- Michelle was tending the receptionist desk when a group of young adult woman, together with an older woman came. The young ones looked like in their mid-20s from different nationalities. The older one looked like a bit over than 40 years old. The young adults were talking, but the older woman came directly to the desk.
- “Hi. I’ve made an appointment by the name of Holly Woodwork.” The older woman said. Her soothing and peaceful voice softened the mood.
- “Alright, just hold on a minute…. Ahh.. Mrs. Woodwork! You’re from the STC midwifery school! I believe these are the students?” Michelle replied.
- “Yes, they are. I ordered a special treatment for us, since I am going to teach these students. They have been learning only from the books and I figured that they need some hands-on practice. I can’t afford to use some strangers for practice, so I came here.” Mrs. Woodwork explained.
- “How nice. Of course, the large VR room has been prepared for you guys. Head over to the elevator when you’re ready.” Michelle said. Mrs. Woodwork nodded.
- “Okay girls, you’ve been briefed on what we are doing today. You have been learning from lecture, now you’re going to practice and experience it. Come on, let’s go.” Mrs. Woodwork said to the girls.
- “I’m excited for this! Nervous, but excited!” Claire said.
- “I’m with you. Can’t believe we’re going to get a literal experience on being a midwife.” Valerie, the Mexican girl said.
- “I don’t know… I got a bad feeling about this.” Maria said in her Brazilian accent.
- “Oh shut it Maria! We’re going to be fine.” The brit, Nicole said.
- “It’s kind of ironic though, I avoided this in my teen years back in Philippines and now I’m doing it intentionally.” Trish said.
- “Yeah, but hey. If you can understand how the laboring women we will serve feel, then it’d be much better. I wanted to feel the sensation myself.” Jean said.
- They followed her and Michelle to the 5th floor and to room 5-L1. There, a group of operators were standing by for the party to arrive. The room itself is much bigger than the usual ones, as it’s 2 rooms into one.
- “Ahh… Students, Mrs. Woodwork, welcome to the VR Center.” The head operator said, Her nametag read “Dr. Shell”.
- A good 5 minutes passed as Dr. Shell explained the instruction of using the VR center. Afterwards, Dr. Shell and her two other operators left the room to the operating room.
- “Before we start. I have a small pocket here. 7 pieces of paper are in it. I want all of you to take it and when I call your name, read it so the others could hear.” Mrs. Woodwork said.
- She passed the pocket to the students and they picked one paper at a time.
- “Alright, all of you have a paper. Can you tell me what you got, from you Valerie, to Maria?”
- “I got… triplets. Oh shoot.” Valerie, the Mexican girl said.
- “Umm… I got breech.” Trish, the girl from Philippines said.
- “Twins! Awesome.” Jean said.
- “Me too!” Nicole said.
- “I’ve got single here.” Claire said.
- “Me too, High Five!.” Maria said to Claire.
- “Now, I know this will be uncomfortable, but I’ll need you all to strip naked. The VR won’t recognize your clothes, so it’s better to get nude now.” Mrs. Woodwork said.
- Some of the girls are shocked, but they stripped themselves of their clothing in the end. They had never seen each other naked, so the girls ended up checking each other out. Even the teacher went naked.
- “Don’t worry about me, I’ll put some clothes on during the session. Now, put the metal coins on your temple.” Mrs. Woodwork said after she went naked. Her saggy breast looked a bit disgusting, so the girls avoided looking at it.
- After another minute, the party is ready,
- “All right. We’re ready.” Mrs. Woodwork said loudly.
- “Got it. Commencing and have fun!” Dr. Shell said.
- The room changed. The surroundings are still white in color, but the room changed into a large birthing suite, complete with every tools needed. The floor is shining marblewood. A side of the room showed a window and beautiful hill scenery. The bed is full of pillow and a squatting bar is nearby. Strangely, the birth stool is placed above small platform. Opposite of the window are large mirrors and small handheld mirrors nearby.
- The girls held each other as they went a bit off balance. Jean and Maria fell anyway.
- “Careful now girls. Now, are you ready?” Mrs. Woodwork said. She became fully clothed again, a perfect white t-shirt and jeans.
- The girls nodded.
- “Ah, but before you begin, look at each other.” Mrs. Woodwork said. The girls looked at each other and saw something different. They could see each other’s womb and birth canal.
- “Wow, that’s awesome. We could see the baby grew inside us.” Claire said.
- “Of course. Now, let’s get started.” Mrs. Woodwork said.
