Chapter Nine
I woke when she got out of bed, mildly surprised to see it was light outside.
I had to laugh when she said, "fucking baby is pressing my bladder, I forgot about that."
I kissed her as she peed and wiped her when she was done.
"Come on," I said, "I'll make you breakfast and then we'll, as your husband-to-be says, 'get this party started'."
She stood, clearly bigger than last night. I rubbed her belly and said, "you did some pumping last night after I was asleep, didn't you."
She giggled and said, "I want the FULL experience."
The wallet with the drugs I would need as laying on the kitchen table making me wonder just how much stuff she had done while I slept.
"Well, well, well," I said, opening the wallet.
There was a sheet of instructions in it, so I read as the coffee brewed.
The prostaglandin had two doses, one for "long" labor and one for "quick" labor. I filled the plunger of the hypodermic syringe to the "long" level, turned to her, and said, "ass out."
She smiled and there was the high school class president again, as she put her hands on the countertop, leaned over, arched her back, and very prettily stuck her ass out.
I pinched a spot, right where she sits, hard enough to draw a yelp, and then pushed the needle in and drove the plunger home.
She turned to face me with an odd look on her face.
"I'm scared," she said.
That surprised me.
"Why?" I asked, "it's not like this is your first time."
"Actually," she said, holding my eyes with hers, "it is."
I laughed and said, "but you had me."
She wasn't laughing.
"When you were born, honey," she said, "there were problems. I had what's called placental abruption and they damn near buried both of us. You were born through a Caesarian Section. I've never delivered vaginally or been through labor."
I smiled and took her into my arms.
"I've got you, it's okay," I said, rubbing her back gently.
"Well," she said, a crooked half-smile on her face, "we'll see. But at least, feed me."
I chuckled and had her sit.
"Yes," I said, "but first these," and I handed her the rest of the pill cocktail from the wallet.
I put some water in a shallow pan to boil, got out the toaster, rummaged through the refrigerator and found some bacon, poured some orange juice, and set about making poached eggs on toast for breakfast.
I looked over from time to time and she was clearly nervous. It showed up in her body language, in the little movement of her heel that wouldn't stop, in the nervous shaking of her hand.
I went over and kissed her.
"Don't worry," I said, "I'm going to feed you and then bathe you and then make love to you through your contractions and remind you how beautiful you are all along the way."
She smiled up at me.
I had seen the phrase "smiled wanly" written before, but had never seen a smile that was, indeed, "smiling wanly."
So I did just that. I made the poached eggs and toast and bacon and orange juice and put it on the table before her. We ate together, in companionable silence, our eyes meeting once in a while. Her nervousness remained on display.
When we finished I did the dishes while she drank a second cup of coffee.
Dishes done, I walked her into the bathroom and drew a hot bath.
I let her soak while I changed the sheets on the bed and gathered the things I knew, from my experience with Stephanie, that we'd need.
I washed her face, gently but thoroughly, and then shampooed her hair, enjoying her giggles when I used a big glass to pour water over her head to first wet and then rinse her hair. I washed her boobs and belly and legs and feet before doing her back. I had her get up on all fours to do her ass properly. While I had her in that position I couldn't resist tugging on her nipples.
"Gonna milk me when it comes in?" she asked.
"Gonna moo when I do?" I asked.
"mmmMMMOOOO0000oooooo," she said making us both laugh.
I helped her out of the tub, dried her off, looked her up and down, and said, "you know, it's not uncommon to shave a woman for delivery."
Her eyes got big and she looked down.
And then she got the giggles. I could tell the drugs were starting to take hold.
"Please do," she said.
I got a fluffy towel, doubled it, and spread it on the middle of the bed.
Then I had a thought and had her stand in front of the vanity, got the blow dryer, and blew her pubic hair dry, using a brush to fluff as I did. When she was dry I got the electric clipper I used to trim my beard and made a first pass at cutting her pubic hair down. I enjoyed the way the hair I clipped fluttered to the floor.
When I had her trimmed down I walked her into the bedroom and helped her up onto the bed and positioned her so her ass was centered on the towel. I went into the bathroom, ran the water until it was full hot, and then got one of the small hand towels and soaked it, wrung it out, and went back to the bed where I parted her legs and packed the hot towel around he pussy.
She laid back, reclining on two pillows looking utterly relaxed.
And then the first contraction hit her.