I couldn't wait and the next chapter probably won't be far behind if I can type. I did a dumbass thing and grabbed a scalding hot coffee cup and burned my hand.
So, let's see what the parents have to say. We even get a little of Mason and Sookie who aren't around too much.
SM own...I DO NOT!
ENJOY!
1/14/2017
Chapter 10
EPOV
After Bella announced that she was pregnant, the room became eerily quiet.
"Let's take this into the other room so there aren't any sharp objects to throw," suggested my mother.
Everyone had made their way into the living room and were now standing and waiting. The whole room was silent. No one said anything. My mom, Renee and Charlie looked like they were deer caught in the headlights.
I slowly turned to look at everyone, one by one. All their faces were the same.
Emotionless.
Bella and I continued to stand and wait for anyone to say anything, but it didn't seem like they were going to budge so I took it upon myself to say something. "Well, isn't anyone going to say anything?"
My mom was the first one to react. She launched herself at me, wrapping her arms around my neck and her legs around my waist.
Awkward.
"Oh my God, you did it; you actually did it. I never thought you would do it. I'm so happy." She continued hugging me. At this point she was crying and I was trying to pry her away, but she wouldn't move. Bella stood stock still and watched as I tried to unlatch my mother. She was as dumbfounded as I was. "You beat Mason to the altar."
Renee was the next to react. She stepped forward and grabbed Bella and hugged her. "Oh, my baby girl is having a baby. I was waiting for this to happen." This was definitely not the reaction we were expecting at all. We were expecting lecture upon lecture from both sets of parents, but our mothers, they proved otherwise.
Emmett completely broke the silence and started laughing again and pointing. For the life of me, I couldn't figure out why he chose to point. I think my mom may have slipped something into his drink. I just shook my head at the thought.
My dad stepped forward and pried my mom from me, clapping me on the shoulder. "Well, son. That's big news. Are you happy?"
"Absolutely. We couldn't be happier. Um... we have more news, though," I said.
Charlie's head perked up and stepped forward. He hadn't said a word and I was afraid he was ready to pull his gun out on me.
"I think you all should sit down. This is even bigger news," I explained.
My mom and Renee took a seat on the couch. Renee reached for her glass of wine. Everyone else stood silently waiting.
"Well, first of all, I have to explain that Bella is very high risk. She can't be getting upset," I stated firmly, glancing around at everyone, hoping I got my point across. I didn't want anyone blowing up and upsetting her.
Charlie was the first to speak this time. "Is there something wrong with the baby?"
"No, Charlie." I hesitated for a minute. I sighed and grabbed Bella's hand and laced our fingers together. "Bella and I are expecting Spontaneous Identical Triplets."
I heard a thump and turned to see what it was. It was my mom falling over the edge of the couch. My dad sprung forward to catch her before she face planted on the floor.
Renee, well, she'll need to take her dress to the dry cleaners because mid sip of her wine, her mouth popped open and all of her wine spilled from her mouth and down the front of her dress.
Charlie, he plopped down in the oversized chair next to the couch.
Emmett's eyes went as wide as saucers.
And my dad, he stood still, completely composed.
Bella and I just stood there. We didn't know what to say. We knew it would be a shock to everyone, just like it was a shock to us. Glancing around, no one was moving.
"Well, I know this is shocking news, but just so you know, everything looks good. All three babies are growing perfectly." I was hoping the information would bring everyone out of their daze.
Emmett was the first to pull me into a huge bear hug. I couldn't breathe. "Emmett, dude."
"Sorry, sorry. This is great news. I am so happy for the both of you. I'm going to be an Uncle." He fist pumped the air. "I can't believe this; this is excellent," he said while rubbing his face with his hands and smiling from ear to ear.
All too soon, everyone was surrounding us and trying to make sure Bella was comfortable. We were mainly surprised that everyone was being so forthcoming with our news. It was almost as if they were expecting it.
I was literally pushed out of the way by my mom and Renee so they could sit by Bella. They didn't pay any attention to me at all. Charlie appeared next to me and showed me a little.
"I was wondering how long it would take for you to knock my daughter up," he stated. I looked at him quizzically. I had no clue where any of his reaction was coming from. I was definitely in the Twilight Zone.
"Sir, Bella's almost twelve weeks pregnant. I don't think I could have knocked her up any sooner." I shook my head wondering where these people came from.
My dad came forward and pulled me into a hug. He seemed really happy about the news, too. "I'm so happy for you two. You couldn't have picked a better person to spend your life with."
An hour later, the doorbell rang and my mom got up to answer it. Alice entered with Jasper trailing along with two other girls that I had never met before. I glanced outside noticing that Mason and Sookie were just getting out of his car.
