I felt his strong arms engulf me as the pain came. I have done this before! Why did I not remember this pain? The meds kicked in as I felt my head spin. I clutched at him! ‘Make it stop’ I whispered.

‘Shush! It will be over soon’ he said.

With all the chaos in the room I was surprised I could only hear him whispering in my ears. The rest was a faint dim. Suddenly a song blasted through the speakers, jolting me. Meatloaf’s ‘I would do anything for Love’. I raised my voice the ask the lady in the scrubs why we were listening to this crappy song. She asked me to soldier on, as if I wasn’t fighting already.

A sudden shrill voice pierced the air! He let me go for the first time. ‘She is here’ he said!

I looked up to see better. The shrill continued on! Someone near my ear said ‘damn that’s a strong pair of lungs!’ I tried to see better but there was a flurry of activity in front of me! I was getting frustrated! And why wasn’t anyone changing that damn song!

A tiny bundle was placed on my chest as I made eye contact for the first with the little thing. Big wide eyes, chubby cheeks and tiny rosy lips. A felt a tear slide. ‘Hi!’ I said. ‘Welcome to the world pretty girl’

The song ended in the background and I laughed inside thinking how fitting the song actually was. So cheesy. My tiny girl. My pandemic baby. From whom I would do anything, because she is LOVE.

Love
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