- Suddenly, the girls’ felt something. They felt their babies growing. It’s still not visible for now, but 10 minutes later, they could see their babies. Valerie’s bump was ahead from the others. They talked to each other about the small bump. After another 5 minutes…
- “Oh my, Valerie, you’re getting huge!” Claire said.
- “Hey, I’m getting big too you know!” Nicole said.
- “But hey, look at how cute the baby is, growing inside us.” Maria said to the others.
- They kept talking and Mrs. Woodwork kept answering questions if the girls asked her something.
- By 27 minutes mark, Valerie’s belly had stopped growing, followed by Nicole and Jean and the others after another 3 minutes.
- Thus in 30 minutes, 6 girls became full term pregnant. They rubbed their own belly and each other. They saw the babies kick their womb. Valerie had to sit down because of how heavy the triplets are. Trish’s baby wasn’t breech though, despite the paper said that said she got a breech baby.
- “Alright, all of you are full term. Don’t worry, you’re not going to pee every 5 minutes or so. How does it feel?” Mrs. Woodwork asked.
- “Heavy.” Claire said.
- “I could barely catch a breath.” Jean said.
- “The baby kicks, though.” Nicole said.
- “Well, I got 3 times more kicks than some of you!” Valerie said.
- “Your belly, though, it looked like a head of a torpedo!” Claire said.
- “Alright alright, settle down now. The order should be… Claire, Maria, Trish, Jean, Nicole, and Valerie.” Mrs. Woodwork said.
- The air tensed.
- Claire realized she’s first, which was further implied when suddenly her water broke. Her friends moved away in surprise, then Claire felt the first contraction. She held her belly before the contraction went away.
- “Hoohh.. It’s coming alright.” Claire said. Her womb showed the baby trying to pass through the cervix.
- “Claire, you know what position you’ll be in?” Mrs. Woodwork asked.
- “I… ugh… wanna squat.” Claire said before another contraction struck.
- “Alright. You just get on the bed for now. I’ll set up the bar” The teacher said.
- Claire moved onto the bed and while the other pregnant girls followed. Everyone could see their babies squirming inside. Valerie had to move to a nearby chair because of how heavy she is. The girls could see Claire’s belly contracting and the baby trying to press down towards the birth canal.
- “As you can see, the baby’s head is trying to make its way through as the labor progresses. The mother would feel pain around the cervix and when the cervix has opened up. She’d feel the pressure to push.” Mrs. Woodwork said.
- Claire’s cervix was slowly opening up and soon enough; it became wide enough for the head to go through.
- “Oh God… I need to push!” Claire said. She felt the baby coming and pushed. She gripped the bar and groaned as the baby’s coming out of her.
- The other girls encouraged her while rubbing their belly and Mrs. Woodwork helped Claire give birth.
- The baby began crowning and Claire rubbed the head to feel it coming out of her before continuing the push.
- “AAAHHHHH!” Claire said as she couldn’t endure the pain anymore and screamed. The head was close to emerging, but the contraction ended, so she had to rest for a bit. The girls were comforting her and Nicole hold her hand. She was also in pain because Claire gripped hard.
- “Alright Claire. Just a little bit more now, and push!” Mrs. Woodwork said as Claire pushed again. The head emerged and then the shoulder followed soon after. In the matter of minutes, Claire’s baby was born. One of the girls grabbed a towel and cleaned the baby.
- “Congrats, Claire!” Nicole said.
- “Alright now. Here’s how you do it.” Mrs. Woodwork said as she showed the girls how to cut the cord. Once done, the baby was placed in a large crib where the baby rests. Claire cleaned up after herself and went off the bed.
- “So, how does it feel?” Valerie asked. She was a bit eager to ask Claire.
- “You’ll feel it soon enough.” Claire said, still catching her breath from the labor.
- “Oooh…” Maria said as her water broke. She’s next. She went up to the bed and kneel. She opened her legs and the girls could see the baby descending quickly. Mrs. Woodwork ordered Trish to help her give birth this time, so she could become the observer of the session.
- “It’s coming, Maria” Trish said as Maria was busy bearing down. The head’s peeking out of Maria’s labia and with several more pushes, it was fully crowning. Maria held the baby’s head on her palm and pushes, feeling the head coming out of her. When the head emerged, she rubbed it and then waited for another contraction.
- Meanwhile, Trish’s own baby was rotating to breech on its own and she didn’t realize it.
- “Alright, Maria, give me a big push now, you’re almost there!” Trish said. Maria bore down one last time and the baby emerged out of her. Trish cut the cord, badly, although still acceptable. Then she carried the baby to the crib. As she laid the baby, her water broke.
- “Ahhh!.. It broke!” Trish said.
