happy thanksgiving

[notsocommon]

Thanksgiving was not a holiday that Helen really celebrated outside of food and drink with close friends and this year, she'd been with just Will when the labor pains had started up in earnest. She'd ignored them for a while, considering it was common enough this late in pregnancy to have some false labor but when the pain seemed to get sharp and real and the contractions worryingly close, she and Will made the trek to the clinic and luckily found Dr. McCoy, who was happy enough to deliver a baby (for a given description of happy, anyway).

It was only after the hard part was done (and they'd both slept a handful of hours, to boot) that she felt comfortable enough sending Will out to tell everyone the baby had come and felt up to entertaining company.

[[OOC: This is timed anywhere from morning to afternoon on November 23rd in the clinic.]]

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[notsocommon]

"I think he was easier because I had Will with me. Ashley's father wasn't in the picture," Helen explained.

"And I went into labor alone, had her alone, raised her alone. From an emotional standpoint, this pregnancy and delivery was far more pleasant. Physically, I suspect Gregory was bigger. Good lord, that boy's head."

[genetic_deadend]

"Yeah, you know, they look tiny until you realize the size of the opening they came through." Leah winced visibly. Suddenly she wasn't quite so bummed out that she wasn't a viable baby incubator. She'd just pour her maternal feelings out on Seth and on other people's kids, like little big head here. And the nieces and nephews she'd probably have some day.

Yep, sounded like a solid plan to her.

[notsocommon]

Helen laughed loud enough to startle Gregory, who blinked a bit in surprise and started to fuss. Oh, lovely. Helen cooed a bit to help calm him.

"There, there. Mummy didn't mean to frighten you because she was laughing. You just have a very big head, little darling."

[genetic_deadend]

Leah had to press a hand over her mouth to keep from laughing herself at Helen's maternal soothing techniques. "I can scoot, if you guys need some alone time," she assured her. "Or a nap."

[notsocommon]

"I think we'll be all right. He seems to be a relatively calm one, as far as babies go. It's a blessing."

Then again, he'd only just been born and had slept too much to have time to be awake and get fussy. Hmm.

[genetic_deadend]

"That's good. You'll have to let me, you know, babysit or something." Since that'd probably the only experience Leah ever got with kids, until Seth had one, if he ever did. She damned sure wasn't gonna hang around to have play time with Sam and Emily's rugrats. No thanks. "I mean, when he's bigger and more substantial and less dependent on boobs, at least."