Sofia needed her sleep and was
still in bed by the time Palash had gone down to the kitchen to
prepare breakfast for them.. thinking he would change it up a bit by
making waffles instead of pancakes, which is what he assumed she
wanted to eat.. but he dared not change it up to much, in case he
would receive an unfortunate reaction to the meal.. ;)
His breakfast making was interrupted
by a phone call already. It was his mom, Laranya, who wanted to know
everything about how they were doing, and the upcoming baby.. It
wasn't just Palash and Sofia who were anxiously
expecting!
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Sofia was in a good mood when she woke
up this morning, enjoying her pregnant appearance while still in her
nightwear.
Palash excused himself for having made
waffles and not pancakes, but Sofia didn't mind.. it was almost the
same thing anyway, and she was much to hungry this morning to care
about such insignificant details.. ;)
Since todays weather was on their
side, unlike that of yesterday, the decided to go to the festival
park to enjoy their day.
Sofia rewarding Yumi with dog treats
after the scary car ride. ;) Yumi is still just a puppy, but she's
gonna have to get used to riding cars eventually...
Palash wanted to play the gnubb game, and Sofia wanted to fill up her belly with some deliciously yucky sweet stuff...
She sat down to enjoy it on a bench in
front of the Summer Festival music stage. No band was playing, but
the speakers still blasted pop music at full volume for everyone in
the park to hear. ;)
Sofia went and got herself another ice
cream before she went over to the fountain to relish in the
deliciously sweet tastes again, when suddenly Palash had to stop his
playing.. it was just as if he saw a ghost.. No that couldn't be,
probably just his mind playing a trick on him.. Ghosts.. aren't
real...
Sofia went for her third ice cream..
aiming for a sugar high for herself and the Unborn one..
"Oh,
I know I shouldn't be eating this much ice cream in one day, but I
just can't help myself.. there are so many different flavors... and
it doesn't matter how many I eat, I always want more..."
Palash was approached by Sol Skurchk.
She had noticed him at Mariannes funeral, and now she tried to make
romantic advances on him. Doing his best to keep the peace he didn't
outright rejected them, but always made sure to turn the conversation
onto other things...
Then it was his turn to get an ice
cream as well. Sofia got a little upset and blamed him from sneaking
in the line as he blocked her from eating her fourth or fifth ice
cream in a row..
He was just about to head over to practice some football when his phone rang. It was his mother again.. She wanted the latest update on Sofia.. how was she? Was she showing signs of going into labour? When was the baby going to arrive?
"I've been out shopping.. I just
found this lovely bodysuit the other day, and I just had to get it,
it was so cute..."
"Oh.. yeah, that's great. Sofia's doing good. We're at the park right now, and she's probably on her sixth ice cream by now.."
Yeah, after the phone conversation
with Laranya, Palash went over practicing football.. and Sofia ate
ice creams...
Palash then went for the skating
rink..
..and Sofia ate ice creams..
..until it got late and the festival closed for the evening. The finally met up to discuss the baby once more, before getting in the car to go home for the night.
They were still both positive about the baby, no more apparent disagreement about kids.. Sofia knew that it could start any moment now, but so far she hadn't felt anything all day..
The only water that was 'breaking', as
far as she had noticed, was the water leaving the faucet as she
filled up the bathtub to get a warm relaxing bath before going to
bed...
..which would be just what she needed,
but... oh, hold on... what was that? Was she getting cramps from
eating to much ice cream or was it..? Well, it was probably just the
ice cream.. Maybe she overdid that just a little..
"Oh!"..
but then it happened again, this time just a little stronger. She
automatically found herself moving her right hand to the lower parts
of her stomach region..
"Not now..." she thought, "...can't you wait until morning..?"
..but the baby doesn't wait, the baby
does what the baby wants! And right now the baby is probably tired of
being second-hand fed a diet of only pancakes and ice cream.. and
wants out..
There was no doubt, it was coming. The pain paused long enough to allow her to get out of the tub and put her clothes back on, before it was at it again. This time it was for real. No time to waste, she had to get to the hospital...
Meanwhile Palash was taking a bath of his own, in his own goofy way... blissfully unaware of what his wife was going through, just one floor up..
..but he realized something was up when he heard the front door open.. it wasn't natural for Sofia to go out again at this hour..
"I think my labour has started!
I'm going to the hospital...I've already been on the phone to let
them know we're coming.."
Palash was in a rush to get inside,
and was the only one of them that could run comfortably, so he had to
wait in the hallway for Sofia to make it inside..
The way to the maternity ward is through the doorway to the left, then down the elevator or stairs from there, before doing a sharp right turn when exiting the elevator..
