macklin celebrini x pregnant reader (thoughts)
with a little pre pregnancy happenings -not proof read!-
when you finally get married and spend the first night at the hotel during your honeymoon, he brings it up. asking things like ‘when should we start trying for a little bear?’ instead of ‘baby’ because he doesn’t wanna scare you or stress you out in any way.
You tell him you want to wait a bit so you can settle down, but he says he wants to start asap (but he says whenever you want because again, he doesn’t wanna pressure you) he understands that you wanna find a nice house, get used to married life, figure out the logistics of it all, and then start.
Like, 6 months after the wedding, his mom and sister take you out on a girls day and you all go out to eat at a nice restaurant. charlie (his sister) would have maybe just gotten proposed to so they use the dinner as an excuse to celebrate that, but in reality they just really want to know when you and mack are going to start trying for a baby.
they’re so nice about it too, kind of trying to blame it on mack, saying things like ‘has mack been bugging you about having a baby yet?’ but always being conscious about you. they try to read you first to make sure you don’t have any issues with them bringing it up that could mean something else, but in the end you’re like ‘he just says whenever i’m ready’ and they completely support you.
When you do start trying for a baby, i think he would ask first, but ultimately start asking his mom a lot of things because he’s nervous he’s going to do something wrong. he’s such a mommas boy that he just comes to her and is like ‘i don’t wanna hurt her (you)’ and ‘wait if things go bad?’. he’s such a worrier that his mind automatically goes to the bad things but his mom reassures him and tells him things will all work out and that she and the rest of his family are all there for you two.
two years and 3 months after you get married, it’s finally time to start trying and he’s nothing but attentive. he definitely asks his dad if he knows about any supplements that help with fertility because he wants the best to happen and his dad is in the medicine realm of work.
the supplements must have worked because a month later those two pink lines are there and bright!!! it could also be because you two are so young, or just good luck.
you take the test with him after he tells you he just ‘had a weird feeling’ about things recently, and what do ya know it’s positive.
you find out in early march, which would mean the baby would be due sometime in november which isn’t exactly the best thing because that’s when the season is in full swing, but you can’t do anything about it now!
he definitely starts crying and just hold you close for a good 15 minutes, and then he’s like ‘we gotta tell my family’ because he knows how much you love them and vice versa.
his mom and sister cry, because it will be the first grandchild, and his dad and brothers are all just as excited (minus the crying).
the whole pregnancy, he’s doing everything he can to learn about your body and the babies. he tries his best to understand just so that some of the stress to carry everything gets taken off of you. he signs you up for ‘pregnancy couples yoga’, and ‘couples pregnancy grounding’ as well as a ‘what to expect’ class which he actually takes notes in. you think it’s adorable how much he cares.
the actual pregnancy isn’t easy. you get morning sickness almost everyday, and it’s not just in the morning, braxton hicks start as early as possible, and your feet swell up like two times as much as they were before.
all in all, your uncomfortable. and mack can see it. he tries his best to comfort you and tell you how beautiful he thinks you are, but it doesn’t change anything.
there are many nights were he just holds you (as much as he can) with a calm hand on your swollen belly, and whispers words of encouragement while quiet tears fall down your cheeks.
when he is away, his mom definitely comes and spends time with you so nothing happens when you’re alone. and of course, she the most gentle person on earth. she’ll rub your feet, go shopping for new baby clothes, or even just let you vent about how you feel.
you both wanted to know the gender, but decided not to do a big baby shower or gender reveal because you hadn’t been feeling the best lately. mack wanted a girl, and you wanted a boy, but either way you would both be happy. mack wanted a girl because he said it would ‘remind him of you’, and that ‘he wants to raise strong women’, (which was adorable) but you kind of knew deep down that he wanted to have a boy soooooo bad. you wanted a boy for him too, so maybe one day he could play pro hockey with the celebrini name. not that a girl couldn’t, but he was positive a boy would want to.
