Oh crap its a baby!

"We can't go home, my love," Varod whispered, supporting her. "Ash, let's get you some fresh air, okay? I love you. I'll get us a house, I promise. If anything, we can renovate this abandoned mansion I once hid in...It wouldn't be hard to do, honestly, most everything seemed to be intact." What he didn't mention, however, was that he'd once hid in it with Christabelle Whittle. "Tomorrow I'll go and buy some baby clothes and food and things like that, okay? I just need to stop at Gringotts to get some gold." By tomorrow, he'd have a daughter. V led her into the sunroom and kissed her lightly.

She looked at him once they reached the sun room. "I don't care if we live back in the apartments, like we did when we first met. As long as we're a family." she replied looking at him. She took a deep breath and felt the urge to push. "I really think we need to get back." she said her eyes a little wide. She held on to him and kissed his cheek. "I think our daughter is wanting to make her appearance now ok." She moved to start to make her way back into the room.

Varod nodded. "It'll be cheap if we just renovate the place with magic. And then, we can give our baby a nursery for any...later additions to the family," he said smiling, kissing her cheek. "We'll be a family wherever we go, alright?" When she said the baby was going to make an appearance, his eyes got real wide. "Let's go." Lifting her feet out from under her, he carried her back down the hallway and into the room.

"Peoples," he called. "Time for a baby over here!" He smiled at her. "We're gonna be parents, and build a family together." He helped Ashling into the bed.

Hannah passed a message to Khaat that Ash appeared ready to deliver her baby. Khaat returned to Ash's room, and went over and laid her hand on Ash's stomach. She looked at Ash and smiled.

"I think we're finally there, Ash. I think its time to have this baby," she said. She laid her hand on Ash's forehead to stop any pain she might have. "You'll feel pressure, but no pain. From here, its only a matter of letting nature take its course. Your body will tell you when to push and when not to. I don't think you're more than a few minutes from having your baby now." She looked at Hannah. "You're ready to assist, Hannah?"

"Yes, Director," Hannah replied, with a smile.

"Varod, you'll be best off if you go sit by her face, hold her hand and then just provide gentle, supportive coaching," Khaat said.

Ash looked between Khaat and Varod and instantly felt calmer seeing the woman than her husband who seemed to be more nervous than she was. "How do I tell when I need to push?" she asked looking at Khaat. "Do I push when I feel the pressure?" she was curious now but she didn't know exactly how this was gonna work. Not that they had talked about it much before but now it was actually happening, and while scared she was strangely excited. "Because I do feel the pressure kind of building up now."

"Believe me, you'll know," Khaat said. "You won't be able to feel like you can sstop yourself from pushing. When that need becoems strong, then give it all the strength you've got. One good worthwhile push will do it. You're farther along than you think you are. I can already see the baby's head. So all you need to do is just push. I can make that a bit easier with a spell, but you do need to do that much. Until then, there really isn't anything we can do but wait. I wish we could, but its far better if we let Mother Nature determine the timing on it herself." She simply sat down at the end of the bed, waiting to see when Ash was going to get the urge to push and bring this child into the world.

Varod nodded and pulled her hand to him in both of his, sitting at the top of the bed. He whispered so that only she could hear,"Ash, we're finally having our baby together!" His eyes were shining with happiness, and his normally seemingly-depressed face was lit by the biggest smile he'd ever given. "We're gonna have the most beautiful child in the whole wide world."

He kissed her hands and glanced up at Khaat, hearing her talk about the baby's head already being visible. From this angle, of course, he couldn't see any of it at all. Even so, he wasn't sure he wanted to.

Looking back at his wife, he beheld her beauty like never before.

Ash nodded....it wasn't like she would need much more to tell her to push than the feeling she was already getting. "Oh believe me I feel it." she said looking between Khaat and Varod. She knew Varod would probably find what was going happening really disgusting if he was down where Khaat was, although Ash though it would be really neat to see it going on.

She knew it was time and she felt like she could feel everything except for the pain and she took a deep breath, before she began to push as hard as she could, her face turning red for a moment before she flopped back down ,her breathing labored.

That last big push had been enough. The baby delivered right into her hands. Khaat wiped her face off and started her breathing smoothly. Khaat didn't believe in making the babies cry, instead there was just a little cooing sound.

"That's the sound of your baby," Khaat smiled. "she's here and she's fine." She turned to her assistant. "Get her ready to meet her parents, please." The healer with her took the baby, cleaned her, weighed her, measured her, and dressed her in a diaper, a little pink knit cap and a warm blanket. The healer charted it and brought the baby over to Ash and laid the baby in Ash's arms.

"She's perfect, Ash," Khaat said, looking over the chart. "Six pounds, 11 ounces, and she's 18 and 5/8 inches long. We couldn't ask for better. Congratulations. Both of you. Give us just a few more minutes and you can rest."

Varod ignored Khaat for the most part and focused on comforting Ash through his grip and a small kiss on her hand. Closed his eyes for a moment, one of his headaches starting behind his eyes. Soon enough, though, their daughter was out. Looking over at Khaat, he saw the newborn handed over to the healer and smiled down at Ash. "Well, there goes the easy part. Now we just need to raise her," he cracked, trying to make her smile since she'd been hurting so much.

"Thanks Khaat," V said smiling. "Ya hear that Ashling? Our daughter is perfection incarnate."