"I can't do it, Beck. I can't," Jade cries. At 16-years-old, she is currently in a hospital, delivering her first child. Beck gently kisses his girlfriend on the cheek. He smiles at her. "Listen to me, Jade. You can do this. You're almost there. Come on," he tells Jade. Jade takes a few deep breaths and pushes again. She screams in pain, with tears running down her cheeks. She looks at Beck. "Beck?" she says. Beck looks into Jade's crystal blue eyes. "Yes, babe?" he replies. "I hate you right now," Jade says. Beck chuckles and kisses her on the forehead. Jade squeezes Beck's hand and pushes again. She stops for a few seconds, before pushing again. "The baby's crowning!" the doctor announces. Jade pushes again and after a couple of pushes, the doctor announces that the baby's head is out. "You just need to deliver the shoulders. After you do that, the rest of the baby should slide right out," the doctor says. Jade takes a moment to breathe, before pushing and delivering one of the baby's shoulders. She bears down and gives on final push with all of her might. The baby's other should emerges, and the rest of its body quickly slips out.
Beck and Jade expect to hear a cry, but their baby was silent. Jade begins to panic. She looks at Beck, with tears filling her eyes. "The baby's not crying. Why isn't it crying? It should be crying," she cries frantically. The doctors rub the newborn baby gently and finally the room is filled with a high pitched wail. Jade sighs in relief and relaxes.
The doctor turns around holding the baby in his arms. She walks towards Beck and Jade with a big smile on her face. "Beck and Jade, congratulations! You have a beautiful baby boy!" she says happily. She carefully place the baby in Jade's outstretched arms. Happy tears run down Jade face. She and Beck look deeply into each other's eyes. "We have a baby boy," she whispers breathlessly. Neither of them knew the baby's gender because they wanted to be surprised. Beck has an enormous smile on his face. "You did it, Jade! I'm so proud of you!" he says. He kisses Jade on the lips and leans closer to see his new son. The baby looks just like Beck. He has Beck's tanned skin, dark and luscious hair, and warm brown eyes. "Can you tell everyone that they can come in now?" Jade asks. Beck nods. "Sure thing." He exits the room and heads to the waiting room.
Tori, André, Cat, and Robbie had been waiting in the waiting room. They all came to the hospital to support Beck and Jade. Tori and André are playing on their phones, while Cat chatters about babies to Robbie. When they see Beck, everyone stands. "Guys, come with me," Beck says. He's still grinning proudly. He takes the group to Jade's hospital room. He opens the door, and the group files into the room. Jade smiles at everyone. Cat rushes to her best friend's bedside. She squeals excitedly. "Oh my god! He is sooooooooo cute!" she loudly exclaims, before Beck politely asks her to lower her voice. The other also come closer to take a look at the tiny baby. They congratulate the couple in their new bundle of joy.
Beck, do you want to hold him?" Jade asks. Beck nods excitedly. "Of course!" Jade gingerly places the baby into her boyfriend's arms. Beck cradles his son gently and smiles. "Hey there, Buddy. I'm your daddy," he says softly. "What are you guys gonna name him?" André asks. Beck and Jade exchange glances. "Nolan was the name that we chose for a boy, so his name is Nolan. He hadn't decide on any middle names yet," Jade responds. She lists possible middle names, and the groups discuss them. They test the names out loud to see how they sound with Beck and Jade's last names. Beck handed Nolan back go Jade, so he could write down the names that sounded nice or good suggestions. Eventually, they decided to dedicate Nolan's middle name to Beck. Once the baby's name is decided, Jade looks down at Nolan, smiling. "Welcome to the world, Nolan Beck Oliver-West!" she whispers.
Nolan Beck Oliver-West
7 lbs. 8 oz.
19.6 inches.
Born at 2:38 pm on March 9th.
"God dammit, Beck! How could I let myself get into this situation AGAIN!?" Jade screams. She grips her boyfriend's hand tightly. "It's not just your fault. We both played a part in this," Beck says. Jade winces in pain. She feels like a complete idiot. Only a year ago, she was in the same situation, giving birth to her first child, Nolan. For the last 12 hours, Jade has been in labor, waiting until she's dilated to 10 centimetres. Luckily, she asked for an epidural this time.
