"Well, Julia weren't long at all, do 'ee remember?" she asks, reaching for Ross's hand between the people who've crowded around her and she feels a bit silly now, finding herself wishing she'd thought to do the sensible thing and call one of the taxi cabs Ross had taken. Kili had done so for her and Julia on their very first day here and they'd been far more ill and in much quicker need of medical attention at that time, but the taxi cab had been more than sufficient. She doesn't need an ambulance now and had she not panicked at the prospect of being so far from the hospital, she would have been able to reach that conclusion on her own.
No one seems angry with her for having had Ross call an ambulance, but she feels as if she could likely walk on her own now and glances at Ross almost apologetically for having worried him so.
"She were there almost before Doctor Choake could come back for me," she continues and she thinks she might be on the verge of rambling, but she's quite nervous about this entire thing. Having a child is one thing and she's of the mind she'd be able to do it again without much issue, but the hospital is still so new and strange to her, despite having spent time here upon arrival in Darrow. This just isn't how women have babies where she's from and if she's honest with herself, she'd much rather be in her own familiar bed right now, holding Ross's hand and having Dwight tend to her.
But Dwight is not here. The doctors only want to help and she's been told over and over that a sterile environment is for the best as it reduces the risk of infection. After being told, she'd gone to the library for books on infections and what cause them and she understands now why babies are had in hospitals, but that doesn't mean she has to like it.
"I've been reading, Ross, and most books do say the second child will come much faster than the first," she continues. "But Julia were so quick, I think this one must take at least a little while longer." They're wheeling her into the hospital and down a hallway, but she doesn't look away from Ross. "Right?"
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No one seems angry with her for having had Ross call an ambulance, but she feels as if she could likely walk on her own now and glances at Ross almost apologetically for having worried him so.
"She were there almost before Doctor Choake could come back for me," she continues and she thinks she might be on the verge of rambling, but she's quite nervous about this entire thing. Having a child is one thing and she's of the mind she'd be able to do it again without much issue, but the hospital is still so new and strange to her, despite having spent time here upon arrival in Darrow. This just isn't how women have babies where she's from and if she's honest with herself, she'd much rather be in her own familiar bed right now, holding Ross's hand and having Dwight tend to her.
But Dwight is not here. The doctors only want to help and she's been told over and over that a sterile environment is for the best as it reduces the risk of infection. After being told, she'd gone to the library for books on infections and what cause them and she understands now why babies are had in hospitals, but that doesn't mean she has to like it.
"I've been reading, Ross, and most books do say the second child will come much faster than the first," she continues. "But Julia were so quick, I think this one must take at least a little while longer." They're wheeling her into the hospital and down a hallway, but she doesn't look away from Ross. "Right?"