Chapter Two
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I had meant to have published two more chapters by now, but we found out my grandmother has a rare form of cancer. Then I had doctor's appointments for my own baby, in which we found out we are having a little girl!
It's been fun to buy pink things after having a boy, to bad it was overshadowed with the bad news..but I'm trying to be optimistic. Don't worry I won't let any negative thoughts enter my story, I want them to have a happy life. There will be some drama..it wouldn't be a story..or life in general if there wasn't.
Don't own Glee.
Kurt and Blaine sat in the doctor's office the next morning, waiting nervously for their high level ultrasound and fetal echo on one of the twins. They had discovered at the twenty week ultrasound that one of the twins might have something wrong with their heart. They were a mix of feelings at being thrilled with a healthy baby, but filled with worry for one that may not be. So here they were, a cardiologist was going to exam the baby's heart, to see how severe, or if any defect was found. They called Kurt's name and Blaine helped him up. It hurt Kurt to walk, the pressure of both babies was enough to make him not want to walk ever again. Today he'd find out if he also could in fact deliver naturally, if both babies were head down. They said at this point the risk of them turning was really small, so they would check today.
Blaine helped him up on the table, both of them laughing at how Kurt could hardly move easily anymore. He lay back and looked at his husband, who squeezed his hand. Blaine wiped a tear from Kurt's face, "it'll be okay, even if it's not it'll be okay". They tried explaining to a much too young Christopher about his dad having two babies. He would hug Kurt's stomach, and kiss it and laugh when one baby would kick him. But they didn't talk about it a lot, because simply he didn't understand, and they didn't talk about the heart problem scare outside of their bedroom. They hadn't told anyone, because they didn't know anything, so they decided to tell them after their appointment today.
The doctor came in, shaking Blaine's hand and putting a hand on Kurt's shoulder. He got straight to work putting the gel on Kurt's stomach, everyone laughing when Kurt seemed embarrassed at how large he was.
"Okay this will be not much different than an ultrasound, just takes longer and we will be studying the baby's heart".
They both nodded, and held hands as the doctor watched the image on the screen. He didn't say anything, and moved to the other twin in about half an hour, deciding to check that one too just to be safe. Finally the doctor put the transducer back on the cart and gave Kurt a towel to wipe himself off. Kurt took a deep breath and looked at Blaine, who looked at the doctor, "so what's the verdict?"
"Well twin B is healthy, as we thought, and I can't say that twin A is healthy, but much healthier than first thought. Twin A has a small hole in it's heart, most kids do and they close on their own. So all we do is watch it over the course of the next few years, making sure it'll close. If it doesn't close by the time the baby is around two or three we will do surgery to close it, but don't worry that is years away, a simple procedure, and probably won't happen. This baby will be normal, you won't have to take extra precautions, no more than you would for any newborn. So all in all aside from a clean bill of health this is the best scenario for you. So enjoy the next few weeks, this baby is healthy, I can almost guarantee the hole will close, my own son had one so I know how you feel".
Kurt let out a breath he was holding, "so aside from a visit to a dr once a year till it closes, nothing else out of the ordinary?"
"Exactly, now your doctor wants to check you, so I will be on my way. Congratulations to both of you!"
They hugged each other, so relieved to find out the baby will be okay, when the doctor came into the room.
"Glad to hear everything looks good with the babies".
Kurt nodded, "me too".
"Okay take off your pants and put this over your legs, I will see if the few contractions you've had have done anything".
After examining him the doctor deemed him still closed and glad the babies could stay in there a bake longer. She lifted the bedrest to modified bed rest, so as long as the majority of the time he's sitting or laying down, he was able to get up and go to a few places. She then did another ultrasound, happy to tell him both babies were head down, when to Blaine's surprise Kurt blurted out words he never expected.
"I want to know the sex now, I know their healthy and I just need to know now".
Blaine laughed, he'd wanted to know the whole time, but Kurt had asked if they could keep it a surprise. Kurt turned to him and smiled, "we can find out but not tell anyone, still keep it a surprise for them".
"We can do whatever you want babe, if you want to know now we can find out, I don't mind".
The doctor smiled and moved the transducer over his belly and stopped, "what do you see there?"
Kurt smiled, "nothing".
"Exactly, you have two healthy little girls".
"I KNEW IT!" Kurt cried, causing Blaine to laugh.
"Okay you're free to go, but call or come in for any of the situations we've talked about".
Kurt cleaned his stomach off and with Blaine's help got off the table and out of the office. They had to stop a few times on the way to the car so Kurt could sit down, he caught Blaine staring at him once, "what?"
Blaine smiled, "nothing, you just are amazing is all".
