Chapter 10: Birth - Amory

It’s the last day of March, and my daughter is now over a week late. I can’t ignore the worried looks on everyone’s faces as each day passes. I don’t know what has gotten into me this morning, but all I want to do is cry. Jonny does his best to console me, but it’s useless… Until I start feeling lower back pain!

I’m breathing heavily when Jonny notices me bent over from the feeling. He’s on the phone with his mother, who tells him I’ve likely gone into labor and that we should head to the hospital. I insisted on calling and waiting for Charlene, and Jonny, of course, obliged my request until the pains became so unbearable and frequent that I allowed myself to cry out loud from the pain.

“Enough Amory”, Jonny tells me as I continue to protest about going to the hospital and he lifts me into his arms. I don’t know if it’s the baby, the labor, or the sudden motion of Jonny lifting me, but my water breaks all over him. He freezes in shock!

“Jonny, my water just broke