The doctor that delivered Nolan, Dr. Montgomery, enters the room. She walks to Jade and asks how she's doing. "Hello, Jade! How are you holding up?" she says. Jade groans. "Please tell that I'm at 10 centimetres! I swear if I'm still only at nine, I'm gonna take a scalpel and cut the damn kid out myself!" Jade growls through gritted teeth. Dr. Montgomery smiles at the irritated teenager. "Well, let's see if you're at 10 centimetres before we do anything with a a scalpel," she says with a small chuckle. Jade exhales loudly. Dr. Montgomery puts on a pair of gloves and examines Jade. "Good news, Jade! You can push now," she says. Jade smiles. "Finally!" she exclaims. Beck helps his girlfriend put her feet into the stirrups and holds her hand. "On the count of three, you going to push. Okay?" Dr. Montgomery instructs. Jade nods. "Ready...1...2...3! Push!" Jade squeezes Beck's hand and pushes. She rests than pushes again.
Unlike Nolan's delivery, this one is shorter and a lot less strenuous. After about 15 minutes of pushing, a shrill cry is heard. Dr. Montgomery whisks the crying baby boy away and cleans him up. Jade tries to lean forward and see her son. A nurse helps Jade clean herself up, then Dr. Montgomery brings the still crying baby back to Beck and Jade. She places the infant in Jade's arms. Jade smiles at her baby. The baby stops crying as soon as he's placed in his mother's arms. "Congratulations! You have another beautiful baby boy," Dr. Montgomery says happily. She says goodbye and leaves the room, so Beck and Jade can have some privacy.
"He's perfect," Beck says. Jade smiles and looks at Beck. "Do you want to hold him?" she asks. Beck nods and she hands the baby to his father. He gently rocks the newborn and talks softly to him. Jade watches Beck holding their son. The baby is a perfect mixture of Beck and Jade. He has Beck's brown eyes and Jade's nose. He has thick, fluffy dark hair like Beck and he has Jade's eyebrows. His complexion is more like his father's, but his skin isn't quite as dark as Beck's. Suddenly, there is a knock on the door. "Can we come in?" a familiar, chipper voice asks. "Come in!" Beck says. Cat and the rest of the gang enter the room.
Everyone crowds around Beck and Jade. Tori, who's holding 1-year-old Nolan, goes to Jade. "Look, Nolan! It's mommy," she says. Nolan smiles and points to Jade. "Mama!" he exclaims happily. Tori sets him down on the bed next to Jade. "Hey, Buddy," Jade says softly. Nolan giggles and points to Beck. "Be be!" he says. Jade smiles and nods. "That's your little brother," she tells him. Beck bends down, so Nolan can see the baby. "Look, Nolan. It's your new baby brother," he says. Nolan smiles. "Be be bubba!" he says. "So, what's his name?" Cat asks excitedly. "Well, we decided to name him Dylan Parker Oliver-West," Jade replies. "Dywan!" Nolan exclaims. Everyone smiles. "I wuv be be bubba Dywan!" Nolan says. He sweetly kisses his little brother on the cheek.
Dylan Parker Oliver-West
8 lbs.
20 inches.
Born at 4:47 pm on May 25th.
Beck and Jade are in Brooklyn, New York. They were asked to make an appearance at a movie premiere. Ever since Dylan's birth, their acting careers have really taken off. Beck is part of a multimillion dollar movie franchise, while Jade has successfully released her debut album. Nolan and Dylan are at Beck's parents' house, spending the night, since Beck and Jade are in New York.
Last night, the couple attended the movie premiere. They spent the day going sightseeing. Now, they are both exhausted and sleeping in their hotel room. At around 10 o'clock pm, Jade awakes to the feeling of liquid trickling down her leg. She immediately starts to panic, knowing that her water has just broken. "Beck!" she exclaims, shaking her sleeping husband. Beck rolls over and faces Jade. "What, babe?" he mumbles, still half asleep. "Beck, get up! My water broke!" Jade whimpers, on the verge of tears. Beck is suddenly wide awake. He jumps out of bed and rushes to Jade's side. "It's too early, Beck!" Jade cries, holding her stomach. Beck kisses Jade's forehead. "You're going to be okay. The baby is going to be fine. Let's just get to a hospital," he says. He holds his hand out and Jade tries to stand, but a searing pain in her abdomen inhibits her ability to move. She tries again, but the pain is too intense. "I can't move," she winces. Beck quickly calls the valet, then scoops Jade up gently in his arms and rushes out the door.
Beck places Jade in the front seat and gets into the driver's seat. He speeds to the nearest hospital. He quickly parks and carries Jade into the emergency room. "Hi, my name is Beck Oliver! My wife is 36 weeks pregnant. Her water broke like 10 minutes ago," he says breathlessly. The nurse stares at him for a few moments and begins fanning herself. "Y-Y-You're Beck Oliver! A-A-And that's Jade West!" she exclaims, before promptly fainting. Beck and Jade stare at her for a second. "Is there someone else that can help us!?" Beck shouts. A team of doctors rush over to Beck and Jade with a gurney. Beck gently places Jade on the gurney and the doctors bring her to a room.
