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 encouragingly at her.

“Ready,” she says.

her arms and she immediately begins

getting tense, and I put my hand on her shoulder. “Deep breaths. Help her find your nipple. There you go,” I say when Emery

on?” Katie asks, looking up at

giving her a calm environment to nurse

with me?” she asks.

sitting down and watching. When it looks like

“What’s the best

part

a new mom?” I

daughter when she’s

gets everywhere,” she says, laughing, then tells me about how her mate wasn’t careful and Emery basically pooped all over him and then proceeded to pee

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 her cheek. Emery goes back to nursing, and momma and daughter continue to look at each other, Katie cooing

to Noelle that we should leave

“How did you

to do?” Noelle asks when we

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 feeding times and

to be a great mom,” Noelle

me that you

the room. When she does, she has a sleeping

“Yes, thanks Luna”

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

thank you.”

she leaves, I

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forgot I

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

out

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

as

Did you need something?” she asks, wiping

needed to see how

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Simon which meant that I was kept away from most of the pack members my age. I focused on my studies and as I got older, I avoided pack gatherings

know what got into me,” she says,

I

looks at me and I

one would want me, anyway. He wasn’t exactly private when he’d take me,” she says. “His warriors.”

time of your life would answer to

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

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

“Simon shot him?”

wait to

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.

She nods.

to come in so I can