make it. Call an ambulance. I feel like I have to push..’ and she cried out and began to groan again, sinking from our arms to the floor.
‘Dad,’ I screamed. ‘What do I do?’
He spoke calmly but his eyes were crazy.
‘Call triple zero. Say we need an ambulance. Say it’s an emergency. She’s having the baby…now!’
I ran back to the phone and rang the emergency services number. I’d never had to do that before and I blabbered like a nut into the phone giving the person on the other end all the details.
‘Please hurry,’ I begged them. ‘My Mum is having the baby right now, I told him after telling him my name and Mum’s name.’
‘I’ll direct this call to a medic and you’ll need to stay on the phone, love and give your Daddy directions in case they don’t get there in time.’
I looked across to where Dad had grabbed a cushion for Mum’s head. She was flapping about and trying to wriggle out of her tracksuit pants.
‘Hello, Olive is it?’ a man’s voice said on the phone. ‘Can you put me on speaker phone so your Dad can hear my voice?’
I did as he asked and went and stood beside Dad holding the phone toward him.
‘Is the head crowning?’ the man asked and Dad got between Mum’s legs and helped to get her pants off.
I wasn’t sure I wanted to see this much of my mother so I looked away. She might have been embarrassed about me looking right at her private parts.
‘There’s something…’Dad mumbled.
‘Tell them ‘yes’ I can feel the head!’ Mum shouted.
‘Very good. You’re doing very well there Megan, ‘ the phone man said.
‘Now can Olive leave the phone with you and go and get a cloth or towel to wrap baby in. Megan you breathe and pant through your urge to push. The ambulance is on the way and won’t be long.’
I grabbed the throw over off the couch and stood by, taking the phone again. I was so nervous my heart was going like a galloping horse.
‘I’ve got to push,’ Mum yelled and began to make a horrible growling sound like a werewolf or something.
‘Oh my God,’ Dad yelled. ‘I can see the head…it’s..is it supposed to be purple?’
‘That’s good, just go with the pushing and bear down and when the feeling stops just pant and hold off until it happens again, Megan. You’re doing great.’ Phone man.
‘Hang in there Megan, he’s coming,’ Dad’s voice was quivering and he was shaking like a leaf. ‘Oh man, our baby’s coming.’
I could hear the distant sound of an ambulance.
‘It’s nearly here, Mum!’ I cried.
I literally was crying. Please God, I said to myself, make everything be okay.
‘Arghhh….’ Mum growled again and even louder.
The siren got closer.
‘Oh…there’s the head. His head is out!’ Dad shouted.
‘Now slip a hand around his neck and make sure there is no cord around it,’ the man said, very seriously.
‘All good,’ Dad called back.
‘You might only have one more push, Megan,’ the man said. ‘Have you got something to keep the baby warm, Olive. Are you okay, sweetie? We’re nearly there.’
I just nodded to no-one in particular. I could hear the ambulance crunching down the drive-way. The siren had stopped.
‘Grroaghhh,’ Mum’s voice came out long a long strange thing that sounded like a demon.
I couldn’t help myself and I looked over Dad’s shoulder to see a grey, wet thing slither and plop between Mum’s white legs and into Dad’s hands. A long coil of blue skin cord was twisting from the baby’s belly. He had a screwed up face and wet black hair. He opened a tiny mouth and shuddered and then opened up and gave a little squeaking cry.
Mum was looking up and down and laughing and crying at the same time. I knelt down beside Dad who was holding the baby carefully, staring at him and sobbing.
There were men coming through the front door but I didn’t even look up. I was just looking at this strange creature. He was turning pinker and starting to cry with a stronger real
‘Dad,’ I screamed. ‘What do I do?’
He spoke calmly but his eyes were crazy.
‘Call triple zero. Say we need an ambulance. Say it’s an emergency. She’s having the baby…now!’
I ran back to the phone and rang the emergency services number. I’d never had to do that before and I blabbered like a nut into the phone giving the person on the other end all the details.
‘Please hurry,’ I begged them. ‘My Mum is having the baby right now, I told him after telling him my name and Mum’s name.’
‘I’ll direct this call to a medic and you’ll need to stay on the phone, love and give your Daddy directions in case they don’t get there in time.’
I looked across to where Dad had grabbed a cushion for Mum’s head. She was flapping about and trying to wriggle out of her tracksuit pants.
‘Hello, Olive is it?’ a man’s voice said on the phone. ‘Can you put me on speaker phone so your Dad can hear my voice?’
I did as he asked and went and stood beside Dad holding the phone toward him.
‘Is the head crowning?’ the man asked and Dad got between Mum’s legs and helped to get her pants off.
I wasn’t sure I wanted to see this much of my mother so I looked away. She might have been embarrassed about me looking right at her private parts.
‘There’s something…’Dad mumbled.
‘Tell them ‘yes’ I can feel the head!’ Mum shouted.
‘Very good. You’re doing very well there Megan, ‘ the phone man said.
‘Now can Olive leave the phone with you and go and get a cloth or towel to wrap baby in. Megan you breathe and pant through your urge to push. The ambulance is on the way and won’t be long.’
I grabbed the throw over off the couch and stood by, taking the phone again. I was so nervous my heart was going like a galloping horse.
‘I’ve got to push,’ Mum yelled and began to make a horrible growling sound like a werewolf or something.
‘Oh my God,’ Dad yelled. ‘I can see the head…it’s..is it supposed to be purple?’
‘That’s good, just go with the pushing and bear down and when the feeling stops just pant and hold off until it happens again, Megan. You’re doing great.’ Phone man.
‘Hang in there Megan, he’s coming,’ Dad’s voice was quivering and he was shaking like a leaf. ‘Oh man, our baby’s coming.’
I could hear the distant sound of an ambulance.
‘It’s nearly here, Mum!’ I cried.
I literally was crying. Please God, I said to myself, make everything be okay.
‘Arghhh….’ Mum growled again and even louder.
The siren got closer.
‘Oh…there’s the head. His head is out!’ Dad shouted.
‘Now slip a hand around his neck and make sure there is no cord around it,’ the man said, very seriously.
‘All good,’ Dad called back.
‘You might only have one more push, Megan,’ the man said. ‘Have you got something to keep the baby warm, Olive. Are you okay, sweetie? We’re nearly there.’
I just nodded to no-one in particular. I could hear the ambulance crunching down the drive-way. The siren had stopped.
‘Grroaghhh,’ Mum’s voice came out long a long strange thing that sounded like a demon.
I couldn’t help myself and I looked over Dad’s shoulder to see a grey, wet thing slither and plop between Mum’s white legs and into Dad’s hands. A long coil of blue skin cord was twisting from the baby’s belly. He had a screwed up face and wet black hair. He opened a tiny mouth and shuddered and then opened up and gave a little squeaking cry.
Mum was looking up and down and laughing and crying at the same time. I knelt down beside Dad who was holding the baby carefully, staring at him and sobbing.
There were men coming through the front door but I didn’t even look up. I was just looking at this strange creature. He was turning pinker and starting to cry with a stronger real
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