Unexpected Angel

Laura lies in bed trying to get comfortable. Her husband John is right there next to her complaining that she is flipping around like a fish out of water. She apologizes, saying "I can't seem to get this pain in my back to stop so I can sleep". John turns over looks at the clock, it is four o'clock in the morning, and he has to get up in three hours for work. John starts rubbing her lower back trying to ease the pain. Laura tells him the "spasms" are like waves in the ocean. Sometimes they are little and the next they feel like she is going under never to surface again. Laura's mother hears the commotion and walks into the bedroom to find out what is happening, she has been staying with Laura and John for the last week before the due date. Karen, Laura's mom tells her to time the waves.…