Page 61 of Her Sweet Surrender
Faelan winked at her before heading out the door.
Looking back at Kylie, she asked, “How are you feeling?”
“Excited…and terrified.”
“That feeling still hasn’t left yet?”
Kylie shook her head. “I know everything is going to be fine.” She glanced at the monitor. “Just look how strong his heartbeat is.”
Dr. Glas entered the room with Faelan right behind him. “Your husband seems to think you’re about to deliver.”
Kylie blushed. “I told him not to bother you.”
“Let me check to determine if he is right.”
Brie noticed a slow smile on his lips as he felt inside her. “I have to say, your husband’s fathering instincts are impeccable. You are fully dilated, Mrs. Wallace.”
Kylie’s eyes widened, but Brie couldn’t tell if it was out of relief or terror. “What happens now?”
“I call the nurse in and we deliver this wee one. If you feel the urge to push, I want you to breathe through it. I can’t have you pushing quite yet.”
She nodded vigorously. “I promise not to push until you give the command.”
While they were waiting for the doctor to return, Brie hugged Kylie. “Your little boy is healthy and strong just like his mother.”
Faelan looked tenderly at his wife. “You are an extraordinary woman.”
“I don’t feel like that right now.” She panted heavily as she breathed through a contraction.
He leaned down and kissed her again once it was over. “But, you are.”
Brie watched as Kylie’s look of fear transformed into one of confidence as she breathed through another powerful contraction.
When Dr. Glas returned with the nurse, he started barking out orders. “Mr. Wallace, take your wife’s left leg and lift it, cupping her heel for support.”
When Brie saw Faelan hesitate, she walked over to Kylie’s right side and lifted her leg the way Sir and Rytsar had done for her when she was delivering Hope.
Faelan immediately followed her example and chuckled at Kylie. “You’ll have to forgive me. I’m new at this.”
“Me, too,” she laughed nervously.
The nurse explained, “They’ll support you by making your pushes more effective.”
Kylie nodded.
Dr, Glas settled between her legs and said in his adorable Scottish accent, “Now, we are going to work with your contractions, lass. When you feel one coming, I want you to push as long and hard as you can.”
“You got it,” Kylie answered.
When the next contraction came, Dr. Glas ordered, “Push, push, push!”
Kylie snarled like a fierce lioness as she braced against Brie and Faelan and began pushing hard.
When it passed she lay back, panting heavily.
“That was very good. This next one, don’t stop until I say so.”
Kylie was about to answer when the next contraction hit. Closing her eyes, her face turned a deep red as she pushed for all she was worth. Brie glanced down, excited to see the crown of the baby’s head as it started to show.