Jade is put in a hospital bed and hooked up to different machines and IVs. "Jade, my name is Dr. Linden. We've given you some medicine that should slow your labor down...if we're lucky, maybe it will even stop. We're going to give your baby a shot of steroids, to help develop her lungs. We're going to keep you here overnight for observation. If you need anything, don't be afraid to get on of the nurses," Dr. Linden says. Jade nods slowly. "Thank you, doctor," Beck says, shaking the doctor's hand. Dr. Linden politely smiles and leaves the room, closing the door behind her.
Beck and Jade stay silent for a few minutes, before Jade breaks the silence. "Beck, I'm so sorry," she whispers. Beck holds Jade's hand and kisses it. "Why are you sorry?" he asks. Jade sighs sadly. "I shouldn't have gone to the premiere last night. I should've just stayed home with the boys," she says. Beck kisses her on the cheek. "This is not your fault. Jade, Dr. Montgomery said that it was okay for you to go," he tells his wife. Jade looks away from Beck, tears stinging her eyes. "I knew that something wasn't right, but I went anyway. I'm so stupid. Beck, I'm sorry. I put out baby in danger," she says, breaking down and crying. Beck gently put his hands on Jade's shoulders and looked at her. "Look at me," he says. Jade avoids his eye contact for a while, but eventually she looks into his deep brown eyes. Beck wearily smiles at his wife. "This is not your fault," he says. Jade breaks eye contact and looks away again. "I should've trusted my gut," she whispers to herself. More tears roll down her cheeks. Beck cups her face in his hands.
"Jadelyn August West, listen to me. This is not your fault. It isn't anyone's fault. Sometimes things just happen," he says. Jade cringes at the sound of her full name. "Beck, you know how much I hate when you say my full name," she says. Beck kisses her on the lips. "I only use when I'm being serious. And I'm serious, Jade. This is not your fault," he says. Jade stays silent. "Repeat after me. This is not my fault," Beck instructs. Jade doesn't say anything. "Jade..." Beck says sternly. Jade sighs and finally repeats Beck. "This is not my fault," she says in a barely audible whisper. Beck kisses Jade again and hugs her gently.
A small smile spreads across Jade's face. "By the way, Beckett Ezra Oliver, do not say my full name out loud, no matter how serious you are," she commands playfully. Beck smirks. "Sorry, Jadelyn August West," he says, with a chuckle. Jade crosses her arms, then a pillow of the hospital bed and hurls it at Beck's head. Beck manages to catch the pillow, before it hits him in the face. "Did you forget that I have cat-like reflexes? I'm like a tiger-ninja, Jadelyn August West," he jokes. Jade hurls another pillow at him. This time, the pillow hit Beck in the upper chest. She giggles. "I'm sorry. What was that, Beckett Ezra Oliver? You were talking about your cat-like reflexes...I believe that you refered to yourself as a tiger-ninja?" she says. Beck picks the pillow that just hit him and places it back on the bed. "Babe, you know that I don't get bothered when you say my full name," he says. Jade rolls her eyes. "Whatever," she says. She and Beck talk for a while, before she falls asleep.
Beck watches Jade sleep, until she wakes up when one of her monitors starts beeping wildly. Jade looks at Beck, panicked. "Beck, something's happening. What's happening!?" she screams. Beck shoots out of his chair and runs to Jade's bedside. Jade grips his hand tightly, holding back tears. "I'll get the doctor!" Beck exclaims, bounding towards the door. As he is about to open the door, Dr. Linden and a few other nurses enter the room. "Oh thank god! You're here!" Beck exclaims. Dr. Linden and the nurses rush to Jade and look at the beeping monitor. "Jade, it looks like your baby is in distress. She needs to come out now," Dr. Linden tells Jade. Jade shakes her head, her eyes wide with fear. "No! I can't have her now! It's too early! Please! You have to do something!" Jade cries. Dr. Linden gives Jade a sympathetic look and makes direct eye contact. "Listen to me, Jade. We've done everything that we can do. Your baby needs to be delivered right now, okay?" she says kindly, but firmly. Jade meekly nods. "Prep for a premature delivery!" Dr. Linden orders. The nurses gather the needed medical supplies and one nurse drapes a sheet over Jade that covers her from the waist down.
Beck holds Jade's hand and whispers words of encouragement into her ears. Jade looks at him worriedly. "Our little girl is going to be perfect, Jade. Don't worry," Beck says reassuringly. He kisses Jade on the lips. "Okay, Jade! I'm going to need you to push now!" Dr. Linden says. Jade leans forward slightly and pushes. She yelps in pain, before pushing again.
