His Pregnant Nurse by Laura Iding

Author:Laura Iding
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

CARYN held onto the side rail of Mary’s bed, gazing down at the tiny baby tucked in next to her mother. When Dr. Gephart had pulled out the most humungous forceps she’d ever seen, she’d wanted to shout “No” and throw herself in front of the mother, like a protester at a rally.

But Dr. Gephart obviously knew what he was doing, as Mary’s baby was alive and fine. More than fine. Perfect. Beautiful. She glanced up at the monitor and noticed Mary’s blood pressure had already dropped a few more points. Once the placenta had been delivered, Mary’s blood pressure had begun dropping to a safer level. She was confident it would soon return to normal, as the treatment for eclampsia had simply been to deliver the baby.

Dr. Gephart finished with the episiotomy and stepped back. Keeping her gaze averted, Caryn stared at the monitor then jotted vital signs on the clipboard. There was no way she wanted to watch that part either. What on earth had she been thinking to get pregnant? She wasn’t ready for this. To have a baby. To go through the process of giving birth.

She didn’t need Debbie to act as a birthing coach—she needed a surrogate mother to have this baby for her.

Too bad she hadn’t thought of that alternative before getting pregnant.

Her blanched face drew Luke’s attention. “Don’t worry. This is an extreme case. The chances are slim anything like this would happen to you.” Luke’s tone held a false sense of cheerfulness she wasn’t buying. “You’ll be fine.”

She bit back a tart response. Luke stared at her as if he wanted to say more, but he didn’t.

Just as Dr. Gephart finished cleaning up the area, a man came running down the hall. “Is she here? Mary? Is my wife here?”

She exchanged a surprised glance with Luke then stepped back to allow the breathless man to come up to the bedside.

“Mr. Webster? I’m Dr. Hamilton. Your wife is still sedated but your daughter is fine.”

Mr. Webster stared down at his tiny daughter, then back to his wife, who was still breathing with the help of the ventilator. Caryn’s heart squeezed when his eyes widened in alarm. “Dear God. Will she be all right? Will she wake up? Breathe on her own?”

“Yes, we had to put the breathing tube in because she was having seizures, but she’s all right now,” Luke assured him. “As soon as all her vitals return to normal and she wakes up, we’ll be able to take the breathing tube out.”

“Thank God.” Mary’s husband closed his eyes for a minute then leaned over to kiss his wife and his newborn daughter. His voice was low, husky. “If we had a girl, Mary wanted to name her Lindsey, after her mother.”

Caryn smiled, the obvious love in his eyes bringing her close to tears. “Lindsey is a beautiful name.”

He reached for the baby, then hesitated and glanced at Caryn as if to seek permission. “Is it all right if I hold her?”

“Of course.

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