Yenna lived in a kingdom that had served as the site for many wars, most of the people in the kingdom were very poor with not much future. With that latest war over it was only a matter of time till they more of the kingdom was destroyed, but she was lucky because she was finally about to escape. 9 months previous she had drank until she was merry with a young lord from the other kingdom, they had slept in the same bed many times until Yenna found herself with child. When she told him of this he showed his true colours, she wrote to him when he returned home so he knew he couldn’t escape his duty.
A few months later she received a letter telling her that he had died in battle, but that his parents wanted to offer her and the child she was carrying a better life. They would send her a papers so that she could cross the boarder to their kingdom, but they warned her that they would only be able get papers for one. This meant she would have to travel to the location of the boarder before the child was born. Yenna was sad at the news her child would be fatherless, but glad they would have an opportunity to live with his family and have a better life.
The morning she received her papers wasn’t a day too soon, her belly had blossomed so large that only one of her dresses fit her. She was too large even for the biggest undergarments she owned, she hoped once she was in the other kingdom she would deliver the child soon. It was already making her body sore with cramps from all the strain, each step took effort as she waddled down the path.
She was really tired of carrying that enormous belly around, the midwife from her own kingdom was unsure at first if it was not twins it was so large. Another cramp lingered for a while, feeling a bit like the kind she got when it was her time of the month. But she worried not as she felt the path flatten, though she couldn’t see far ahead of her as the trees were so thick. She held her belly subconsciously as she kept walking, after a few more hours the pain got slightly more noticeable. She wish she had a horse and cart instead of straining her body so. But she couldn’t stop she had to keep going, she focused on getting to the border.
As the pains got a bit intense she noticed her belly was becoming harder, she decided to start counting between contractions. She worked out they were happening every 10 minutes, she just had to get though the edge of the kingdom she told herself. Then she could give birth to the child, she ignored the increasing power each time she was hit by a contraction.
But the times between the contractions were shortening, “mmmmm nooo baby not now” she moaned as once again her belly hardened. She had to stop walking, thinking what to do when another contraction hit her. She moaned “oooohhhhh nnaaaaaaaa gaaaahhhhhh”, she had to lean against a tree to stop herself from falling to the ground. She had hope with this being her first child it would take much longer, but that didn’t seem to be the case.
After try walk further she started to feel an intense low pressure in her hips, and had to stop again as her large belly tightened. She held her belly tight with one hand, as she tried stretching away the cramps her huge belly protruded even more straining against her dress material. Suddenly a gush of water came from between her legs, she knew her waters had left her. Her womb was no longer the rounded shape without all the fluid stretching it. With this new development her contractions came with a new intensity. She knew she was unable to take another step, she felt dizzy from all the pain. There was no use denying it, she couldn’t keep this baby within her.
She lowered herself to the ground and positioned herself on all fours, she moaned as she tried to relieve the pressure. She felt the head of her baby against her cervix, her contractions were on top of each other. She couldn’t believe she was giving birth in the middle of the woods, but the contractions were beyond unbearable. She desperately needed relief and she knew the only way was to get this child out of her, she needed to push.
As she gave her first push it felt so right, now that she had started she couldn’t stop. She kept going giving push after push, she did another big push though the pain and the intensity. A teardrop gap was slowly forming between her legs, she re-positioned herself so that she had both her legs stretched out in front of her. With her back against a tree she put her hands between her legs ,she could feel the top of the head. She brought the skirt of the dress above her belly. She then took a large breath, and pushed until the skin around the baby’s head was so tight.
She felt a huge pop as the head fully emerge out of her, she hoped the worst was over. She checked to see if the cord was stuck, the baby’s neck was clear so she tried another push. She then realised she still have to battle the baby’s shoulders, they were stretching her even more. She felt the shoulders slowly making their way out, all at once an arm got free and then the other. The baby side out onto the soft earth, the remaining amniotic fluid flowed out with the baby.
She picked up the child and took him to her breast, it took him a little while to work out how too feed. Yenna took the opportunity while nursing the baby to rest. She was able to resist birthing the placenta, as she had no way to cut the cord.
She then noticed the check point was in the next field, she knew that it was useless but still wanted to try. Still in pain from the childbirth she waddled in to the field, her sons umbilical cord still was attached between her legs.
But she could already see that the guards were strict, Yenna wanted to cry. But an old lady came up too her, “do not look so worried my dear, we can fix this”.
“But the papers it can be for only one” said Yenna, she worried she would have to send her son alone to the other kingdom.
“Worry not” said the old lady “the child is freshly born and still attached to you, you can carry him inside you once again.”
Yenna agreed knowing it was the only way, the old witch brought her back into the forest and lay her on the lay her on the earth. She put Yenna’s son between her legs, and told her to stay very still. She whispered some words and the child made its way back into his mother, it was the strangest sensation almost enjoyable.
