"Misty! It's time for my doctor's appointment. Are you ready?" Cordelia shouted up the stairs.
"Just a second darlin'!"
Misty quickly descended from their bedroom, car keys in hand. "Okay let's go see our little nuggets." Misty said with a huge smile.
Cordelia was eight and a half months pregnant, and the couple couldn't be happier. This was all Cordelia ever wanted when married to Hank, but she could never conceive. After the whole drama of Hank's betrayal, the new supreme, bringing Misty back and the "coming out" of their coven was over, she could relax and was able to conceive a child; or two in her case. Misty and Cordelia had used a spell in order for them to have their babies be biologically related to both women.
At eight and a half months pregnant with twin girls, Cordelia was unable to drive herself, so she was completely dependent on Misty to drive her places. Misty helped Cordelia in and shut the car door behind her. Misty loved being able to help her beloved wife, but Cordelia was absolutely resentful of the fact that she couldn't even shave her legs without the help of her wife.
Misty plopped into the seat next to her and started the car. The drive to the office was a long and tense one. Every check up made Cordelia more and more anxious to meet their daughters. Check ups also made her nervous. She could not handle any more pain and if anything were to go wrong with her pregnancy, she would not be the same ever again.
Misty pulled up next to the side of the clinic. "You go on in and I'll go park. See ya in a bit, babe."
While Misty looked for a spot in the crowded lot, Cordelia sat in the lobby thumbing through a Better Homes and Gardens magazine dated 2009.
Misty came in and sat next to Cordelia.
The nurse appeared in the doorway and called out "Miss Goode?"
"That's me!" Cordelia cheerfully replied.
Misty helped her up and they followed the nurse to a small room where she was weighed, temperature taken, blood pressure measured, and breathing checked.
"Just wait here and I'll go get Dr. Johnson." And with that, the nurse left the room.
Cordelia sighed and turned to Misty.
"Mist, what if there's something wrong with our babies?"
"Delia, even if there is, we can manage it. We can handle anything because we have each other. I love you and you love me and we both love these two babies. Everything will be ok." Misty scooted close to Cordelia and stroked her hair and placed gentle kisses on her forehead.
The doctor entered the room and sat on her stool.
"Your numbers look great, Cordelia. Do you have any concerns about your pregnancy at this time?"
"Well, I am just worried that there is something off with them. I guess I am so worried because of my difficulty with even getting pregnant in the past." Cordelia confided in her doctor.
"There is one thing we can do to put your mind at ease." Her doctor said with a smile. "Can you hop up on the examination bed for me?"
"I sure can try." Replied Cordelia with a chuckle.
The doctor put the cold ultrasound jelly on her swollen belly and began to search for a clear picture of their babies on the monitor.
"Ah, here they are." The doctor said when she had succeeded. "I hear two separate heartbeats. And I don't see any deformities or problems with their living quarters, so to speak. They appear to be perfectly healthy and nearly developed and should be ready to come out in a few weeks."
Cordelia released the breath she had been holding in and relaxed.
She wiped the sticky goo off of her belly and fixed her shirt.
"See babe, they're just fine and we can meet them in a few short weeks." Misty kissed her wife on the top of the head and they walked out of the doctor's office holding hands.