Micah chuckled, and Declan elbowed him in the ribs. "Pay attention. You're the medically trained one in our unit. If something were to happen to Kari or my unborn child, I would be turning to you."
Micah paled, and his eyes became serious. "I swear I will pay attention and learn all Aiden has to teach us."
Gavriel rubbed his chin, looking a bit concerned. "Aiden, I have helped a midwife a time or two in my many long years, maybe a video is not the best way to..."
Aiden shook his head. "Kendrick assured me this is what they use to teach young human females about childbirth. If young human females can learn from it, so can we." He looked out over the room. "Ready?"
"Ready, sir," they said as one.
"Good men!" Aiden pressed play and sat down in the last empty chair.
Grant watched the opening scenes where they introduced a pleasant looking woman who was huge with child. She smiled at the camera and told them her age and where she was from.
"Did she just say she was twenty?" Etain asked.
"That can't be right; she's just a baby herself," Declan said frowning.
"Remember men, human females can become pregnant as early as ten or eleven. They get their cycle once a month for decades."
Grant swallowed hard. "Ten?"
"Thank the gods Penny is a shifter. I'd hate to go feral killing whatever sick freak tried to get to my daughter." He blinked. "Gods, in human terms, she should could become pregnant in six years," he whispered. "Remind me to call Sascha later to double the patrol around the house."
Aiden nodded. "Good thinking."
Grant watched as the narrator announced that contractions had started.
"She's doing quite well," Etain noted.
"Why are they lifting her hospital gown?" Micah asked.
"Oh my gods, they are showing her..." Aiden stared wide eyed at the screen.
Over the course of the next few minutes, the woman's labor and impending delivery progressed quickly.
"What is that?" Colton asked, pointing at the screen.
"I think that's th
e baby," Nigel said in horror.
"Is it stuck?" Neil asked.
"I think it is, why is it not just coming out?" Adriel asked.
"That is what the contractions are for," Gavriel explained. "Their inner muscles constrict, pushing the baby out."
"It's coming out of her, you know," Nigel whispered.
"I don't think it's supposed to stretch like that," Neil said, peeking at the television through his fingers. "She's very red, and she's screaming like she's being murdered."
Declan sat forward. "What the hell is that needle for?"
"Oh my gods! It's going into her spine," Grant swallowed hard, feeling light headed.
"They won't do that to my Kari!" Declan growled.
"Why is he putting his hand up there?" Micah demand. "That has to hurt."