Personal Narrative: William's Rehab Center
Mallory's POV
After keeping me in the hospital for a week to keep an eye on the baby, the doctor admitted me into the William's Rehab Center. 27 weeks have passed and I am now 37 weeks with Calum's child. My mom has been there for me in a very estranged way and barely makes any eye contact. I know that she is hurt that I am not following her dreams, but what can I do about it? Nothing, zilch.
This baby has been causing me the worst of contractions, some so severe that I was rushed to hospital because I misunderstood them for labor. Doctor Juliard, who has remained my doctor, assured me that they were just Braxton Hicks and that they were bound to happen.
"Mallory, you need to stay focused," My counselor, Blake, says cutting me out of my thoughts …show more content…
and brings me back to the real world.
"I'm sorry Blake, I just keep thinking about my mom and our messed up relationship," I apologize, not wanting to get on his bad side. Blake has been there for me and I don't want to mess up with him. He's actually pretty cute and I kind of want him to help me replace Calum and my love for him.
"Mallory, babe, you don't need to apologize. This is my job and I need to help you overcome these thoughts," Blake had this thing where he called everyone babe and honestly, I just wanted to jump on him when he called me it.
"I know, but it...what the hell," Feeling my abdomen squeeze and it seemed like my abdomen was making some sort of fist.
"Umm, Mallory," Blake gestured towards the chair and ground underneath my gigantic self and can just barely see water.
"Shit, Blake. This is labor and my abdomen is tightening up and my water just broke. I can tell this is the real deal. Please Blake, I need help now," I was crying and needed to get this baby out right now.
"I will come on Mal, I will drive you to the hospital," Blake panicked and picked me up bridal style.
"Blake, please hurry. I need to call Dr. Juliard and tell her that my water broke," I cried in the most excruciating pain I have ever felt.
"I understand babe, can I do anything other than drive?" Blake was handling this situation so good.
"Just make me forget this pain, I just want to be yours Blake," I needed Blake at this point, he was my only support.
"Mal, I can't do this right now. You are in labor and your hormones are going crazy right now. If I took advantage of you right now, that would be like taking advantage of a drunk women," Blake said, as he seated me in the backseat of his big SUV.
"But Blake, if I want you then you aren't taking advantage of me," I whined, sounding like a desperate little teenager.
"I am done with this topic Mallory, let's talk about the baby. Do you have any name ideas that you are going to use?" Blake seemed uncomfortable, as if I was the first person he had ever dealt with in this situation.
"If it's a girl then her name is going to be Nina Mirabel, simply because I really like the name Nina. If it turns out being a boy then his name is going to be Aiden James, A.J for short," I smiled to myself thinking about the names.
"Have you decided what last name that the baby will have?" I think Blake was trying to make small talk.
"Umm, even though Calum really doesn't want the baby, I think that I am going to give them the last name Hood," Thinking about Calum makes me wish that it was him taking me to the
hospital.
"Well, I hope you are ready to have a baby because we have arrived," Blake said and pulled into an empty parking space. I called the doctor earlier to inform her of my water breaking and now there are nurses waiting for me.
"I'll be here Mallory, waiting in the waiting room," Blake said and began to walk away.
"No. Blake, can you be in the room with me? Please, I don't want to be alone," He has just made me feel so good about myself and I really need a support system.
"Are you sure?" He seems pretty shaky about this whole situation.
Grabbing his hand, I assured him it would be fine and that I need someone there to support me.
After being settled into a nice sized room in the labor and delivery ward of the hospital, the nurse came in to check my dilation and said that I was only 5 cm dilated. It could take awhile for my body to become fully dilated and I was not going to be able to handle this pain.
4 hours and one epidural shot later, I was finally 10 cm dilated and it was time to get this show on the road.
"Okay Mallory, I need you to push for ten seconds and then take a break. We will do this until the baby comes out," Dr. Juliard informed me of what I had to do.
"Aah, I can't do this. I am leaving right now, let's go Blake!" I cried in agonizing pain, Blake responded to me with a chuckle.
