Don't Lose Her
“Braxton Hicks! Oh God, please. Not real contractions. Braxton Hicks! I am not going into labor in the trunk of a damn car!
They were still driving, moving fast, but on a flat, straight trajectory that she figured had to be the interstate. But which one? I-95 north or south, or I-75 west?
And then came the contractions. No, no, no, she felt the squeeze in her uterus, muscles cinching up. She let go a gasp that only she could hear. She gritted her teeth as the pain increased and tried not... to cry. A minute felt like ten; and then the muscles let go.
Diane tried to control her breathing, deep, regular breath, through the mouth, in and out, in and out. The air was terrible. The hood had been over her head for how long now? The smell of her own bad breath, the stink of moisture on the cloth pressed to her face. And she was in a damn trunk!
Breathe, Diane, in and out.
In her head, she tried to replay a scene from the childbirth classes she and Billy had taken at Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: Billy sitting so uncharacteristically on the floor of the classroom with her, still dressed in his Brioni suit, but sitting there nonetheless, encouraging the rhythmic breathing, reading the second-hand sweep of his watch with her, timing her.MoreLess
They were still driving, moving fast, but on a flat, straight trajectory that she figured had to be the interstate. But which one? I-95 north or south, or I-75 west?
And then came the contractions. No, no, no, she felt the squeeze in her uterus, muscles cinching up. She let go a gasp that only she could hear. She gritted her teeth as the pain increased and tried not... to cry. A minute felt like ten; and then the muscles let go.
Diane tried to control her breathing, deep, regular breath, through the mouth, in and out, in and out. The air was terrible. The hood had been over her head for how long now? The smell of her own bad breath, the stink of moisture on the cloth pressed to her face. And she was in a damn trunk!
Breathe, Diane, in and out.
In her head, she tried to replay a scene from the childbirth classes she and Billy had taken at Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: Billy sitting so uncharacteristically on the floor of the classroom with her, still dressed in his Brioni suit, but sitting there nonetheless, encouraging the rhythmic breathing, reading the second-hand sweep of his watch with her, timing her.MoreLess
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