Page 59 of His Pretty Omega
He climbed in beside me, muttering, “How the fuck are you going to sleep having contractions every ten minutes?”
“I’ll doze in between.”
Chapter Twenty-One
Seth
Surprisingly, I did manage to doze between the contractions for another two hours.
Finally, the back labor made me groan out loud, and I told Alex it was time to fill the tub. I was hoping floating in the soothing water would ease the pain in my back some.
My contractions were about seven minutes apart now but lasting the same amount of time as they had been. The pain was at about a six on the pain scale.
But because of the back labor, I couldn’t even lie on my back, which was why I couldn’t wait to get into the birthing tub.
It took another forty-five minutes or so for the tub to be filled and heated to the correcttemperature.
Alex kept checking it like his life depended on the temperature not going over the recommended range of ninety-seven to one hundred degrees Fahrenheit.
“It’s ninety-eight,” he called over his shoulder, and I nodded, pacing the length of the bedroom, my hands pushed into my lower back.
“Let me text Bennett and then you can help me in.”
Shooting off a quick text to my bestie to let him know all the things were happening today, I shuffled over to the tub Alex had set up in a corner of the room.
He had cleared out a spot weeks ago in preparation, going so far as to even get his measuring tape out and plotting it all out. Which had been super cute. Alex made one hell of a sexy handyman. Well, handyman wannabe, because honestly, he wasn’t all that handy when it came to things like that.
But he knew how to dial and call someone to get things done like a pro. Which was just as sexy in my book.
My phone dinged with an incoming text. It was barely six a.m., but I knew Bennett was likely up with baby Brodie. At just barely eight months old, Brodie wasn’t sleeping through the night yet.
Bennett:OMG FINALLY! I thought you were just going to be pregnant forever! Let me get things settled here and I’ll be over. I’m so excited! But hey, at least it’s Saturday.That kid may be late, but it’s convenient for me. LOL
Me:No rush, B. I’m getting in the tub now. This back labor is a bitch! I’ll tell Alex to unlock the door for you.
Bennett:Love you, Sethy!
Me:Love you, B! Can you believe I’m about to have a baby? A baby! Me! Who would have thought?
Bennett:You’re going to be a fantastic dad, Seth. *Heart emoji*
Me:*heart emoji* *crying emoji*
Alex was watching me as I sat my phone down, a frown on his face. “Everything okay?”
Nodding, I gave him a trembling smile, and I knew from the heat behind my eyes they were glistening with tears. I wasn’t sure I could put into words all I was feeling in that moment, or just how much Bennett’s faith in my ability to be a good parent meant to me.
Swallowing around the lump in my throat, I held onto his arms as I put a foot over the edge of the rubber pool.
“Bennett’s going to get the kids and Shay taken care of and be over. Can you make sure the door is unlocked for him?”
Once I was settled into the blissful water, he kissed the top of my messy hair. “I’ll do it now, so I don’t forget. Okay here for a minute?”
“Yeah,” I whispered, “I’m good. This feels amazing. Just what my back needed.”
He frowned, “I hate that you’re hurting this much.”
The unspoken I could be in a hospital enjoying a nice epidural hung unsaid in the air.