All three girls made a beeline to Bella, completely bypassing me with no Hello's or introductions. Jasper just stood and looked at me, shaking his head. I think my purpose in life was done and I was forgotten…I was dust in the wind.
Mason and Sookie finally walked in the door and my mom got up to greet them. "You're just in time."
"Did I miss something?" He asked as mom guided him into the living room where everyone was.
I gave him a one armed hug. "Na." I pointed in Bella's direction. "C'mon, I want you to meet Bella."
Him and Sookie trailed behind me and when I approached the couch, Bella got up and approached me. I perked up, loving that she was actually going to pay attention to me. I leaned down and gave her a small chaste kiss. "Hey, this is my oldest brother Mason and his fiancee Sookie."
Bella extended her hand to Mason. "It's so nice to meet you." She said, then did the same to Sookie.
Mom came into the room and handed Mason a beer and Sookie a glass of wine. I heard her tell him that he'd need it.
Then she did the same to me with the two other women I didn't know. "I want you to meet my best-friend Angela and Alice's best-friend Rose, who is also Jasper's sister."
Emmett trailed behind me; he seemed to be drooling over Rose. Mason stood with his arm around Sookie's waist.
"Hey guys, I want you to meet my husband, Edward. Edward, this is Angela and Rose." They all shook my hand and congratulated me on the babies and our marriage.
"Hold up," Mason said. "I think you forgot to tell me something."
I stepped over to where he was standing. "Yeah, sorry, bro. Bella and I got married the day before Halloween and we're expecting."
"Wow," he replied. "Congrats."
"Thanks, man. It's all pretty surprising. And to top it off, we're having Spontaneous Identical Triplets."
Mason dropped his beer.
I jumped back to keep from getting splattered with the foam, but that didn't help. "DUDE!"
"You're kidding me, right?" He asked with a blank face.
Sookie stood with her brows raised and the edge of her wineglass resting on her bottom lip like she was trying to keep from smiling.
"No, I'm not kidding you," I said as mom handed me a towel to wipe the beer off my jeans then handed it to my dumbass brother. "She's almost twelve weeks pregnant."
Then he chuckled. "That's amazing." He finally said. "That really is amazing."
"Thanks."
"It really is," Sookie said. "Do y'all have any multiples in your family?"
Her southern accent killed me every time. "Bella's a fraternal twin. That's about it."
"Oh, okay, good. I just wanted to make sure that when we have a baby that I won't get pregnant with more than one baby."
And this girl was in school to become a lawyer?
I looked at Mason and he shrugged.
While I had my moment with Mason and Sookie, Bella had introduced Emmett to Alice, Angela and Rosalie.
Emmett shook Angela's hand first, but paid more attention to Rose when they were introduced. I saw the look they gave each other; they were both interested. Bella seemed to notice and glanced up at me and smiled.
"Okay ladies, we have some planning to do. Bella and Edward have given us complete power over their reception. They got married the way they wanted and now we're going to make the best of it and they'll love it. We're going to knock their socks off," announced Alice.
Bella and I looked at each other and wondered what we got ourselves into.
The rest of the evening was pretty quiet amongst the men, but we could hear tons of laughter and squealing coming from the dining room. All seven of the women were in reception planning heaven. They were just having fun. They invited Sookie to add her two cents and offered for her to help if she had the time.
The guys, well, we sat perched at a card table in the enclosed patio area, drinking beer, smoking cigars and playing cards. No one came to check on us. We were left to fend for ourselves if we wanted anything. I felt this was good male bonding time with my new father-in-law and he seemed to be enjoying himself.
Emmett decided to strike up conversation between us. "I have to say, I never thought you had in you, brother."
"Had what in me?"
Emmett chuckled and took a big gulp of his beer. "You found the love of your life, married her and knocked her up…with triplets, no less. And all in a matter of months. I honestly thought that once you found that perfect someone that you would have a long drawn out engagement then wait a few years to start popping out kids. You know, like our dear older brother Mason."
Mason looked over at Emmett. "At least we have women."
We laughed while Emmett pouted.
I didn't know what to say. I studied Emmett for a minute because he was usually all about cracking jokes and taking jabs at me about the kind of person I was. I thought I was laid back and didn't take things for granted. I had more money than I knew what to do with. I loved my career and my wife and I have a family on the way. That was something definitely worth manning up to and I wouldn't want to change a thing about the way things happened. We only have the one life and life is too short to wait around for things. If you wanted them bad enough, go after it and make it yours. That was exactly what I did with Bella and now we're just living out our story.