The contractions seemed to have stopped again for a while, as Sofia was doing just fine on the way walking there (ignoring some slight back pains, but that was all).
In the hallway just behind that door,
the midwife was already waiting for her. Sofia was happy that the
strange doctor from their last visit was, seemingly, nowhere to be
found.. that doctor was a woman she wouldn't want to meet again –
ever – and especially not now, when she was about to give birth to
her firstborn child...
Sofia felt reassured by the midwife, how she in a gentle, calm and professional way explained the procedures to them, and walked them through the steps of what was to come.. Palash needed to hear everything a second time though.. just to make sure he hadn't missed anything important..
"They're starting up again"
Sofia said as the contractions came back. The first one felt like a
gentle push on either side, just below the ribcage.
"I'll
walk you in", Palash said, supporting her back with his hand and
guiding her in to the delivery room..
The second one hit much harder, and if Palash hadn't been there, she was sure she would've fallen on her knees... Palash did his best to calm and soothe her, telling her that it would soon be over, or well, atleast that's what he hoped.. This was a scary and new situation for both of them, and though Palash had been reading the books about pregnancy several times over, he still felt lost and helpless..
Sofia eventually managed to stumble on to sit down on one of the fitness balls, aided by the two midwifes that were now present. The contractions seemed to have leveled off for now, as they went on for another hour...
"Why isn't anything happening?" Sofia wanted to know. "Why isn't the baby coming?"
The midwives answered Sofias question, saying they would need to wait a little more, but that everything was under control. They calmed her down saying this was perfectly normal, and sometimes it would just take a little longer.
The contractions eventually started to get worse, still happening at the same regular interval. "Please help me up.. I want to lie down on the bed..." Sofia said to the midwives "I think it's really starting now.. oh.. I'm so scared... I don't want to do this.. I don't... ow..."
Palash thought he could feel just how
nervous she was, he almost felt nauseous and wondered if he should
follow them, or run to the nearest bathroom...
..but he
couldn't do that! He had to be there for Sofia.. this, this was the
moment.. The midwives confirmed, it was now ongoing, as they
instructed Sofia to push...
"Oooh, I don't know if I can do it..."
"Just hold your breath.. and
push.. we know you can do it.." the midwife said.
"I can see the head! You're doing great... one more push!"
..at this point Sofia was making sounds she didn't know she was capable of.. sounds she would later think of as 'the growls of a walrus', though Palash could assure her, it wasn't all that bad... and as she kept breathing and pushing on, her sounds became mixed with the sounds of a human baby drawing in it's first breath of air..
"Last one now, oh.." the midwife exclaimed "..oh! Look.. here she comes!"
"Great job, Sofia! She's out!
It's a girl!" the midwife said as she handed over the newborn
baby to Sofia. "Congratulations.. mom and dad!" The midwife
let Sofia hold the newborn for a while, before she had to quickly
(but gently!) take the newborn to a nearby bench to wrap her in a
pink blanket, while the other midwife made sure to wrap a hospital
gown around the new mother before she was given back the
baby...
"I did it, Palash, I did it..." Sofia said, her pronounciation being a little slurred... "I gave birth... I gave... birth, and it's a girl..."
"Yes.. you did.." Palash
was almost speechless from the relief, the joy and the pride.. there
she was, in the arms of the most beautiful woman he knew.. his
firstborn child, his very own little baby girl..
"I'm going
to name her Rose..." Sofia said "Rose Marie.. after my
great grandmother..."
"Then Rosa Maria it is!"
Palash said, before kissing Sofia on the forehead. "Rose Marie
it is!"
After the parents had gotten some
time to calm down and the hospital had made sure everything was good
with the mother and the baby, they admitted them to go home to their
own house to finally get some rest...
It was around 5 in the morning when Sofia could finally leave the hospital with Rose Marie in her arms..
Palash was as happy as a man could be.. he got two of his wishes fulfilled all at once, to have a child, and to have that child be a girl..
..and though Sofia was very exhausted from having been up all night giving birth, she immediately knew that her little girl was hungry...
Her fathers fire hydrant trophy which
she valued so dearly now had to give way to something that for now
would perhaps be even more important...
Well, Sofia is still being herself, though, because she decides to go sleep in another bedroom and leave Palash sleeping with the baby alone..
..just in case her baby girl would decide to wake up crying and interrupt her beauty sleep.. of course..
Well, good night... ;)
New Sim: Rose Marie Chitrakaar
Personality traits: Insane, easily impressed.
Date of birth: 29.07.2023.
Parents: Sofia Chitrakaar, Palash Chitrakaar
Grandparents: Laranya Chitrakaar, Deepak Chitrakaar, Pixi Karlsen, Konrad Karlsen II