"Come on Mallory, I see the head. Just give me another big push," Dr. Juliard encouraged me.
Grabbing my legs back, I held my breath and pushed until I heard a loud, shrill cry.
"It's a boy, congratulations Mallory," A nurse said, while I watched Dr. Juliard's face change into worry.
"We need to go into emergency cesarean section right now, apparently our scans never picked up that you were pregnant with twins," Dr. Juliard tried explaining and I was so awestruck that I didn't even try to question her.
Blake's POV
I watched as the nurses rolled Mallory away and for one of the first times in my life, I felt like I could have changed the situation.
"Sir, would you like to know how Mallory's son is doing?" A nurse came up and asked me.
"Oh, um, yeah," I don't know how Mallory is doing, but I feel really guilty. In the car she was flirting with me and I never got the chance to tell her that I am a newly engaged man.
"Well, the baby boy was 7 pounds and 11 ounces and then his length was 20 inches. Do you happen to know the name she chose?" The nurse told me all of the statistics.
"His name is to be Aiden James Hood," I replied and began worrying about Mallory.
3 long hours passed by and I still hadn't heard anything about Mallory's condition. My fiancé has been texting me and wanting me to come home, but I can't just leave now.
A.J is doing well and all of his vitals are at the rate they should be. I think Mallory would love if Calum was here for her, even her mom isn't here.
"Blake, I'm sorry but Mallory passed away. As did her daughter, the baby didn't have enough nutrients and Mallory lost too much blood. There is no way that we could have saved her," Dr. Juliard comes out and tells me.
After thinking about what do to I called Rachel, her mother, who told me that she didn't want anything to do with A.J. At first, I didn't know who to contact next until I decided that I was going to contact the father.
I found the number online and called the listed number hoping to reach out to Calum.
"Hello?" A voice on the other line answered, this was it. The time to tell the father.
"Hi Calum, I am Blake Niler and I was Mallory's counselors. I was wondering if we could meet up to talk today?" I said, confidence portraying in my voice.
After keeping me in the hospital for a week to keep an eye on the baby, the doctor admitted me into the William's Rehab Center. 27 weeks have passed and I am now 37 weeks with Calum's child. My mom has been there for me in a very estranged way and barely makes any eye contact. I know that she is hurt that I am not following her dreams, but what can I do about it? Nothing, zilch.
This baby has been causing me the worst of contractions, some so severe that I was rushed to hospital because I misunderstood them for labor. Doctor Juliard, who has remained my doctor, assured me that they were just Braxton Hicks and that they were bound to happen.
"Mallory, you need to stay focused," My counselor, Blake, says cutting me out of my thoughts …show more content…
and brings me back to the real world.
"I'm sorry Blake, I just keep thinking about my mom and our messed up relationship," I apologize, not wanting to get on his bad side. Blake has been there for me and I don't want to mess up with him. He's actually pretty cute and I kind of want him to help me replace Calum and my love for him.
"Mallory, babe, you don't need to apologize. This is my job and I need to help you overcome these thoughts," Blake had this thing where he called everyone babe and honestly, I just wanted to jump on him when he called me it.
"I know, but it...what the hell," Feeling my abdomen squeeze and it seemed like my abdomen was making some sort of fist.
"Umm, Mallory," Blake gestured towards the chair and ground underneath my gigantic self and can just barely see water.
"Shit, Blake. This is labor and my abdomen is tightening up and my water just broke. I can tell this is the real deal. Please Blake, I need help now," I was crying and needed to get this baby out right now.
"I will come on Mal, I will drive you to the hospital," Blake panicked and picked me up bridal style.
"Blake, please hurry. I need to call Dr. Juliard and tell her that my water broke," I cried in the most excruciating pain I have ever felt.
"I understand babe, can I do anything other than drive?" Blake was handling this situation so good.
"Just make me forget this pain, I just want to be yours Blake," I needed Blake at this point, he was my only support.