"I'm not getting any younger, so why wait? It was going to happen anyway. I mean her and me getting married. The babies are just added bonuses," I explained.
Then Mason faked a cough. "What?" I asked.
"Do you think I'm waiting to long to get married? I mean, should we get married sooner?" I looked at him funny. I wasn't sure where he was going with his questioning, but I was pretty positive that all the talk of getting older and finding the right one was starting to get to him. He was ten years older than Sookie and if I knew my brother the way I think I do, he'd want to start a family soon. He was probably thinking that just because Sookie was still in her early twenties that they'd have plenty of time to have kids, but he wasn't thinking about himself. He was thirty-four years old...still childless and not married. Granted, he is engaged, but they still hadn't set a date yet. He was the one procrastinating.
"Don't get me wrong, brother; I'm happy for you. It's all just sort of quick," he said. "I just thought that maybe an engagement needed to be long and drawn out and the kid thing needed to be planned."
"Mason, the best part about babies are when they aren't planned," I said. "The whole surprise of it and if it's with someone that you want to spend the rest of your life with, then why wait?"
"You're right," Mason agreed. "I think we'll be having a wedding sooner than you think."
I clapped him on the shoulder. "I can't wait." Then glanced around the table at my dad, Charlie, Jasper and Emmett. They were all nodding their heads in agreement. "Well, we can't change anything and we're happy. I'm the happiest I've ever been. Are you guys upset because we didn't wait?"
"Well son, I'm only speaking for myself right now; it was quite shocking to know that all of this happened so quickly but I have no room to talk. I'd be a hypocrite if I were to say anything about rushing it. I know your mother told you about us getting married after only being together for a month," explained my dad.
I nodded and took a drink of my beer. I glanced up at Charlie. He still wasn't saying anything; just nodding and puffing on his cigar. He was the one person I expected to get lectured from. "Yeah, she told me. I was confused about having such strong feelings about Bella the last time we were here. She explained that you eloped because you knew you loved each other. Is that why everyone is acting the way they are?"
"Acting like what?" Finally Charlie spoke.
"Well, Bella and I set ourselves up to think that we were going to get lectured and belittled about her being pregnant and then us getting married without telling anyone," I clarified.
Carlisle let out a deep sigh, and said, "It's like you said, son, life is too short. All of us parents have had our talks. We saw it happening the last time you two were here. We just didn't think it would happen this soon. We're all surprised, but happy to say the least."
"Thank you. That means a lot to us."
Out of nowhere, Jasper chose that moment to speak. "Charlie, I'd like your permission to ask Alice to marry me?"
Charlie chuckled and took a puff off of his cigar and clapped Jasper on the shoulder. "Took you long enough."
"So is that a yes?" Jasper asked.
"Yes, Jasper, you can ask Alice to marry you. And you," he pointed at me with his cigar between his fingers. "I would have preferred for you to ask just like Jasper here just did. But I understand how things are these days."
I couldn't help but smile and be happy that he wasn't going to take my head off. "I'm sorry, Sir. We just got excited about the whole thing and it didn't cross my mind."
"No need to apologize. I wasn't born yesterday and I sure as hell didn't ask Renee's father if I could marry her," he explained.
My dad raised his beer and Here, Here'd. That made us all laugh.
Bella entered the patio at that moment, yawning. The babies must be draining her and with all of the excitement over the reception, I was sure she was exhausted. She bent down and kissed me before she sat in my lap.
"Rose and Ang just left. They'll be back tomorrow, though," she said.
I wrapped my arms around her. I smiled up at her because I could feel her belly through her clothes now. "Okay. You tired?"
"Yeah, I'm exhausted. I'm gonna head up for bed. You coming up with me?"
"In a minute. I wanna say good night to everyone," I stated.
She stood up from the table and hugged her dad. Carlisle, Emmett, Mason and Jasper also stood from the table, being gentlemen and gave her a small hug and a peck on her cheek before she left the room.
I made my rounds, saying good night to everyone and headed upstairs.
Bella was changing into her pajamas when I walked into the room. I stood and watched her and admired the baby bump that was protruding from her midsection. I had a permanent smile on my face from the vision.
"Leave the bottoms off," I said as I approached her. She looked up at me through the mirror on the dresser and turned towards me.
"Why?"
I wrapped my arms around her and licked up her neck to her ear and whispered, "Because I want to make love to my wife."
Bella moaned and ran her fingers down my stomach and palmed my now very hard cock, and started stroking me. My eyes rolled into the back of my head at the feeling.
"Does that feel good, baby?"
