Jim paced nervously back and forth, often pausing to glance at the door to the bedroom where his wife lay closeted with the midwife. The two women had sent him out to wait, saying that it would be easier if he wasn't in the room. He knew that he shouldn't worry, Sonja was a strong woman, and he trusted Beatrice, the midwife. They had planned all this beforehand. He had known that he would have to leave her alone and wait, but that didn't make it easy. He wanted to be with her, to comfort her as she struggled to bring forth their child. Being parted from her was nearly unbearable!
He was interrupted from his reverie by the sound of crying from behind the door. He immediately stopped pacing and listened intently as the crying stopped, and he heard his wife making comforting noises. After a few moments, Beatrice emerged, holding a bundle in her arms.
"Congratulations, Jim. It's a girl!" She said, walking over to him. Trembling, Jim looked into the peaceful face of his infant daughter. He reached out his finger, and she grasped it with her fist, and looked into her daddy's eyes, giving him a small smile. Then she let go and closed her eyes in sleep.
As he stood looking down at his daughter, Jim heard Beatrice's voice, and looked up at her with tears of joy in his eyes.
"I'll put her to bed. You should go see Sonja, she needs you right now." Beatrice said softly, gesturing towards the bedroom.
Jim nodded and walked into the bedroom, shutting to door quietly behind him. He looked at his wife lying in the birthing pool with the water up to her breasts. She looked tired, but she still glowed with an inner beauty and energy that amazed him. As he entered, she looked up at him and smiled. Seeing her dazzling smile, Jim was filled with love and desire for this wonderful woman. He walked over to her, and she sat up, arms extended to embrace him. He hugged her, too full of emotion for words, then pulled back enough to kiss her.
She returned his kiss with passion, causing his heart to race still more. As they kissed, he felt her hands at his waist, undoing his pants, and he pulled back to help her undress him.
When he was fully naked, she stretched in the pool, and looked at him with desire plain on her face, saying "Won't you join me in the pool, honey?"
"Are you sure this is a good idea? So soon after..."
"Don't worry, love. It's perfectly fine, and we need to be close right now. Beatrice would agree, that's why she's giving us some privacy. Please, love?"
Reassured, and wanting her more than ever, Jim lowered himself into the warm water and Sonja's embrace. Their lovemaking was tender and passionate, bringing him to a state of exhaustion as he lay against her in the pool. He lay against her listening to her breathing, when he felt her muscles contract suddenly, and something slipped out of her past his softening penis. Jim felt a sharp pressure against his belly, which quickly was replaced by gentle warmth.
"What was that?" he asked.
"Don't worry, love. Everything's going perfectly naturally." She said, holding him gently.
As she held him, Jim felt the warmth growing in his belly, seemingly focused on his navel. He tried to turn to say something to Sonja, but found that his body was sluggish to respond. He felt a wave of dizziness pass over him as he looked up from between her breasts at her face, and was puzzled. She seemed to be growing as he watched. Jim pulled away from her slightly, looking down at his navel. He saw an umbilical cord extending from his belly, and disappearing between his wife's legs. "Wha's happen?" he asked, the words slurring as he struggled to speak.
Sonja pulled him closer to her, cuddling him between her breasts. He felt his penis withdraw from her body, as she seemed to grow larger, her breasts like large pillows around his head. "Shh... Everything's all right, love. It's a natural part of the birthing cycle. Trust me, beloved." She stroked his head, and he could feel his hair fall come away in her hands as she held his shrinking body tightly to her. Despite the strange things that were happening to him, Jim felt reassured by her presence.
He felt strong hands gently lift him away from Sonja as she shifted, laying back in the birthing pool and spreading her legs wide. As she did so, he could see the umbilical cord running from him into the water, and deep into the depths of her reproductive system. He watched, transfixed as Sonja's birth canal opened in front of him. Her labia parted, revealing a wide passage. Water swirled around her opening, and he watched her belly swell, taking in cushioning for the new child. He heard Beatrice's voice from behind him.
"It's time, dear"
As she said that, the hands moved him closer to Sonja's waiting opening. He heard her voice saying "Relax, love. I will take care of you always. Relax."
With those words, he was plunged into the warm water, and he felt his feet slide into her waiting opening. When her muscles had him firmly in their embrace, he felt Beatrice's hands release him. Gently, he felt her embrace as it worked its way over him, pulling him deeper into her womb. Finally, his head was pulled in, and her vaginal lips closed over his head. He waited inside her birth canal for a little while, inwardly preparing himself for the next stage. He felt her body tense around him, squeezing him tightly, and forcing him in, through her cervix into her womb.
Recovering from his passage through her birth canal, Jim watched as Sonja's body began to close up again, sealing him in. As Sonja's body continued to secure him inside, Jim felt himself engulfed by a great current of love. He smiled as he gave himself up to the intimate embrace of his wife's body.
Sonja sank back, smiling, onto the padded contours of the pool. She looked down at her swollen, newly refilled belly and smiled. "He's safe." She told Beatrice.
"I told you that everything would be fine. You did well, dear. Now, rest. I'll watch Julie for you."
After Beatrice left, Sonja lay there, feeling Jim's unconscious movements inside her. Looking forward to his awakening, she finally allowed herself to relax, the labors of childbirth finally over.
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