Pieces of a Woman Page #3

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[continues groaning]

– [Sean] Hold still.

Yeah.

[Martha] God!

It’s like a pushing kinda noise. Are you feeling like you wanna push?

– I need to push.

Okay. Let’s get you out of the bath.

Okay.

– [Martha] Is that blood there?

[Sean] Okay, come on.

[Eva] It’s okay. It’s just a little bit. It’s totally okay.

Here we go. Come on. Let’s go into the bedroom.

[Martha] Push now, or…

[Eva] Nope, you can’t push now. You just wait. I need to do a little bit…

I need to check your dilation before you push, okay?

Just…

Yeah. Yeah.

[Sean] Lift up. There you go.

– [Martha] Ow, ow.

[Eva] Ooh, okay.

Too fat.

[Eva] Okay.

[Martha crying out]

– [Eva] Okay, Martha?

Yeah?

[Eva] I’m just gonna check your cervix and see where you’re at, okay?

[Martha] Ow! Ow…

I know, I know. Sorry, babe. I feel the baby’s head.

– [Martha] You do? She’s coming!

I don’t feel any cervix.

[Martha] Come on, baby.

I think you’re fully dilated.

– I think you’re wide open.

Easy for you, motherf***er.

– [Eva] Hey, Martha.

Yeah?

[Eva] Now, if you feel like it, you can push.

When it comes, you can push, okay?

Just give me two secs.

Oh, my God!

[Eva] Yeah. Yeah? Hey.

[groaning loudly]

[Eva] Attagirl.

Attagirl. Attagirl.

Oh, it’s so good. Okay.

– Good!

[Sean] Good. Good.

[Eva] Okay, okay.

Attagirl. That’s great.

Just like that. You’re a pro!

Doing so great.

I’m just gonna have a quick listen and see how the baby’s tolerating…

the labor, okay?

Yeah. Just rest, honey.

– [Sean] Rest, honey.

[Martha] I just wanna…

[muffled whirring]

[Martha breathing heavily]

[clears throat] Okay, you know, Martha, I’m gonna move you onto your side, okay?

‘Cause I don’t think the baby likes this position.

– Yeah, just this way, I think.

[Sean] Move her on her side?

– [Sean] Come on.

Yeah.

– [Martha]

Oh, God! It’s… It’s coming!

[Eva] So, you do the next one from here.

Okay.

Yeah. Attagirl. You push right into me.

[Martha groaning]

[Eva] Yeah.

Okay.

– [Sean] Okay.

[Eva] Bear down.

– Good. Good, good, good…

[Martha groaning in pain]

[Eva] Okay. Okay, okay…

[Martha] Is she here? Where is she? Where is she?

Okay, let’s see.

Now you just rest there a little bit.

[whirring]

Heart rate’s not coming all the way back up like we need it to.

What do you mean?

[Eva] I’m just gonna…

– [Sean] Hold on a second. Wait.

[Martha] Baby, no. Where are you going?

[Sean] The heart rate’s not coming up?

It’s fine. We’ve had two consecutive contractions

where the heartbeat hasn’t come all the way back up to where I want.

But it’s not outside the realm of normal.

– What is the realm of normal?

[Eva] Just…

– I’m gonna watch over the next few.

Okay.

[Eva] If it continues like this, we might have to call in backup.

We might have to transfer.

– To the hospital?

To the hospital.

But I’m watching, okay? You can go back in there with her.

– I’ll be right there.

We’re okay, though?

Yeah. We’re good. Go on.

[Martha groaning loudly]

– Baby? Listen to me.

Where’s my mother?

– Listen to me.

Yeah, what?

You’re doing great.

You’re pushing great. You’re doing a lot. You’ve been pushing for a while.

We’ve come a long way. It’s not a failure if we go to the hospital.

No, get me the chair. I’m not going to the hospital.

– If she says…

You can’t decide.

– [Eva] Martha? Hey, Martha.

I’m gonna do it here.

– She’s coming out. Just give me a second.

Listen. Listen.

You need to get this baby out now.

