[Redbane]

Verna just rubbed his back as he knelt and pushed, "It happens Allen its okay," she assured. She gently took his hand from his hole, "You wont feel him that way for a while Allen," she said. He'd barely finished peeing when another contraction bore down on him. Verna eased his legs further apart and let him squeeze her hand for now as he pushed. It was after a long fifteen minutes of pushing that Verna first saw a small sliver of the child's head. She grabbed Allen's hand, which had been clawing the sheets of the bed as he pushed, and let him feel his progress with the next push. She stopped the baby hfrom coming out faster however, "Allen, you need to do small pushes now so you don't tear when he crowns okay?" She said.