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 at her.

“Ready,” she says.

lay Emery in her arms and she immediately begins searching

put my hand on her shoulder. “Deep breaths. Help her find your nipple. There you

on?” Katie asks, looking up at

her a calm environment to nurse in. If

stay with me?”

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

“What’s the best

part

a new mom?” I

when she’s looking at her, hearing her sweet sounds when she’s sleeping.

how her mate wasn’t careful and Emery

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

I say softly, nodding to Noelle that we should

“How did you

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 to be helping. So, hopefully, momma and baby can begin bonding during

be a great mom,”

me that you will be

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

“Yes, thanks Luna”

talk to your mate. Find something happy to talk about, or something that

thank

she leaves, I turn to

going to go find Trena. Mind link me if

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“I almost forgot I could

pack is all kinds of excited. I wonder what they’re doing over

guess we’ll find out later, she

catch Trena’s scent and follow it into the woods. It’s only been an hour, but

softly as I

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

to see how you’re

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close. Alpha Solomon was busy keeping me away from Simon which meant that I was kept away from most of

I don’t know what got into me,” she says, finally pulling

I ask her.

and I know I’m

want

who would say anything about that time

have someone touch me…” she

bullet from Simon to protect 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,

“Simon shot him?”

wait to

the 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, both of you have

She nods.

to come in so