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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opens her eyes. I smile encouragingly at her. “Ready

“Ready,” she says.

lay Emery in her arms and she immediately begins searching for Katie’s

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

on?” Katie asks, looking up at me.

that you’re giving her a calm environment to nurse in. If that doesn’t work,

stay with me?” she asks.

sitting down and watching. When it looks like Katie is starting to get nervous

“What’s the best

part

a new mom?” I

her daughter when she’s looking at her, hearing her

gets everywhere,” she says, laughing, then tells me about how her mate wasn’t careful and Emery

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

to Noelle that we should leave

“How did you

what to do?” Noelle asks when we step out

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 gets worse, and

great mom,”

me that you will be too.”

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

“Yes, thanks Luna”

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

will, thank you.”

leaves, I turn to Noelle

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forgot I could do that!”

kinds of excited. I

out later, she

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

as I

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

needed to see how you’re doing”

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we’d never been really close. Alpha Solomon was busy keeping me away from Simon which meant that I was kept away

sorry, Luna. I don’t know what got into me,”

you?” I ask

looks at me and I know I’m

Simon did to me. No one would want me, anyway. He

dead now. And anyone who would say anything about that time of your

me…” she slaps her hand over her mouth as if she’s going

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, or if the two of you could ever find your way together. But I would ask that, even if you aren’t willing to give your mate bond a chance,

“Simon shot him?”

wait to

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 you to decide.”

She nods.

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