The fetal heart monitors begins to BEEP.

What was that?

ALISON

BEN
What the hell was that?
Samuel hurries in to check the monitor.
BEN (CONT'D)
What's that, what's happening?
Dr. Kuni enters.
DR. KUNI
Well, boy and girls, what seems to be
the problem?
SAMUEL
Decels.
DR. KUNI
Oh, dear. Okay. Alison, I need you to
turn on your back now, okay? The
baby's heart rate is slowing. Okay?
BEN
It's going to be okay.
(to Dr. Kuni)
Is it going to be fine?
Alison turns onto her back.
DR. KUNI
It's going to be fine. Okay?
(TO ALISON)
You're going to feel a little bit of a
push.
Dr. Kuni tries to reposition the baby.
BEN
What are you doing?
DR. KUNI
I'm turning the baby so I can take the
pressure off the cord.
ALISON
Oh, my God.
The monitors stops beeping.
KNOCKED UP - 128.

DR. KUNI
We're good. The heartbeat's stronger,
but we're not out of the woods. We
need to get things going now. I think
the cord is wrapped around the neck.
Okay?
What?

BEN

DR. KUNI
So I'm going to give you some
medicine, pop the bag and get things
going, okay? I don't want to leave the
baby in there for long and we can give
you some medicine for the pain.
ALISON
No, no, no, no. I don't want the baby
to be born all drugged out. It's not
my birth plan.
DR. KUNI
Now, things change. We don't have time
to debate this.
ALISON
What? No. But no, I'm not comfortable
with that. I'm not.
BEN
No. Would you please just listen to
her?
DR. KUNI
Fine. Do what you want to do.
BEN
Whoa, whoa, whoa, what?
DR. KUNI
Should I leave? Do you want to be the
doctor? Because I really don't need to
be here.
BEN
No. What we want is to take a second
to talk about our options, okay?
That's all we want.

DR. KUNI
No. You mean you want to take a second
to tell me how to do my job. My job is
to get that baby out safely. Or I can
go home! You just let me know. You be
the doctor.
BEN
Can we talk outside in the hall for a
second?

INT. HOSPITAL - HALLWAY

Ben and Dr. Kuni stand in the hallway.
KNOCKED UP - 129.

DR. KUNI
That woman is a control freak, and she
needs to let go and let me do my job.
BEN
Look, she's just having a hard time
because her and her doctor had a very
specific birth plan. And they wanted
it to be a very special experience.
DR. KUNI
Okay. if you want a special
experience, go to a Jimmy Buffet
concert. We have a new birth plan: Get
the baby out safely.
BEN
Look, man, will you help us out? I
have no idea what I'm doing. You can
be as big a dick to me as you want.
Just be nice to her, man. That's all I
ask. Just please be nice to her.
Ben's stomach GROWLS loudly.
DR. KUNI
Are you okay?
I think so.

BEN

DR. KUNI
I'm sorry. Let's start fresh.
BEN
Thank you, man.
DR. KUNI
This is healthy. This is good. I think
we're bonding.

INT. HOSPITAL ROOM

Dr. Kuni and Ben come back into the room.
DR. KUNI
Alison, I apologize for being a little
brash, but if you're okay with it,
it's rather important we break the bag
and give you some medicine to speed
things up. Because once the bag is
broken, I don't want there to be an
infection.
ALISON
Whatever. Do what you have to do.
Dr. Kuni exits.
ALISON (CONT'D)
(whispering to Ben)
Oh, my God. What a nightmare that guy
is.