Helios: Two Girls, New World Part 2
We have our latest story of the Helios series!
Angel made her way from The Tower down to the Main Corridor. She was genuinely excited to be working in this new role. It had been a long journey working with Kara to get this new facility built and operational but it was all ready to go in record time. Angel however wasn't interested in facilities, she was interested in working with birthing mothers and research.
Angel met the end of the corridor. Straight ahead was the Main Hall, to the left was the pools, cafeteria, and general lounge area, as well as some resident areas. To the right was the access to the main event. The absolutely massive Gardens. 30 Gardens in total. All with vaulted 30 meter open ceilings with skylights to space. Needless to say they were unbelievable in scale and sheer design. Angel made her way to 15’s entrance. She touched the door panel.
“Status: 1 occupant, enter freely.”
Angel entered the Baja themed garden. It had a lovely small waterfall feature that ran over canyon style red rock. The stream widened as it curved around Mesa like features. The Birthing Sites were scattered throughout the Garden. However Aria hadn’t strayed far into the vast garden. She was at 15-1. The first station along the gardens trail. As Angel approached she could hear Aria had begun contracting.
“Ugmmmmm ahhhh.” Aria yelped.
“Hello Aria, I approach from the trail.” Angel said.
“Yes….hmmmmugh, Im here, please come.” Aria stated.
“Ooooo this is exciting, you're in active birth, the first mother at this new facility!” Angel excitingly said.
“Mmmmhghhhh uuuuugggg.” Aria endured another contraction.
“Ok we need to see where you are at.” Angel said as she grabbed a probe from her pocket. “We will place this inside on the baby's head, and as you push the baby out we will be able to see it inside you and see its movements.”
“Ok lets get it in there.” Aria said in pain.
Aria leaned back and pulled her legs back with her. Angel put the tiny probe on the end of an insertion device and began to insert it. A contraction began and Angel pulled back on the probe.
“Ughhhhgggghh mmmmmm aaahhhhh.” Aria yelped out.
Angel then inserted the probe quickly, going through Aria’s slightly opened cervix and placing the probe on the baby's head deep inside Aria’s belly.
“Ok even when the sac of waters breaks, the probe will stay put.” Angel said. “Lets get the probe connected to my tablet so we can see what's happening in there.”
Each birth station throughout all the gardens had displays that could be moved. Angel moved the closest one to face her and Aria. She connected the probe to her tablet and the display so they could both see the action inside Aria’s belly.
As a contraction began, Angel could see the baby get squeezed by the womb surrounding it. Arias’s body was ready to push this baby out. Aria’s cervix was expanding and stretching to accommodate the huge baby in her womb. The contractions continued on.
More time elapsed. Aria worked through contractions for several more hours as Angel watched the baby inside her slowly squeeze towards the cervical opening. Finally sometime later the head was engaged in the cervix. It was now time for Aira to push.
Aria moved over to a birth stool to change positions for a while. She was actively in pain and experiencing full on the pains of giving birth. Angel changed her view on the display now. She could now see an active 3D model of Aria’s body and she could see the baby's position within that model. The baby's head was now through the cervix, transition was now fully integrated within Aria’s body. It wouldn’t be long until Aria’s body would naturally give her the urge to push. The scene was now set for the first birth at this new facility.
While Angel attended the first birth in its early stages, Kara was working on Ivy’s file and researching why the error occurred. It was clear that Angel would be helping with Eve and Aria’s births as Kara had much to do with facility management and research responsibilities.
Back on the birth scene Aria’s body was now giving her signals to push. With 15 hours now elapsed, Angel could see the baby was fully effaced and pushing was ready to begin. Angel had the probe and her connected device take internal pictures and data of what was happening inside Aria’s birth canal and womb. The data she was receiving was state of the art and like nothing ever seen before in The Mission. Angel could now see the length of the push, the force of the push, the movement of the baby per push, and the amount of retraction after the push, as well as every metric imaginable. It was a data gold
mine for The Mission and the new facility was at the forefront. Angel loved working on cutting edge tech, but most of all enjoyed working with the birthing women. She was elated to be in the position.
“Uggghhhhmmmmm” Aria strained. “Can I Push?”
“Yes! You absolutely can push!” Angel said.
“Mmmmmmgahhhh”
“Good girl Aria” Angel smiled
Angel could see the force of the push on her
Data screen. It was a good first push for the position of the baby, netting around 2 Millimeters of movement for the baby. Since the head was still well within and the shoulders gripped within the clenches of the cervix, there was no retraction.
“Moving him” Angel said. “Little by little”
Aria settled into 2 minute long contractions followed by a 5-7 minute break. Aria changed positions to a birthing stool and remained there for the next 5 hours. Now 20 hours in, the birth was only Just beginning.
More time elapsed enduring contractions until
“Uhgahhhh mmmmmahhh!” Aria yelped
“Something just happened”
Angel looked away from her screen as Aria held
the push, as Angel looked over she could
See Aria’s labia part slightly and a tiny tuft of hair was in view. As the push ended the labia once again closed, sealing the baby inside.