on the way over to the ultrasound, he’s nervous as ever. palms sweaty, fidgeting with his hair, bitting his nails. you try your best to tell him things would work out either way and he just nods. when the ultrasound tech asks what you two are hoping for, the nerves get to mack and you both say boy. you shake your head, smiling because you knew all along that’s what he wanted. his head is laying against your shoulder the whole time your on the table, because he says he thinks you should look first. when the ultrasound tech moves the screen closer to you, you know it’s time. and it’s a boy! you turn and whisper to mack that’s it’s a boy, and he immediately starts crying again.
when it comes to picking names, you both don’t know where to start. you could do a family name, but not something too traditional. mack likes names like levi and lennox, things that may be common but aren’t supper popular. he also throws out names like scottie, or wayne.
one day, he tries to convince you to like names that relate back to canada and hockey like atlin, henri, and even sidney. which you’re like ‘we are not naming our baby after crosby’ and he’s all pouty for the rest of the day.
in the end, you decide to have a few names that you like, but not have anything set. what if you decide on scottie and he comes out looking more like an atlin?
mack starts telling everyone to just call the baby ‘bear’, because that’s what he calls him.
and then comes the time to start planning for birth. you told mack the day you got pregnant you are getting the epidural, and he did not try to fight it. he would never want to see you in so much pain if you both could do something about it.
you wanted the hospital room to be quiet, and not have many lingering family members or friends. he understood that too. well, really, he just nodded his head at anything you said because he wasn’t going to fight with pregnancy hormones.
a week before your actual due date, you start feeling very strong pressure. it started in the night, at about 4 am, and you were nervous to wake mack up because he had an early game next morning. when you did, he tried to comfort you best as possible, taking everything seriously. when it started getting uncomfortable and borderline painful, reality started to set in and he called his mom. she had been staying close by in a nice air bnb in case something like this happened, and just to be there for you to help when the baby comes.
she comes over and tries to help relieve some pain and lighten the mood, but mack’s pacing around the room and practically shaking, which just makes you even more anxious. his mom tells him to come and try counter pressure, so he presses down on your hips which helps a ton, but he’s like ‘i don’t wanna hurt you’.
she leaves an hour later because things are finally under control, but you’re bracing yourself for your water to break.
while your sitting up straight in bed, hand on your lower back because that’s why hurts the most, mack is at the foot of the bed rubbing your feet and kissing your toes. he knows this may be the last time he can take it all in, and just be there for you before everything turns chaotic and scary.
you finally get back to sleep an hour or so later, the pregnancy pillow separating you and mack so he unfortunately can’t cuddle you. that’s doesn’t stop him from laying a hand on your belly and rubbing soft circles on it for the last time.
when he wakes up to a warm liquid flowing against his leg, and you panicking next to him, he knows it’s time. it’s 7am now, so not much later after you were complaining about pressure which he realizes now was early labor. he immediately helps you out of bed, helps you change, starts timing your contractions (which hurt way more than you were anticipating), grabs your hospital bag, and calls his mom again.
she’s ecstatic, glad everything’s going normally, and that the pain is at a minimum right now. she says she’ll call and tell the rest of his siblings, so he can focus on you and solely you for now.
the ride over to the hospital feels like a century when you’re in as much pain as you’re in right now. mack is trying his best not to speed, and pay attention to you, trying to reassure you that he’s almost there and everything’s okay.
you’re in labor for about 15 hours, and get the epidural sometime in the beginning of it all. once that happens, oh god is it smooth sailing. you’re on a high knowing the worst has passed and now you’re on the perfect track to meet baby bear. mack is still nervous as can be, but stay by your side the whole time. his parents come and visit at 10 am and stay for a while just to help distract you because they know how nervous you are about it all.
after pushing for 45 minutes or so, baby bear is delivered perfect and healthy on november 3rd at 10:50 pm. mack is trying his best not to completely loose his mind with how proud of you he is, combines with how scared he is and was. he’s definitely crying into your shoulder, kissing your temple, whispering how proud he is and how much he loves you.
the moment baby bear lays skin to skin on your chest, it all becomes clear. life makes sense, you’ve found your everything in him, and mack.
you almost know immediately that the name levi fits best, and mack is glad to hear he had a good idea when it came to naming the baby, even if you didn’t wanna admit it at first.
It couldn’t be more perfect.