MAGGIE LABORED FOR hours with Jackie by her side, terrified that the baby was coming too early. At each of her checkups, the doctor had told her that the baby was growing faster than average, but she was still only four months along. The doctor and nurses all looked worried, which made her even more terrified. Nobody was more shocked than the doctor when she finally gave birth to a healthy, eight pound baby girl.
After her labor was done and the baby was safely born, they took her and the baby to their own room. Jackie stayed by her side throughout the entire process, though in her relief and exhaustion, she fell asleep quickly once they settled in the room. Maggie, for her part, did her best to not even blink, so enamored was she with the beautiful girl she had given birth to. She was cr
