[jbb123]

I look up at you, my eyes narrowed. I take a deep breath and manage to heave myself back onto the bed, lying on my side, resting my belly on the mattress, moaning and breathing deeply. I am barely registering you there anymore, no longer afraid, I just know nothing but the pain now.

I reach my arm out to grasp the headboard as my belly surges forward again with a contraction. "Ohhhh....nnnnnnggahhhh....nnngh..."