"Mal, I can't do this right now. You are in labor and your hormones are going crazy right now. If I took advantage of you right now, that would be like taking advantage of a drunk women," Blake said, as he seated me in the backseat of his big SUV.
"But Blake, if I want you then you aren't taking advantage of me," I whined, sounding like a desperate little teenager.
"I am done with this topic Mallory, let's talk about the baby. Do you have any name ideas that you are going to use?" Blake seemed uncomfortable, as if I was the first person he had ever dealt with in this situation.
"If it's a girl then her name is going to be Nina Mirabel, simply because I really like the name Nina. If it turns out being a boy then his name is going to be Aiden James, A.J for short," I smiled to myself thinking about the names.
"Have you decided what last name that the baby will have?" I think Blake was trying to make small talk.
"Umm, even though Calum really doesn't want the baby, I think that I am going to give them the last name Hood," Thinking about Calum makes me wish that it was him taking me to the
hospital.
"Well, I hope you are ready to have a baby because we have arrived," Blake said and pulled into an empty parking space. I called the doctor earlier to inform her of my water breaking and now there are nurses waiting for me.
"I'll be here Mallory, waiting in the waiting room," Blake said and began to walk away.
"No. Blake, can you be in the room with me? Please, I don't want to be alone," He has just made me feel so good about myself and I really need a support system.
"Are you sure?" He seems pretty shaky about this whole situation.
Grabbing his hand, I assured him it would be fine and that I need someone there to support me.
After being settled into a nice sized room in the labor and delivery ward of the hospital, the nurse came in to check my dilation and said that I was only 5 cm dilated. It could take awhile for my body to become fully dilated and I was not going to be able to handle this pain.
4 hours and one epidural shot later, I was finally 10 cm dilated and it was time to get this show on the road.
"Okay Mallory, I need you to push for ten seconds and then take a break. We will do this until the baby comes out," Dr. Juliard informed me of what I had to do.
"Aah, I can't do this. I am leaving right now, let's go Blake!" I cried in agonizing pain, Blake responded to me with a chuckle.
"Come on Mallory, I see the head. Just give me another big push," Dr. Juliard encouraged me.
Grabbing my legs back, I held my breath and pushed until I heard a loud, shrill cry.
"It's a boy, congratulations Mallory," A nurse said, while I watched Dr. Juliard's face change into worry.
"We need to go into emergency cesarean section right now, apparently our scans never picked up that you were pregnant with twins," Dr. Juliard tried explaining and I was so awestruck that I didn't even try to question her.
Blake's POV
I watched as the nurses rolled Mallory away and for one of the first times in my life, I felt like I could have changed the situation.
"Sir, would you like to know how Mallory's son is doing?" A nurse came up and asked me.
"Oh, um, yeah," I don't know how Mallory is doing, but I feel really guilty. In the car she was flirting with me and I never got the chance to tell her that I am a newly engaged man.
"Well, the baby boy was 7 pounds and 11 ounces and then his length was 20 inches. Do you happen to know the name she chose?" The nurse told me all of the statistics.
"His name is to be Aiden James Hood," I replied and began worrying about Mallory.
3 long hours passed by and I still hadn't heard anything about Mallory's condition. My fiancé has been texting me and wanting me to come home, but I can't just leave now.
A.J is doing well and all of his vitals are at the rate they should be. I think Mallory would love if Calum was here for her, even her mom isn't here.
"Blake, I'm sorry but Mallory passed away. As did her daughter, the baby didn't have enough nutrients and Mallory lost too much blood. There is no way that we could have saved her," Dr. Juliard comes out and tells me.
After thinking about what do to I called Rachel, her mother, who told me that she didn't want anything to do with A.J. At first, I didn't know who to contact next until I decided that I was going to contact the father.
I found the number online and called the listed number hoping to reach out to Calum.
"Hello?" A voice on the other line answered, this was it. The time to tell the father.
"Hi Calum, I am Blake Niler and I was Mallory's counselors. I was wondering if we could meet up to talk today?" I said, confidence portraying in my voice.