Suddenly, Dr. Linden becomes concerned and she tells Jade to stop pushing. "What going on!? What's happening!?" Jade cries frantically. "It looks like your baby is in the footling breech position-" Dr Linden begins, before being cut of by Beck. "What does that mean!?" Beck questions, interrupting the doctor. Used to anxious mothers and family members interrupting her, Dr. Linden remains poised and professional. "The baby is positioned feet first, instead of head first. Normally babies come out head first. This is a very dangerous and risky situation and I need to perform an ECV," she says. Jade leans forward to look at the doctor. "What the fuck is that!?" she screams. "ECV stands for external cephalic version. I'm going to apply pressure to your abdomen and try to manually rotate your baby into the head-down position. Time is of the essence. I need to start now, okay?" Dr. Linden says. Jade nods and lays back.
Dr. Linden places a hand on Jade's abdomen and applies pressure, while she uses the other hand to turn the baby. Never before had Jade felt this much pain. She lets out a bloodcurdling scream as tears stream down her face. She has a death grip on Beck's hand. Dr. Linden gently tries to turn the baby more, eliciting a more screams and tears from Jade. After about a minute of pure torture and hell, the baby is finally in the proper position and the delivery can continue.
"Okay, Jade! The baby has been successfully turned. Now push!" Dr. Linden orders. Jade pushes with all her might, screaming like there's no tomorrow. After a few pushes, a quiet but strong cry fills the room. Jade slumps back, tired and relieved. The nurses take the baby away to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). As Jade watches her baby being taken away, she panics again. "Where are they taking her!?" she cries. "They're taking her to NICU. They're going to clean her up and do some tests to make sure that there isn't anything wrong with her," Dr. Linden responds as she cleans up. She throws the soiled drapes into the waste bin and removes her gloves. Jade's chest rises and falls rapidly, her vision starts to blur, and the room starts to spin. The color begins draining from her face, and her porcelain skin almost starts to look translucent. Beck notice this and begins to worry. "Dr. Linden! There's something wrong with Jade!" Beck exclaims anxiously. Dr. Linden rushes back and looks at Jade. "Jade? Jade, how are you feeling?" she asks. Jade tries to focus on Dr. Linden, but the spinning room and her blurred vision makes it nearly impossible. "I feel kindaaaaaaaaa-" she starts to slur. Before she can finish, her eyes roll back, and her head rolls to the side as she passes out. A gush of blood runs down her legs and makes a puddle on the floor. "She's hemorrhaging!" Dr. Linden exclaims. She grabs an oxygen mask and slips it over Jade's nose and mouth. "My patient is having a postpartum hemorrhage! Get her to the OR! Stat!" she yells out the door. A group of nurses wheel Jade's bed to the surgery wing. They don't let Beck past a certain point, so he stops and watches them take away his wife, praying that she'll be okay.
"I need three bags of O neg. blood!" a surgeon orders. A scrub nurse hooks Jade up to a bag of O negative blood. An anesthesiologist puts Jade under anesthesia, before the surgeon gets to work. The surgeon, Dr. Handle makes an incision on Jade's abdomen. He finds the source of the bleeding and quickly stops it. As he finishes up, he notices something. "There's another baby in here!" he shouts. A scrub nurse grabs a receiving blanket and Dr. Handle takes the baby out. He gently places the baby in the nurse's receiving blanket. The nurse quickly gives the baby oxygen and begins to examine it. "It's a girl!" she announces. She tries to stimulate the baby girl, so she'll cry. After many unsuccessful attempts, the nurse finally gets the baby to cry. Dr. Handle finishes up Jade's surgery. Jade is taking to a hospital room to recover and the baby girl is taken to the NICU.
A few hours later, Jade opens her eyes and sees Beck sitting at her bedside with tears in his eyes. She weekly turns her head towards him. "Beck?" she whispers quietly. Beck looks up and sees that Jade has finally woken up. "Jade! You're okay," he says, relieved. He sniffles and wipes his eyes, before gently kissing Jade's temple. Jade blinks groggily and looks around the room. "What...?" she begins. Beck holds up a cup of water with a straw. He guides the straw into Jade's mouth and she takes a small sip of water. "We have a beautiful baby girl. She's tiny, but she's doing well. They even moved her out of the NICU. She in the regular newborn nursery now," Beck says softly. Jade nods slowly and weakly. "I remember that...but everything after that is kind of a blur," she whispers. "You started to hemorrhage and they had to take you to surgery," Beck softly explains. Jade blinks groggily again. She gently runs her fingers over the closed incision on her abdomen. "What time is it?" she asks quietly. Beck looks at his watch. "Almost 3 am," he answers. Before either of them can say anything else, Dr. Linden enters the room. She smiles.