On this contraction. So you push with everything you’ve got, okay?

[Martha groaning]

There you go. Okay.

Okay. Come on, I can see her head. I can see her head.

Okay. Keep pushing. Push, push, push.

Push!

Push, Martha.

– Wait. Please. Come.

[Eva] Okay.

Okay. Let’s just see how we’re doing.

Come on.

Okay, you need to call them. Call 911.

Tell them we have a home delivery and the baby’s in distress.

– Okay.

[Martha] What do you mean?

[Eva] Martha, we need to get this baby out now.

Where’s the phone at?

[Eva] Okay? We’re gonna do it right now. You get up now.

Hi, I’m at 423 Formosa.

I need somebody to send an ambulance to a house for a home birth.

I’m in the middle of a home birth. I’m at 423 Formosa.

Yes, please. Thank you.

– Okay.

[Martha] I’m trying!

We’re gonna push this baby out right now. Take a deep breath and push.

– Push, baby.

[Eva] Push.

– [Martha groaning]

[Eva] Push!

Take another breath and keep pushing!

Come on! Come on, come on.

– Push, Martha!

[Sean] Push!

Hey, no relaxing! Take a breath. Push. Push this baby out.

– [Martha] Okay.

[Eva] Do it now!

Come on!

Come on!

Come on, keep pushing! Okay.

There we go!

[Eva] Okay, here she comes! Here she comes! Here she comes!

Come on, baby!

Come on! Yeah.

Okay! Okay, okay.

Hi!

[Martha] Hi, baby.

[Eva] Good girl. Come on. How’re you doing?

Come on. Let’s hear you.

[Martha] She’s so quiet. Oh, my God.

– [Eva] Hold on, you guys. Wait! Wait.

[baby cries briefly]

[Eva] Wait, wait, wait.

– [baby crying loudly]

[Eva] Okay. Hey!

Okay, she sounds good. She does. She sounds really good.

And the color’s good.

Hey! Hi, darling, you’re gonna go see your mama?

– [Martha] She’s so perfect.

[Sean laughing]

[Eva] Okay!

[Martha] Hi, sweetie!

– Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[baby continues crying]

[Martha laughing]

Your eyes are so pretty.

Hi, baby.

I know.

[Eva] I’m just gonna cover her up a bit.

Hi, beautiful.

– [Eva] You did it.

[Martha] She’s perfect.

Oh, look it! Oh, look it!

[breathing shakily]

– [Sean] She’s a beauty.

Oh, my God.

[Martha] It’s all right, sweetie.

[Sean] She’s so calm.

[Martha] You’re the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.

[baby struggling to breathe]

You’re the most beautiful thing in the world.

Hi!

Hello. My daughter.

I need to take her. She’s blue.

[Martha and Sean] What?

– [Eva] Come on.

[Martha] What do you mean?

Come on, baby. Come on, baby.

No!

Come on.

– Come on, baby.

What do you mean?

[Eva] Come on.

– Okay. Come on, baby. Come on.

[ambulance siren wails in distance]

Get them in here. Get them in here right now.

– Come on, baby!

[burst of air gusting]

Come on, breathe! Come on.

Come on, little girl.

[sirens wailing]

We’re here!

Here!

Stop! Hey!

Come on!

[indistinct chatter]

[indistinct murmurs]

Hi, I’m sorry. This is my desk.

Oh.

Am I that scary?

No, no, not at all.

I just… Just was, uh…

It’s just my time off has run out. So, if you don’t mind.

Okay. Oh, God. Gee, yeah. Leaving right now.

– Don’t worry about it.

Thank you.

I’m really sorry about that.

[chuckling nervously] Just grab my stuff.

Really sorry again about that.

[woman] We don’t take the time to do things anymore.

We don’t take the time to eat, to appreciate life.

I have a rule that there are no smartphones near me when I eat.

[song playing softly over speakers]

[sniffs]

[Judith] Martha, is that you?

Don’t you recognize me? I’m a friend of your mom’s.

– [Martha] Oh, yes.

We play bridge together.

– Of course, yes.

Right. And how… how are you?

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