A strong, rapid thumping filled the room.
"That's your baby's heart beat. It sounds good and strong." The nurse said with a smile.
Suddenly, a look of shock filled her face. Her eyes opened wide and her mouth fell open, "Oh! Oh wow. Well you guys aren't going to believe this…"
Jack asked in a panicked tone, "Is something wrong with our baby? Please don't tell us there's anything wrong…"
"Oh no sweetheart! There's nothing wrong. From what I can see, you have some very healthy looking babies in there."
"Babies? As in... plural? What do you mean by babies?" Angela slowly questioned.
"Well, it looks like you're having twins... Girls. Twin girls! Congratulations!"
Angela started to cry again.
"Oh, babe, this is a good thing! It's going to be twice as fun, raising two little girls," He leaned into her, "Don't worry. We can do this. Imagine how happy Michael is going to be! Don't worry, baby." Jack soothed.
"No, sweetie, I'm not upset, I'm ecstatic! I've always wanted a little girl, and two is even better. But now we've given my dad two more opportunities for terrible names!" Angie joked.
"I hadn't even thought of that. I guess we have one name from when we didn't know whether Michael was a girl or a boy, Catherine Temperance, but we still need another name." Jack said.
"We have time to come up with another name, 5 months actually."
Angela looked at the nurse with a worried expression on her face, "If I'm fairly far along, and I'm having twins… why am I not really showing? I mean I just thought I had been hitting the cookies too much lately or I was a little bloated… I don't look nearly half way through a pregnancy with twins… are they okay? Are they small? Could there be something wrong with them?"
The nurse soothingly replied, "Oh no sweetheart. They're a little small, but then again there are two of 'em in there, so you can't expect them to be the same size as a single baby. They both have strong heartbeats, and they're within the normal size range. I'd say you're grownin' two healthy little girls. As for you, you're tall and thin, and often women with your build show later and less visibly as shorter women. Everything looks just fine." The nurse changed her demeanor to more serious, " We do have to talk about the amnio, though, so when can you come in? I think you should both be here, if you can. That is, if you decide you want to do it. I'm gonna go and get the doctor, and he'll go over the procedure and risks with you so you can make a decision. See you in a few weeks for your next ultrasound!"
The nurse left the room, and moments later the doctor came in. He pulled up a chair across from Jack, "So, we have some to discuss, let's get started."
