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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her eyes. I smile encouragingly

“Ready,” she says.

her arms and she immediately

feel Katie getting tense, and I put my hand on her shoulder. “Deep breaths.

on?” Katie asks, looking up

make sure that you’re giving her a calm environment to

stay with me?” she asks.

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

“What’s the best

part

mom?”

her daughter when she’s looking

mate

begins laughing while she’s talking, and I see Emery look up at her. “See, your daughter knows when you’re happy” “Hey beautiful girl,” Katie says, stroking

think you’ve got this,” I say softly, nodding to Noelle that we

“How did you

do?” Noelle asks when we step out

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 gets worse, and it can become a terrible cycle. I just tried break the cycle. If it hadn’t worked, we’d have had to try moving her to a bottle, but this seems

be a great mom,”

tells me that you will be

room. When she does, she has a sleeping Emery in her arms “All

“Yes, thanks Luna”

your mate. Find something happy to talk about, or something that she did that made you smile, so that you can keep yourself calm while you nurse.”

will, thank you.”

leaves, I

Trena. Mind link me if you need

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“I almost forgot I could

you, the pack is all kinds of excited. I wonder

we’ll find out

follow it into the woods. It’s only been an hour, but she’s still out

as I approach her.

she asks, wiping her tears off her eyes and cheeks.

see how

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Alpha Solomon was busy keeping me away from Simon

got into me,” she

you?” I ask her.

and

Simon did to me. No one would want me, anyway. He wasn’t exactly private

all dead now. And anyone who would say anything about that time of your life would answer to me, or better

I don’t know that I could ever have someone touch me…” she slaps her

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

“Simon shot him?”

wait to

lung with 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,

She nods.

I do want you to come in so I can examine you.