- “Alright now. Trish’s baby is breech, so a special care is needed. I’ll carry you through it.” Mrs. Woodwork said.
- Trish went into position, standing in front of the bed, legs spread and in pain. The baby’s foot slowly came down and in the matter of minutes, the foot began peeking out of her. Trish tried to push but pushing a breech baby was harder than normal births. Trish kept pushing and Mrs. Woodwork helped her while teaching the students how to handle such situation. Eventually, the baby’s body was hanging between Trish’s legs and the head remained. Trish pushed and the baby slipped and dropped, caught by Mrs. Woodwork’s hands. Jean cut the cord placed Trish’s baby on the crib.
- The girls waited a bit before Jean felt contractions and the girls could see the twins pressing against her cervix. Jean endured the pain before another one came quickly, followed by a pop and puddle on the floor. Claire cleaned the puddle and Jean readied herself.
- “Ohhh… I’m not ready!” Jean said, in a bit of panic.
- “Relax, Jean. Some of us were. I did and I’m fine now.” Claire reassured.
- “Easy for you to say!” Jean said before another contraction hits. She slowly waddled to the bed, and then went to on all fours position to give birth. The girls who had given birth became the helper/motivator while Valerie and Nicole could only watch as they’re tired of carrying their own babies.
- Jean began pushing and she moaned while doing so. Claire helped Jean by rubbing her back, Trish was on standby to catch the baby and Maria eases Jean by rubbing her arm.
- Jean continued pushing and the head began showing before receding back. Another push and the head slowly came to a full crown. Jean began screaming because of the pain as the head was at its widest point when the contraction was over. Jean’s hand reached the head and felt it bulging out of her.
- Her contraction flared up again and she pushed again, she cupped the head and felt it fully emerged out of her. She pushed after the head rotated a bit then the first baby came out. The second was already on its way; the head had just peeked out seconds after the first came out.
- “Ooooh… No breaks for me. Hngh…” Jean said as she pushed the second baby out. The second one is smaller than the first since the whole process was quicker. In one contraction the baby’s head was already out and after another contraction the second baby is out.
- Mrs. Woodwork carried the babies to the crib, then something a bit unexpected happened.
- Both Valerie and Nicole’s water broke, roughly at the same time. They began their labor and moved into their chosen birth position, Nicole side-lying and Valerie, sitting on a birth chair. Claire and Jean helped Nicole while Trish and Maria helped Valerie give birth.
- Nicole’s ready to push, as the baby had begun its journey through the birth canal. As the contraction came, she began pushing and the head became visible after a long push. She breathed and pushed again, followed by a moan as the lips were opened to let the head come through. She pushed again and the baby went to a full crown. Her contraction ended but came back in a minute. Nicole bore down again and the head popped out and the body followed quickly. As the first baby came out, the next baby was already on its way. Nicole have to push again.
- Meanwhile, Valerie’s babies are coming out fast. Since she’s having triplets, her babies isn’t as large as the other girls. She felt the pressure and began pushing silently. Her expression is pained, but she didn’t make a loud sound. Soon as she pushed, the first baby began to crown. She took a deep breath and pushed again. The head slipped out and after another long pant and push, her first baby was already out. After the baby came out, the second baby began to crown in the matter of seconds. Trish and Maria had to be quick as she cut the cord of the first baby and Maria placed the baby on the crib. Her contraction’s gone as the second baby crowned. Valerie rubbed the baby’s head, feeling it coming out. Another contraction and she pushed again. In the matter of minutes, Valerie’s second baby came out. The third followed soon after.
- As Valerie’s third baby began to crown, Nicole’s second baby had just emerged out of her. She groaned and screamed as she gave her all for the final push and she delivered. Jean caught the baby and did what she should do with the help of Claire.
- Valerie’s third baby is even smaller than the first two. It took Valerie two pushes to deliver her final baby.
- After all births are done, Nicole and Valerie cleaned up before looking at the crib, where the babies slept. In the span of the session, The 6 girls delivered 10 babies.
- “Great work, all of you. So now you can understand labor much more. It’s not over yet though. You’ll write a paper telling me your experience doing it and helping someone else giving birth. I have the description on the paper on the syllabus so check that up. So, shall we go?” Mrs. Woodwork said.
- The girl nodded.
- The VR room began to disappear. The girls could see their clothes again. They wore it and prepared to leave before they met Dr. Shell again.
- “How was the experience?” Dr. Shell asked.
- The girls spoke a bit but the general consensus was that they really enjoyed it.
- “Alright, if you girls wanna come alone just come. With that, I’ll lead you girls back to the lobby.” Dr. Shell said as the party left the VR room.
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