"Hello there, Jade. How are you feeling?" she asks. Jade shrugs weakly. "I've had better days," she replies softly. Dr. Linden smiles again. "I'm going to examine you, just to make sure that everything is okay," she says. Jade nods and lets the doctor examine her. Dr. Linden asks Jade to rate her pain level on a scale of 1 to 10. One means that she feels no pain, and ten means that she is in unbearable pain. Jade tells Dr. Linden that her pain level is at about a seven or eight. Dr. Linden finishes up, and she throws away her gloves. While she washes her hands at the sink, she glances back at Beck and Jade. "Your daughters are beautiful," she compliments. Beck and Jade both look at one another, confused. "Daughters?" Beck questions. He lifts one eyebrow in confusion. Jade furrows her eye brows. Dr. Linden turns the sink off and begins drying her hands with a paper towel. After throwing the paper towel away, she turns towards the confused couple. "One of the nurses was supposed to come in a tell you," she says, "You had twins, two beautiful little girls." Beck and Jade's jaws drop.
"This has got to be some mistake. I wasn't pregnant with twins," Jade says. Dr. Linden raises an eyebrow. "During surgery, Dr. Handle delivered a second baby," she tells the couple. Beck makes a confused face and tilts his head to the side. "How did my doctor not know that I was having twins?" Jade asks, utterly shocked and confused. Dr. Linden shrugs. "It's rare, but if twins are aligned just right and their heartbeats are in sync, it can trick doctors into thinking that there's only one baby," she says. Jade nods in shock. "How is she? ...The other baby," Beck asks. Dr. Linden smiles reassuringly. "She's surprisingly healthy for being born prematurely. She is slightly smaller and less developed than her sister, but she's doing great. Your little girls are fighters," she says. Beck and Jade both sigh in relief that their second baby is okay. Dr. Linden tells the couple more about the twins and Jade's recovery process, before having the twins brought into the room. Once the twins' incubators are wheeled in, Dr. Linden explains the differences between the two babies, and she tells the couple about their health statuses. "If everything goes well and the twins stay healthy, you two can take them home in about a week," she says. When she's finished speaking, she leaves Beck and Jade alone with their new babies.
Beck holds the first twin, Baby A, and Jade holds the second twin, Baby B. "Twins," Jade whispers. "We had twins." She looks at the tiny infant in her arms. The tiny baby girl tightly grips onto Jade's finger. Joyous tears roll down Jade's face. "They're so tiny," she whispers to Beck. Beck smiles. "They're perfect," he says, gently rocking Baby A. The two stay silent, mesmerized by the tiny babies.
The twins are half-identical, meaning they inherited the same exact genes from Jade, but they inherited different genes from Beck. The twins look just like Jade, especially Baby B. Baby A has Jade's nose and mouth. She has a round face like Jade, however her face is slightly more oval shaped than her mother's. She has Beck's brown eyes and Jade's natural, lighter brown hair. Baby B is the spitting image of Jade. She and her mother have the same eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and face shape. The only physical characteristic that she inherited from Beck is his dark hair. Her hair color is somewhere between Jade's natural brown hair color and Beck's darker hair color. Baby B's darker hair color makes her look even more like her mother, since Jade keeps her hair dyed black.
"What are we gonna name them," Jade asks. "Well, I'll name Baby A and you'll name Baby B," Beck answers. Satisfied with Beck's answer, Jade stares at Baby B, thinking of the perfect name. After a few more minutes of silence, Beck and Jade both know what they're naming the twins. Beck shares Baby A's name first. "I decided to name her Brooklyn Jade. We'd called her Brooke for short. I choose Brooklyn because that's where she was born, and I choose Jade after her amazing mother," he says. Jade smiles and blushes. She give Beck a kiss on the lips. "I love it! The name that I choose is Gabrielle Elizabeth. We can call her Gabbi. I choose Gabrielle because...well I just love the name, and Elizabeth is dedicated to your mother," she says. Beck smiles. "That's a wonderful name," he tells Jade. The two stare at their sleeping twin daughters. "Hello little Brooke and Gabbi," Jade softly coos.
Brooklyn Jade Oliver-West
5 lbs. 5 oz.
17.5 inches.
Born at 11:57 pm on December 31st.
Gabrielle Elizabeth Oliver-West
3 lbs. 1 oz.
14.9 inches.
Born at 12:07 am on January 1st.