’re ready to pop? But you know that going on a walk can start you contractions. ‘’ ‘’That’s the purpose of the walk. We won’t be far and won’t be long. If I feel anything weird we are going straight back home. Actually I feel a little pressure down; is it normal? ‘’ ‘’Totally, that means that it’s the end; walking is good for you right now, enjoy it. I have my cellphone on me if there’s anything. ‘’ ‘’Thanks Sam! ‘’ ‘’Here Jules, your jacket! Come on now. ‘’ ‘’See you soon; I hope that it will change something. ‘’ They walked around the block. Neighbors were looking at her and the people that saw her and Barbie on the street stopped to ask her when she was due. She’s so big but so happy. They did for a second time, the same road that they just did. At the end of the second times, Julia felt a bigger pressure. She stopped walking and put her right hand on her stomach and the other one was holding Barbie. ‘’I think this is it Barbie!!! We are going straight home now!!! ‘’
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