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Main Sim - Sickbay: A Late Night Snack

Posted Nov. 25, 2019, 6:51 p.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Benjamin Grey (Chief Medical Officer) (Hjortur Ingi)

Posted by Civilian T’Pon (Groundskeeper) in Main Sim - Sickbay: A Late Night Snack

Posted by Ensign Karina Niles (Doctor) in Main Sim - Sickbay: A Late Night Snack

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Jessica Lemann (Doctor) in Main Sim - Sickbay: A Late Night Snack
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Astonishingly T’Pon was now 10cm dilated and the baby’s head was beginning to crown. Over by the door, Michail walked into sickbay and S’Raal waved him over and T’Pon managed a quick smile. The man’s face was full of wonder and he gave S’Raal a quick squeeze around the shoulder but his eyes were everywhere and he looked a little nervous. Dark Greek curls were swept back from his face as the man spoke. “Stark is going to be mad as hell that he missed this”.

S’Raal Cran Moonshadow, T’Pon and Michail

Karina let the Doctor take over and helped T’Pon adjust to a better slightly inclined position. Seeing S’Raal cringe at the hand squeeze, the woman pulled a small cylinder from a nearby drawer and handed it to the nurse mother to be. She leaned down slightly and whispered with a smile. “Squeeze this. Just an empty canister. But if you break S’Raals hand, he can’t change diapers.” She brushed a stray hair from the woman’s forehead and winked at the new dad.

Karina
Doctor

S’Raal started slightly at the word “diaper” and his nostrils flared a little as he nursed his sore hand. That obviously hadn’t occurred to him before this moment.

T’Pon smiled at his discomfort, “At least with that nose of yours we’ll know instantly when a change is necessary…” She was about to say more when a powerful contraction came and she started to bear down.

T’Pon, S’Raal Cran Moonshadow and Michail

Jessica discreetly stepped around the biobed to scan S’Raal’s hand with a medical tricorder, hoping that the Vulcan had caused no significant damage that they would have to treat later after the delivery. She nudged him gently and commented, with a grin, “I have some tricks to help with that that I can share later,” before she returned her focus to the impending birth.

Dr. Lemann

The hand was bruised but not broken. “S’Raal nodded his thanks at the offer, ‘I’d appreciate that,” he said with some relief, “I really don’t feel ready for this.

Michail squeezed S’Raal’s shoulder in sympathy, “Yes, it’s not every day you give birth to a superhero. No one ever really asks the question of what it must be like to be the parent in these cases”.

Jessica smiled softly. “It turns out that very few genuinely feel ready for it, superhero infants or not,” she murmured softly to the two. “You’re just doing it on hard mode.”

S’Raal smiled at the banter, relaxing just a little.

Benjamin looked at the pair at the mention of Diapers and smells and felt for the man, at least Ben could suppress his enhanced sense of smell. “Well now we’ve started the fun part, I can see the head coming out. Now just relax and don’t push too hard, let your body do the work” This wasn’t the first time he’d delivered a baby but it still felt the same way as it did the first time.

Dr. Grey- CMO

T’Pon was focused and breathing regularly, a strong push came and her almond eyes shot wide. “Meriydyith is feeling the pain and starting to panic. I’m worried she’ll separate…

T’Pon, S’Raal Cran Moonshadow and Michail

The humor from the exchange she had shared with S’Raal quickly left Jessica’s face as she digested the words from the birthing mother. Her green eyes quickly went to Grey since he was in a better position to do something about it. Her hands automatically opened the tricorder in them again, intending to verify the vital signs of Meriydyith while the biobed monitored T’Pon’s.

Dr. Lemann

The pressure from entry into the world was indeed causing the child distress and her adrenal gland was hard at work. Meriyidyith was summoning her energy for a shift. T’Pon looked at the Doctors, “She can sense my emotions, I’m trying to calm her but it isn’t working.”

T’Pon and S’Raal Cran Moonshadow

Ben took a moment to consider, a pregnant Vulcan with a Croatian hybrid baby filled with energy that he didn’t understand that could split itself in two. Currently there was no direct way to calm the child but he could relieve some pressure from the mother’s side of it all. He raced through some rough calculations and made a judgment call based on what he knew “Alright we’ll try and relieve some of your pain” He put as much confidence in his voice as he could muster “Two cc’s of Triptacederine” He ordered his staff placing his hand out.

Dr. Grey - CMO

“Thank you” T’Pon’s gritted teeth betrayed her fear.

Jessica skirted around the biobed from her place next to S’Raal and gently placed the loaded hypospray in Grey’s hand. Picking up T’Pon’s free hand, she squeezed it gently and whispered, “I know you’re trying to soothe her, but try focusing on relaxing yourself.”

Dr. Lemann

Nodding tersely, T’Pon answered, “Good plan”

Ben took the hypo and injected the woman and took a step back to view the child again.

As Karina held mom’s hand which now encased the cylinder, she smiled. “It’s going to be all right. Talk to her, T’Pon. Let her know this is natural. It’ll hurt you both for a minute, but it’s supposed to.” She rested her free hand on the women’s stomach and started humming softly in an almost lullaby way. Lemann was helping Grey so she decided to try and help the baby and mother.

“S’Raal… come here…” she said a second later. She would replace her hands with his own, if he allowed. So one hand covered hers where she squeezed the metal tube, and the other rested on his wife’s stomach. “Talk to them both. Help calm and reassure them this is natural and you can’t wait to be together. Tell Meriyidyith that it’s ok to hurt for a couple minutes. It’s almost over and to please not shift for mom’s sake.”

S’Raal meekly placed his paws on T’Pon’s expanded girth and she, in turn, put her hand on the side of his furry face. “My mind to your mind…”. Suddenly both of them gasped in surprise as the meld gave Meriydyith access to S’Raal’s knowledge through her mother and she simply turned herself to aid the birthing process.

She went back to humming softly as her hand moved to rest on the couple’s shoulders as if anchoring them all together. Her eyes occasionally drifting towards Grey to see if he was doing all right, as well.

Karina
Doctor

Meriydyith came into the world silently, quietly, with trust in her eyes and when she started to cry it was not from shock and fear, it was from the knowledge that she needed to get her lungs working.

T’Pon, S’Raal Cran Moonshadow and Michail

Benjamin grabbed the child gently as she exited her mother. The next few minutes were fairly automated, He cleaned parts of the child and moved carefully to the side of the Biobed. “Normally this is where I introduce you to your baby but I have a feeling you’ve already met” He said as he gently placed Meriydyith on her mother’s chest. Taking a step back he looked quietly at his staff “Give her about an hour and then do the post-birth exams, weight, length all of that nonsense. Allow the father the cut, Niles you’ve been their primary, continue with that, Lemann you continue with the other staff and see if anyone else requires more aid” He told them quietly.

Dr. Grey - CMO


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