The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

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I’m about to go searching for Trena, when Katie comes in with her new baby girl.

“Hi, Laina. I know you just got back, but I was hoping you could look over my daughter for me.”

“Ts everything alright?” Lask her.

“I think so, but I’m not sure I’d know if something was wrong. She smells fine, and she’s sleeping well, but she’s not nursi

well”

“Okay, let’s have a look,” I say, getting Noelle to put them in a room while I quickly check that Anna and Erica are okay

When I get into the room, Katie is pacing while Noelle weighs her daughter.

“What did you name her?” I ask.

“Emery,” she says, smiling at her daughter.

“How are you and your mate adjusting to having a newborn?” I ask her.

She blows out a breath. “It’s great, you know, but…well, we both worry every time she makes a sound. I’ve never had so littl sleep”

“What does your wolf say?” I ask her.

She chuckles. “That I’m being overprotective, but that she’s worried about her not latching on and eating enough.”

I walk over to where Noelle is taking her measurements. She’s a little underweight, and she’s opening her mouth like she’s hungry, being fussy.

I take a moment to look in her mouth, not seeing anything that would keep her from being able to latch on

“Okay, let’s see how you do this,” I say to her.

“You mean right now?” she asks, and I can feel her nervous energy increasing. I pick Emery up and smile down at her as sh searches for a breast to nurse on.

I look up at Katie and see the panic on her face.

“Have a seat, Katie. Take a deep breath. I can feel your nervousness from here. If I can feel it, your daughter will too. Sit down, relax, breathe, and calm yourself. You want your daughter to feel good when she’s in your arms and nursing. If you’r nervous and anxious, it will make her nervous and anxious,” I say, I know this isn’t always the answer. Some babies, for whatever reason, don’t nurse from their mothers. But sometimes it is about the energy that the mother is giving off and in this instance, I have a feeling that Katie’s ‘overprotectiveness‘ is making her daughter anxious.

She pulls her breast out but her energy is still high.

“Sit back, get comfortable, close your eyes, and breathe,” I tell her

She looks at me a moment, looking terrified, but then she does what I ask.

It takes several breaths before she finally takes

a full, deep breath

“Good, a couple more like that,” I say, forcing her to relax even though Emery is getting more fussy

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eyes. I smile

“Ready,” she says.

in her arms and she immediately begins searching for Katie’s breast.

breaths. Help her find your nipple.

doesn’t stay on?” Katie

deep breath, make sure that you’re giving her a calm environment to nurse in. If that doesn’t work, we’ll

with me?” she

course,” I say, sitting down and watching. When it looks like Katie is starting to get nervous again, I

“What’s the best

part

mom?” I ask her.

daughter when she’s looking at

how her mate wasn’t careful and Emery basically pooped all over him and then proceeded to

up at her. “See, your daughter knows when you’re happy” “Hey beautiful girl,” Katie says, stroking her cheek. Emery goes back to nursing, and momma and daughter continue to

softly, nodding to Noelle that we should leave and

“How did you

do?” Noelle asks when we step

situation. Katie came in uptight and even said her wolf part “I didn’t. But called her overprotective, which said to me that she was anxious. Once you get anxious about something and it doesn’t work you start expecting it to not work and then the anxiety

to be a great mom,” Noelle says

that you will be

Bradley while I wait for Katie to come out of the room. When she

“Yes, thanks Luna”

find yourself getting anxious, talk to your mate. Find something happy to talk about, or something that she did that made

thank

I turn to

find Trena. Mind

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“I almost forgot

could you, the pack is all kinds of

guess we’ll find out later, she

woods. It’s only been an hour, but

say softly as

Hi. Did you need something?” she asks, wiping her tears off her eyes and

see

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cry. I knew Trena from Alpha Solomon’s pack, but we’d never been really close. Alpha Solomon was busy keeping me away from Simon which meant that I was kept away from most of the pack members my age. I focused on my studies and as I

know what got into me,” she

you?” I ask

at me and I

mate. Not after what Simon did to me. No one would want me, anyway. He wasn’t exactly private when

who would say anything about that time of your life

I could ever have someone touch me…” she slaps her hand over

me. He’s basically my guard when I’m at the hospital. He’s strong, but he’s also compassionate, attentive, trustworthy, and I’m pretty sure he’ll be excited to have found his mate when he wakes up. I can’t say what the best option is for you, or if the two of you could ever find your way together. But I would ask that, even

“Simon shot him?”

wait to

a silver bullet. It will be a while before he can heal from that I don’t know how long it will take for his wolf to return. But I do know that he’s lucky to be alive. So, both of you have suffered at Simon’s hand. Maybe that’s enough to start building trust, maybe not. That’s for

She nods.

so I can examine you. Did Simon hurt you?