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Josie
My hair was sticking to my head in sweaty clumps, but I couldn’t have cared less what I looked like. I was panting like a champ and doing everything they suggested, but this was taking forever and the pain was blinding. I had to be ripping in two right down the middle.
Letting my head fall back to the pillow between contractions, I glared up at Claire and accused, “I thought you said this wasn’t as bad as everyone says.”
She held up both hands in an innocent gesture. “You’ll forget all about the pain once your sweet little one is here.”
“I’ll never forget this,” I said between gritted teeth as another contraction sliced through me.
“You’re moving along fine. It will be over soon,” the calm nurse said.
Dean moved towards the lower half of the mattress to check the progress f
