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Kate's leg bounced impatiently against the floor while she waited for her name to be called out. Rick sat beside her holding her hand within his as a smile graced his face.
"Kate can you please keep your leg still?" whined Rick as the lady who was heavily pregnant, who sat across from them gave him a dirty look.
"But I am so excited" said Kate as she kept bouncing her leg.
Rolling his eyes he smiled at the excitement that overcame Kate every time she thought about the baby, he was usually the one that acted like the child out of the pair but for this once he was being the mature one while his fiancee beside him lost many years of maturity
"seriously Kate the lady is looking like she is going to kill me if you don't stop bouncing your leg" whined Rick, Kate rolled her eyes and stopped bouncing her leg. Their names where called and relief flooded through Rick as he glanced at the lady across from them, who was still glaring at them.
"Hello my name is Sara and I will be your nurse for today" spoke the woman, as she closed the door behind both Rick and Kate.
"Hi, this is castle my Fiance' replied Kate as she lent slightly into Castle nervous about the examination, her life's dream was to have a child but her worries escalated about thoughts of miscarriage.
"Okay Kate what we are going to do today is get a blood and urine test, feel around your stomach for and abnormalities and we will give you an ultrasound and take measurements of your baby.
"Okay" nodded Kate as she did not move from her current position
"If you want to sit on the edge of the bed we will get your blood test done first" Kate nodded as she sat down on the edge of the bed before holding her hand out to Rick, her fear for needles becoming apparent as she looked at the needle that was about to be injected into her arm and was more than scared.
"Hey Kate everything will be okay" whispered Rick as he pulled her shoulder to his body and placed a kiss to her temple.
A loud hiss escaped Kate's mouth as the needle entered the vein in her left arm and the cringed as she felt the blood being sucked out of her body.
"Rick is it over yet?" whispered Kate as she felt her blood no longer being sucked out of it.
"Yeah sweetheart it is over" spoke Rick as he placed a kiss to Kate's temple as the nurse patched up the small whole left from the needle and placed a hand upon Kate's arm.
"Okay now we are going to grab a urine test, there is a toilet just through that door" Kate nodded before grabbing the container and walking through the door into the bathroom.
"So is this your first time?" Asked the nurse as she waited for Kate to walk back through the door.
"No I have a nineteen year old daughter" replied Rick as he impatiently waited for Kate to come back through the door.
"So is this Kate's first child or is your daughter her's as well" Rick shook his head.
"No I had my daughter with my first wife, But Kate is her surrogate mother anyway" smiled Rick as Kate walked back through the door and handed over the container.
"Okay Kate now I need you to lie down on the bed and lift up your shirt that I can examine your stomach" Kate nodded and laid down on the bed and lifting up her shirt revealing her slight baby bump that appeared on her usually flat stomach.
After a minute or so of having her stomach prodded the nurse moved her hands away.
"Okay well that all seems okay, I can't feel an abnormalities, I just need to get some information about both of your medical histories and any potential diseases or diformaties that could become present within the fetus. Both Kate and Rick nodded their heads and Kate remained on the bed lying down but she moved her shirt down over her stomach.
"Kate has their been any serious hospital visits in the last couple of years, anything that could a potential threat to you or your baby?" Asked the nurse, Kate nodded her head and her hand went to the scar that was above her sternum where the bullet had tore itself into her body.
"I was shot by a sniper two years ago, the bullet nicked one of the veins in my heart and I went into cardiac arrest while they where trying to repair the damage" Although the incident had occurred so long ago the nightmares still remained but only happen on occasions.
"This might pose a problem through the pregnancy and through the birth. I will for the last month or maybe two of your pregnancy I would advise you to be on bed rest to reduce the stress to your heart" Kate cringed at the idea of staying in a bed for so long but she nodded her head, if staying on bed rest would help reduce any risk to herself or the small life growing inside of her than she would do it without a fuss.
After another twenty minutes of constant questions on both of their health and any medical conditions that they might have they where finally able to see their child for the first time.
"Okay Kate I will need you too lift your shirt up again" asked the nurse as she picked up a tube of the gel that would be smeared over her stomach. "I am warning you that this will be cold"
Kate nodded her head but flinched when the cold gel made contact with her stomach and she let out a hiss which brought a smile to Rick's face before kissing Kate's forehead.
"Okay so if you look at the screen you can see the tiny shape of your baby" Kate's eyes started to tear up as she small the tiny creature that was currently in her stomach. "Do you want to hear the baby's heart beat?" asked the nurse, Kate nodded her head, the sound of a tiny rapid heart beat could be heard.
"Is the heart beat supposed to be that quick?" asked Kate as fear laced her voice.
"Yes we would be worried if the heart beat wasn't that fast" smiled the nurse although she had a questioning look on her face.
"What's wrong?" Asked Rick as he had tears in his eyes but a frown resided where a smile had only been moments ago.
"I just want to check something" The nurse moved the machine across Kate's stomach until she could see that there where two distinct shapes on the screen.
"Shit" exclaimed Rick as he realized what the nurse was talking about.
"Rick what's wrong?" Kate asked worriedly her eyes quickly clutching Rick's hand.
"You my dear are expecting twins" said the nurse relief flooded Kate as she smacked Rick in the arm.
"Never scare me like that again" warned Kate as she glared at him.
"you do realize now there is not only going to be one baby screaming all night but two right?" Asked Rick as he watched the realization take over Kate
"Oh" Said Kate only realizing what was happening. '
"It is okay, I will print you out some pictures" said the nurse before leaving the room and leaving Kate and Rick by themselves.
"Rick can we do this?" Asked Kate.
"Yeah we can, on the upside Alexis and my mother will be willing to help us and now we can have double the fun" laughed Rick.
"Yeah and Double the tantrums" replied Kate as she watched Rick frown.
"True" nodded Rick as he kissed Kate making Kate smile.
"Okay, here are your pictures and I just want to tell you that Kate, now we know that you are having twins I want you to be on bed rest for the last two months of your pregnancy, especially with twins because they are known to be born early so we want you to be under little stress to help make sure that they wont come early". Kate nodded her head as she thought about her the usually active woman she is on two months bed rest.
"I can do that" replied Kate.
"Okay good, well if you want to wipe the gel of your stomach we are done here for today, the blood and urine test will come back in a week or so, we will give you a call to give you the results and I will see you next time".
"Thank you" said Kate as she grabbed some of the tissues out of the box and wiped the gel of her stomach.
"On your way out make sure you book your next appointment" exclaimed the nurse before Kate and Rick walked out back into the corridor and to the front desk to schedule their next appointment.
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P.S I have twin brothers and therefore know more about a pregnancy with twins than just a single baby.