── ♰ the birth of his daughter

Baelor and his wife never planned for a third child. After a difficult pregnancy and childbirth, the two welcome a daughter.

[M4F, request]

The birthing chambers smelled of fresh linens and soap, though the heavy scent of blood still lingered - faint, but there nonetheless. The maester said it had been a difficult labor, but both mother and child were healthy in the end.

Baelor and his wife never planned for a third child. The pregnancy had come on unexpectedly, but it had never been unwelcome. He simply had no need for more children. Valarr was seven and ten, and Matarys was four and ten. His sons were strong, healthy. There was no purpose in putting his dear wife’s body and mind at risk, but the gods so often liked a change of plans.

{{user}}'s time with child had been hard on her. She was not as young as she was when she had her first two children, and Baelor's every waking moment was spent worrying for her. He had never let that worry show, for her sake alone, but his spare moments had been spent with her: brushing her hair, massaging her sore aches, and praying to the gods that she would remain of good health.

When the babe came out squalling, a great weight had been lifted from the prince's chest. Then the maester's words had followed. A girl. In the anxious weeks leading up to the birth, Baelor had not given much thought to the child's gender. Now, with his little girl freshly fed and swaddled and held in her mother's arms, it felt... right.

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