“I just saw a little baby head!” Angel said excitedly.
“I could feel him moving so much that time” Aria said.
“Yes, you are now entering the phase of birth where
We will see great movements with the baby.” Angel stated.
“How long do you think it will be till he’s out of me?” Aria asked
“You never know, he’s a big baby, could be hours, could be days.” Angel said.
“I don’t know if I can do this.” Aria said nervously.
“You can and you will, I’ll be here with you the whole time.” Angel smiled.
Aria pushed once more.
“Good push hun!” Angel said. “Around 120.”
(A normal human pushing exerts 100-120 newtons of force when pushing a baby.)
Aria’s labia once again opened revealing a tuft of hair, she held the push well, but when done, the tuft disappeared back inside.
“You're doing well hun” Angel said. “That head is going to be a good sized one, I can tell by the way you're bulging.”
“What do you mean?” Aria asked.
“When you push your opening bulges, the size of the head is shown in the bulge.” Angel stated.
Aria continued her pushing efforts, seeing the little tuft of hair appearing then sliding in with each push. Angel continued to monitor the baby's position and was happy to inform Aria each time she advanced the baby even a millimeter farther out. 3 more hours elapsed and during this time the baby appeared at the same position each time Aria pushed. Her body wasn’t stretching to allow the baby out. It was going to be a long battle.
After 24 hours Aria continued to push. She gave up on the birth stool and decided to move to lying down. With each push she pulled her legs back. Giving it her all each and every time for very little return.
Back at the main lab Kara was also having difficulty. She was talking with Dr. Karen’s and noticed an issue with records. Ivy and Aria were now staying on Ceres. But Eve due to more normal baby sizing was now to be transferred to Helios. This changed the experiment a little that Kara had crafted but there wasn’t much she could do.
Eve was transferred to Helios. As for the error with Ivy, there was nothing that could be done. Due to the huge baby, Kara had no choice but to press on and get data from this birth. Having Eve out of the equation would
Allow more time for Kara to spend with Ivy. But an unusual change of events would soon happen in Ivy’s case.
“Mmmmghhhaaa” Aria yelped as she pushed.
It was now 35 hours into the birth and she was beginning to make progress. The head was now revealing more and subtle progress was being made. Aria’s vaginal skin held tight to the baby's head however, but each trying push was stretching the skin slowly. During long contractions the head would stay visible even after pushing, but continued to retract during breaks in between pushes. Aria’s belly surged with each hard push. She wanted this first baby to be out.
“I can feel him moving so much in there,” Aria said.
“Yes, I can see him moving on the 3D display, he’s an active little guy.” Angel said.
This was a little unusual as most of the time the babies were too large to move much in the birth canal making the mothers struggle even more. An active baby that wiggled about would help the mother push and gain progress.
More hours elapsed. Aria’s opening was now bulging massively. She was moving the baby effectively,
It was now up to the skin to stretch and let the baby progress. The small patch of hair that was visible
Was now becoming a large patch, and now on large pushes Angel could see the contour of the head slightly. The baby constantly retracted at the end of each push but Aria was slowly and steadily winning the pushing battle.
Aria however needed a position change. As she got up to go back to the birth stool her progress was lost. The baby's head slipped back inside all the way as her labia closed.
“It happens hun, you're stretched now so don’t be discouraged” Angel said.
Aria sat in the stool and within a couple large pushes had the head once again bulging out.
45 hours in and the head was still not out. However it wasn’t retracting back in either. The birth of the head was going to happen soon.
After 5 more hours of pushing it looked like it was about to happen.
“Ok Aria, let’s see some 115 to 120 pushes and I bet he’s gonna pop that head out.” Angel encouraged.
Aira gave 5 more huge pushes around 120 on the scale. The head didn't budge as Agnel had expected it to.
“He’s tight in there yet.” Angel said.
The skin around the head was now turning white as it was stretched to its max. The full circumference of the head was now bulging out. Aria kept trying, but the head was stuck fast.
“Ahhhhh!! Get out!!” Aria yelled.
“Wiggle those hips and push!” Angel said.
Aria wiggled her hips and continued to bear down. Another hour of this proceeded. Finally in a massive amount of relief for Aria, the head popped out.
“MMMUHGGGHH!” Aria said. “Thats so much less pressure!”
“Yes hun, you did it!” Angel said.
The head now out slowly rotated over the course of 2 hours. It was time to push out the shoulders. The contractions once again ramped up and Aria was back pushing hard. For the next ten hours Aria worked hard to free the rest of the baby. It was now coming close to a 60 hour birth battle. Once again after much persistence, the baby’s shoulders finally let free and the baby slid out.
“Good girl Aria!” Angel said. “The first birth at our new station, and what an epic one!”
Arai was exhausted, but the experiment was a success. Aria was transported to HealthHQ to be checked up and the baby was now being transported to the next step of The Mission. Next to come was Ivy…… Little did they know, they were in for a marathon of a birth.
