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It had been awhile since Yelina was pregnant, but her third pregnancy was a breeze. Horatio thought she looked more beautiful than he had ever seen her and he had trouble keeping his hands off her. Yelina enjoyed the attention he lavished on her.
Horatio took his setback in his career in his stride, and now that his promotion was shelved, he had more time to spend with his family, leaving most of his lab duties to his CSIs. Speed had fully recovered from the shooting and had been back with the team for some time now. The nine months were almost up, and Yelina had taken vacation time to spend with the boys at home.
Horatio was going over a case with Ryan at the lab when Yelina called.
"I hate to interupt your day, but my water just broke." Yelina said, her voice steady and calm.
"Ok, I'll come by to take you to the hospital." Horatio said, his voice betraying his nerves.
"You'd better hurry. I got my mom to come over to keep an eye on Matt and Josh." Yelina replied.
Horatio hung up.
"Mr Wolfe - " Horatio started.
"I know, you're leaving me to work the case." Ryan gave a smile. "You better go, babies don't wait."
Horatio gave a smile and hurried out of the lab straight for the parking lot. He drove home in record time. Yelina was waiting, seated on the couch.
"Hey," Horatio said bursting into the living room, "How're you doing?"
"What do you think?" Yelina said her face knotted in a grimace.
"Ok, let's go." Horatio took her arm, helping her to her feet and into the car. He sped down the highway to the hospital, tempted to turn on the poilce siren to clear the way, but thankfully it wasn't peak hours and the traffic was clear. All the while he held on to her hand. Although it was a third time, Horatio still got the butterflies in his stomach everytime one of their children arrived.
Horatio pulled up to the hospital, running in to get some help form the orderlies. Dr Donovan, Yelina'a OB was still on duty and was soon there to meet them in the hospital room.
Horatio waited while he examined Yelina.
"The baby's breech, it's not head down." Dr Donovan said, turning to Horatio. "We're going to take you into surgery, you'll have tio have this baby by Cesearean section." the doctor turned back to Yelina.
Horatio looked a little worried. This hadn't happened with Matt and Josh.
"There's nothng to worry about." The doctor assured them.
"It'll be ok." Yelina managed, squeezing Horatio's hand.
"You'll have to wait outside, I'll come get you whan it's over." Dr Dononvan nodded to Horatio.
Horatio leaned over and kissed Yelina on the forehead. "I'll see you soon. Love you."
"I love you too." Yelina replied, giving her husband's hand another squeeze.
Horatio was ushered out of the room, watching as Yelina was wheeled into surgery. The minutes crawled as Horatio stood outside the O.R. He paced the floor, anxious for news on Yelina and the baby.
About half an hour later Dr Dononvan emerged.
"Everything went well, congragulations, you have a healthy baby girl. Yelina's doing very well too."
Horatio breathed a sigh of relief. He shook the doctor's hand. "Thank you."
"We're getting Yelina back to her room then you can see her. In the meantime," Dr Donovan turned as a nurse emerged with a bundle in her arms. "You can meet your new baby daughter."
The nurse gently placed the small bundle in Horatio arms. Horatio looked down at the little girl and thought his heart had melted. She had the same brown curls as her mother and her eyes opened, revealing the same hazel that her mother had. Horatio held her close, kissing her gently on the cheek. It was the third time but it still was special, cradling the newborn baby in his arms he smiled.
