[Redbane]

Verna smiled and rubbed his back, "You'll do great. Now I want to change the breathing technique you use for the contractions... when they start, I want you to inhale through your nose slowly, and exhake through your mouth, slowly again, like this," she demonstrated it herself for a bit, then had him do it. She smiled, "you're going to do fine," she chuckled, stepping out of the pool when a nurse knocked on the door, cracking it open a sliver. It must've been Denise, because Verna headed over after helping Allen through a contraction. Verna seemed mildly amused, and signed something on a clipboard, shaking her head and chuckling a bit. She returned to Allen and massaged his back a bit, "Sorry about that," she said, "business papers are the only reason the logging industry is still going strong," she mused. It was clear she must've taken massage schooling at some point, because it was extremely relaxing to Allen, and it eased some of the pain from his next contraction. However, most of the pain traveled to his hips, which were widening for his son's head as it made it's way through, "Alright," she murmured after a while, "I have to check you again... sorry," she grabbed some gloves and stepped into the pool, and when he was ready again, she slid a slim digit in, then a second gingerly, "Okay, you've made a surprising amount of progress,"she eased her fingers out, "You're just over the halfway mark," she said, tossing the gloves into the trash, then helping Allen spread his legs further apart with his next contraction.