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08-22-2016, 06:15 PM
curiosity killed the cat . satisfaction brought it back
Labor was terrifying. It was painful, it was unavoidable, it was a grey cloud that hung over your head, threatening a storm that you would never be prepared for, and it was exciting. But most of all it was absolutely terrifying.
Adaeze had known that the day she would finally give birth to her child was drawing nearer and nearer, but that didn't mean that she was ready for it to happen. She had known that there was no avoiding it, there was no way to pretend that it wouldn't happen, and she had known that when it did finally happen she was going to be responsible for a little creature. She would have to love it and protect it and teach it and the more she had thought about it the more she was sure that she wasn't ready to be a mother. One day. One day.
One day had become today and she still wasn't ready.
When the pain had first began she'd immediately started looking for someplace private to drop her foal because she didn't want to be a spectacle. She didn't want the whole herd there to witness something that so private. She didn't want them judging her in her first moments as a mother. If she screwed up she didn't want it to be put on display, but damn, she wished that she knew where Tembovu was.
Ada was near the border when she finally stopped because as much as she wanted privacy she wanted to be near the herd just in case something happened. A quiet groan slipped past her lips as another contraction ripped through her body. She was going to kick Tembovu's ass the next time she saw him. There was a copse of trees and bushes that the cheetah mare spotted and she moved toward it because she didn't know if she could go any farther. The pains were coming more frequently and as much as she wasn't ready to be a mother she was ready to get the foal out and make the pain stop.
She grunted as she lowered her heavy body to the ground, sweat had broken out across her body and it was then that the real work began. Ada pushed and pushed and the foal slid free from her body into a wet heap of tangled limbs and dark fur on the ground behind her. Her head lifted and she looked at it, relieved that her ordeal was over with. But that relief was short lived because she was hit with another wave of pain that brought tears to her eyes.
No, no, no. Not two.
Ada had prayed about this. After Rexanna had told her about having twins she'd prayed that she wouldn't be put in the same situation. One was scary enough, but two. She, however, had no choice in the matter. All she could do was push and hope that the second foal was as easy a birth as the first had been.
And she was.
The second foal made her grand entrance into the world only a few minutes after her brother, another heap of long, gangly legs and pale, spotted fur. Ada could hear the two behind her, their breaths, the shuffling movements as they became aware of the world around them, her own heartbeat pounding in her ears. Despits all her fears and reservations the mare found herself smiling.
Labor was painful, yes. It was terrifying, yes. But it was also rewarding.
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Adaeze had known that the day she would finally give birth to her child was drawing nearer and nearer, but that didn't mean that she was ready for it to happen. She had known that there was no avoiding it, there was no way to pretend that it wouldn't happen, and she had known that when it did finally happen she was going to be responsible for a little creature. She would have to love it and protect it and teach it and the more she had thought about it the more she was sure that she wasn't ready to be a mother. One day. One day.
One day had become today and she still wasn't ready.
When the pain had first began she'd immediately started looking for someplace private to drop her foal because she didn't want to be a spectacle. She didn't want the whole herd there to witness something that so private. She didn't want them judging her in her first moments as a mother. If she screwed up she didn't want it to be put on display, but damn, she wished that she knew where Tembovu was.
Ada was near the border when she finally stopped because as much as she wanted privacy she wanted to be near the herd just in case something happened. A quiet groan slipped past her lips as another contraction ripped through her body. She was going to kick Tembovu's ass the next time she saw him. There was a copse of trees and bushes that the cheetah mare spotted and she moved toward it because she didn't know if she could go any farther. The pains were coming more frequently and as much as she wasn't ready to be a mother she was ready to get the foal out and make the pain stop.
She grunted as she lowered her heavy body to the ground, sweat had broken out across her body and it was then that the real work began. Ada pushed and pushed and the foal slid free from her body into a wet heap of tangled limbs and dark fur on the ground behind her. Her head lifted and she looked at it, relieved that her ordeal was over with. But that relief was short lived because she was hit with another wave of pain that brought tears to her eyes.
No, no, no. Not two.
Ada had prayed about this. After Rexanna had told her about having twins she'd prayed that she wouldn't be put in the same situation. One was scary enough, but two. She, however, had no choice in the matter. All she could do was push and hope that the second foal was as easy a birth as the first had been.
And she was.
The second foal made her grand entrance into the world only a few minutes after her brother, another heap of long, gangly legs and pale, spotted fur. Ada could hear the two behind her, their breaths, the shuffling movements as they became aware of the world around them, her own heartbeat pounding in her ears. Despits all her fears and reservations the mare found herself smiling.
Labor was painful, yes. It was terrifying, yes. But it was also rewarding.
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Adaeze
@Tembovu @Zubari
