Chapter Thirty-Three
Seven Months Later
The midwife leaned over the tub, eyes bright with excitement. “Are you two ready to meet your baby?”
Awe, fear and anticipation swirled inside Axel, growing like a bubble about to burst. Haley had been a champ, these last twelve hours. Laboring calmly and fearlessly. And here, sitting in the tub, bracing her, holding her, encouraging her as she worked, he was so proud of her. Awestruck by her strength.
He’d seen hundreds of foalings, but nothing had prepared him for the chaos of feelings he’d experienced alongside Haley as she’d labored.
She’d wanted a birth clinic over a hospital. And a water birth. Which was fine with him, as long as the baby was okay. They’d watched the videos, met with the midwife and physician in charge of the clinic, and u