Once again her belly felt heavy, the familiar flutter of movement greeted her. Her dress strained as her womb seemed to refill with amniotic fluid, she awkwardly got off the forest floor.
“It is done” the old witch said “but be warned it won’t be long until your child I want to join the world again”. Then before Yenna could respond the witch went back to the clearing.
Yenna went to the border ready to start her new life, she could tell that the child wanted to rejoin her in the world as actively kept squirming. She rubbed her belly trying to soothe the child within, but luckily the border guard was quick with her papers.
As she walked through the gate she arrived on a cobbled street she didn’t recognised, she looked around hoping to the see a couple that could be the grandparents of her baby. But no one fit that description, she was unsure whether she should wait or venture up to the manor.
“Come on sweetie” she said gently rubbing her returned large belly, she decided to ask directions and make her own way to her new home.
Too her dismay she was told lord and lady’s Manor was a 2 mile walk, she hoped that once again she would be able to keep the child within her. As she walked the weather got warmer, after a mile and a half her dress stuck to her from all the sweat.
“Oooooo” she moaned to herself, she could feel the child trying to borrow it’s way out of her. In a way she welcomed the feelings of labour restarting, she was keen get this baby out of her once she had arrived.
If it was like her birth before she still had a few hours, and she could see the house in the distance. More twinges arrived but she still welcomed them, “that’s fine baby you get ready to leave mother”.
“Ooooh” she moaned as it got a lot stronger suddenly and she felt the familiar sensation a rush of fluid pour between her legs. “Mmm haaaha haaaaa-already?” feeling another contraction coming fast.
“Oooohhhh, not yet little oooooone” she hasn’t prepared for the contractions getting worse so quickly, but she looked up from the pain and saw a woman rushing out of a carriage. “You’re not Yenna are you?” the lady asked.
Yenna noded unable to speak from the pain, the lady then called for one of the coachman to help her. “Ooooooohh Ooohhhhh” she moaned, the lady helped guide her to the coach.
“I’m lady Harriet, we’ve been expecting you but we had a delay. I’m so sorry about all this but at least we’re here now, I’m so glad I didn’t miss the birth” and they both sat on the soft seats as she felt the coach moving again.
“The baby wants to come out” Yenna said as she rubbed her belly in slow circles. She decided not to tell the lady her grandson had already come once today. Another contraction hit her hand and both her hands grab her belly, as she moaned though it.
“I’m sorry for this but I need to do what needs to be done” lady Harriet said before pulled up Yenna’s filthy dress, she started feeling the bump.
Once again baby’s large head push against Yenna’s cervix, “aaahhhh aahhhh noooooo more”.
The lady gently puts two fingers inside Yenna, shocking her with the suddenness of it. “My fingers don’t feel a head yet and I wonder if you’re fully dilated or not.”
Yenna’s eyes widen from the shock of the lady seeming to know so much about childbirth, and because she felt another contraction and the urge to push. “Aaaaaahhhhhh ooohhh”
“Okay next one push” lady Harriet said kneeling between the legs of woman she just met.
“Uuuuuurrghhhhhhh” Yenna groans loudly giving all she had, she still felt the head pressing against her cervix. She needed that baby into her birth canal, she needed that baby out of her. Eventually she feels the head of moving down has she put her hands on Harriet’s shoulders, “uuurrgghhhh oooooo please baby” she moaned as she pushed.
“Uuuughhhhh” she moaned flopping back exhausted after another contraction had ended. Releasing a child into the word twice in one day was proving difficult for Yenna, but neither her or Harriet were giving up. “Aaaarggghhhhhhhh oh god oh god ohhhhhhh gaaaaaaa” Yenna suddenly moaned holding tight to Harriet.
“What is?” Harriet asked worried.
“The baby I can feel it bulging and parting me” Yenna explained desperate to get this child out of her. Soon enough Harriet can see the baby crowning, and watches the head slowly getting bigger as it emerges.
“Mmmh come on….” My body rests a few moments before the next contraction hits and I start pushing again. “Uuurrrghhhhh!!!” My legs shake with effort, desperate to get this baby out. My lips part as the head comes down, a slow crown forming. The child is still forehead deep inside Yenna, but with a huge push the head pops fully out with a rush of fluid.
This time it was Harriet’s hand between Yenna’s legs, feeling around the head for the cord, and once again the neck was clear. “You are all good” Harriet told her and Yenna didn’t need to be told twice to push. She started to feel the shoulders slipping through stretching her, the pain was still strong as she pushed. Harriet’s hands supported the baby as her shoulders are born, a final push and the baby slipped into her hand. She passed him to his mother smiling.
“By the way both of you welcome to the family” Harriet said.
Yenna smiled and thanked her before once again she took the child to her breast, and this time the baby immediately latched.
After some time she birthed the placenta and she tied the umbilical cord, they arrived at the manor. And they were ready to start there new life.
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