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Chapter 10: The First Cry

Author: Writer B
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-08-13 19:02:15

Isabella’s POV

They say nothing truly prepares you for childbirth.

They were right.

It started with a dull ache in my back that wouldn’t go away. I brushed it off as the usual late-pregnancy discomfort until it sharpened—like a wave tearing through my spine and belly, pulling a scream from my throat I didn’t know I was holding in.

“Mom!” I called, gripping the doorframe. “Mom, I think it’s time.”

She didn’t panic. She’d been waiting, watching me waddle around for days like a ticking time bomb. She just grabbed the hospital bag we’d packed a week ago and gently helped me to the car.

The drive was a blur of tight breaths, clutched seats, and whispered prayers.

By the time we got to the hospital, the contractions were coming in full force. Sharp, brutal, unforgiving. I had no idea pain could feel like that—like something ancient and wild had taken over my body.

The nurses moved quickly, their hands sure, their voices calm. But I couldn’t focus on anything except the fire in my body and t
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