"Well not every man can carry twins you know".
He nodded, "I know, and you're amazing for doing it, without complaint, well most of the time".
"Oh trust me, it's without complaint, if you knew half of what comes to my mind and not coming out of my mouth you'd be shocked".
Blaine laughed, "come on, we'll get you a wheelchair and I'll take you to the mall..I figure you want to do a little shopping now that you're off complete bed rest".
He kissed him, "you know me oh so well my love".
"It's my job".
Everyone took the news of the heart problem well, Blaine even found out that he himself had the same problem. Blaine's closed on his own by his first birthday, and he was a normal child so that made them both feel very relieved. The next few weeks were full of Kurt finishing the nursery, Blaine being incredibly busy at school, and Kurt trying to finish up most of the work in his online classes so he isn't worried about it when the babies came. Blaine's mother had went back to Ohio for a few days to pick up some things for a longer stay knowing the babies were coming soon. Carole was flying out with Burt the next day and since Kurt was no longer on strict bed rest he assured them all he'd be fine. That he and Christopher would sit around watching Toy Story and Finding Nemo all day. He did put on Toy Story for Christopher, and walked into the kitchen to get a bottle of water, glancing at the calender, he was 35 weeks that day. He felt accomplished that he'd made it this far, which was considered full term for twins. He walked back into the nursery, he had a basket of clothes to put up, the last batch of clothes finally washed. He was stretching up to hang up one of the dresses when he felt a white hot pain creep across his back. He let out a groan and doubled over. He knew what this meant, and he prayed he could get to the couch and lay down and they would go away again. He walked into his bedroom to grab his cellphone when he felt the fluid run down his legs. He froze, Oh God...not now..not when I'm alone for the next five hours, he thought. He changed his pants, putting a towel down on the floor to clean up the fluid, bending over a few times, trying not to scream in pain. He needed Blaine, he needed the relaxing techniques they'd practiced for this, he walked over to the kitchen, grabbing the counter as another contraction hit. He held his breath, biting his lip to keep from screaming and scaring his son. He took a few deep breaths and looked at the time, hoping Blaine would be in between classes..no such luck. He thought about texting him, but thought better of it, and decided to just call, but it went straight to voice mail, he rarely got mad at Blaine but he was pissed he'd put his phone on ignore when Kurt was so close to delivering the babies.
He struggled to the couch, Christopher still playing in the floor looking up and watching Toy Story mimicking what they were doing with his own Buzz and Woody in his hands. He lay down trying to not startle his son, he felt another wave of pain come over him he stuck his hand in his mouth to quiet the agonizing moan that was escaping his lips. Once the pain was over, he tried to relax, putting a towel under him, still feeling small amounts of fluid run out. Thankfully the contractions were still 8-10 minutes apart, so he knew he had some time. He couldn't get comfortable, no position alleviated the pain, he lay in torture on the couch burying his head in the pillow during the contractions. He had started to silently cry into the pillow, all he wanted was Blaine, and the pain to stop. He felt another contraction starting, "Oh god oh god", he kept repeating, "shit shit shit shit". Soon it passed and he heard his phone ringing, he grabbed from the back of the couch and was relieved to see it was Blaine calling. He tried to calm himself down before he answered it.
"Hello?" his voice sounded small and strained and he hoped Blaine didn't pick up on it.
"You okay babe?"
Shit. Well he didn't want him to get in a wreck on the way here, but he also wanted him here..so he had to calm down to tell him what was going on without freaking him out.
"No...my...water...oh god..shit..it ...shit broke", Kurt groaned, not exactly subtle but he had a contraction when he started talking.
"I'll be there in five minutes, you hang on okay? How far apart are they?"
"Okay", Kurt started to cry again, "umm..ten minutes I think..oh god..it hurts so much worse than last time".
"Baby don't cry I'm almost there, just hand in there, Rachel is coming she will stay with Christopher until your parents get here".
"Okay..Oh..ow..Blaine I don't think I can do this".
"Baby if you want pain medicine I won't be one to stop you okay?"
"But I don't want it...but..oh god..like right now...oh god I do".
Blaine's heart ached to know he was so much pain and he couldn't be there for him.
"I'm walking into the apartments, Rachel is right behind me, hang on baby..hang on".
Kurt let the phone fall to the floor as he buried his face in the pillow again, as another strong contraction attacked his body. Christopher's face lit up when he saw Rachel, not even noticing how upset his dad was, or the tears on his face. Kurt was glad for that, he didn't want to scare his son, Blaine rushed to Kurt's side, rubbing his back as Kurt screamed into his pillow. Once the pain passed he noticed Blaine had put his shoes on, "come on baby, let's get you to the hospital".
