I'm Fine (and other lies)

I slept through my first labour. Eventuallya midwife woke me. 'It's time to push,' she said, pointing to the machine thatwas monitoring my baby. It showed contraction after contraction, spiking anddeclining with mountainous patterns like the heart rate machines on medicalshows. Beside the machine was my husband, Steve's, face, watching me closely,complete with massive eye bags from worry and exhaustion; it appeared thatwhile I'd been sleeping he'd been on high alert. Taking one for the team, you