"You better fuckin' believe it. Bed. Now." I growled as she stepped backwards towards the bed while I stalked her. She giggled and climbed up using the step stool on the side. She grabbed the hem of her shirt and whipped it off, throwing it across the room towards our overnight bags. She sat there in just her panties waiting for me.
When I climbed up onto the bed, I crawled up to her like I was a lion ready to attack. When I reached her, she spread her legs open and I could see the wet spot between her legs. I moaned and reached forward to run my finger along the spot. Her breath hitched as I circled her clit through her panties. She opened her legs wider, causing me to take a deep breath at the sight of her. She was absolutely beautiful anyway she presented herself to me.
"Looks like you're a little wet, baby," I stated. I leaned down and wasted no time in plunging my tongue into her mouth. We moaned when I pulled her panties to the side and slid a finger into her pussy. She was drenched and I could smell her. It made my mouth water. I pumped in and out of her a few times until I couldn't wait any longer. I needed to taste her.
When I moved to lean back on my knees, I hooked my fingers into the sides of her panties and brought them down her legs. I threw them across the room and they landed next to the shirt that she threw. I licked my lips when I looked down at her and I could taste her arousal just by looking.
Bella sat up quickly and started making quick work of my jeans while I pulled my shirt over my head. We were working in a frenzy, together to get my clothes off. I felt like I hadn't made love to my wife in ages. My dick was so hard that it was almost painful. We were like lovers who hadn't touched each other in ages.
When my clothes were finally off, I grabbed her legs by her knees and pushed them as close to her chest as I could get them. She was completely open to me, so I leaned down and licked her pussy from the bottom to the top. When I reached her clit and took it between my lips and sucked, she started shaking. It was a good shake though; it was her body talking to me, begging for more.
I continued to lick her and fuck her with my tongue; eliciting her orgasm to take over. Her hips were gyrating up and down with each pass of my tongue. I hummed each time I took her clit in between my teeth because I knew she could feel the vibration. When I made one last pass of her slippery opening, I inserted my middle finger and started pumping in and out; curling my finger as I moved.
With one last attempt, I pushed further into her and added another finger, curling them. She nearly shot off the bed when her orgasm hit her. She grabbed a pillow and covered her face with it so she could scream. I knew I did a job well done.
I couldn't wait any longer, so I gave her one last swipe with my tongue upwards and started kissing up her body. I stopped at her stomach to say hello to our creation. "Hi, babies. Daddy's having his way with mommy so get ready for a bumpy ride."
Bella giggled and grabbed me by my ears, pulling me up so I was nestled between her legs. "They don't need to hear that you're about to fuck their mother."
I smiled at her and captured her lips with mine knowing that she could taste herself on me.
I leaned back on my knees again and pulled her down the bed to me, hooking one of her legs over my arm. With my free hand, I grabbed my dick and rubbed the head of it up and down the opening of her pussy, coating it with her juices before I pushed into her. It was an unbelievable feeling. I didn't move for minute because I was so in love with the feeling I was experiencing. I needed to calm myself because I wanted to pound her into the bed, but I didn't want to jostle the babies too much.
I moved forward and leaned on one arm, still holding her leg with the other. I didn't want to put too much pressure on her stomach as I pumped in and out of her. I spread my knees open further, giving myself a better angle; more of an upward thrust. It felt so fucking amazing.
I stuck with a steady pace but the feeling was overpowering and I wanted more. I started moving a little faster; our skin smacking as I thrust into her harder. We were trying our hardest to keep our noises down to a minimum. I wasn't sure how well that was working out, though.
With gritted teeth, I started moving faster. She became wetter the faster I moved. I could feel the moisture on the upper part of my thighs as I moved in and out of her. I let go of her leg so she could wrap them around me. This brought me closer and I wanted to be deeper. I looked down to my wife as she writhed beneath me with her mouth agape, breathing heavily from our lovemaking. She was so beautiful. I loved looking at her face as we made love.
"I'm so close, baby." I whispered between breaths, pumping faster into her.
"Me, too...Oh God. I'm gonna cum," she breathed out heavily; her chest rising and falling rapidly. She pivoted her pelvis, meeting me thrust for thrust.
I reached up and grabbed her hair, not roughly, and pulled her to me and kissed the hell out of her. We weren't gentle with the kiss at all; it did muffle her cries as she started cumming. My dick felt like it was in a vice as she spasmed.
After a few more thrusts, I pushed as far into her as I could possibly go. If she wasn't already pregnant, she would have been after tonight. I felt like I came inside of her so much that I could keep her pregnant for a decade.
"Holy fuck," she panted out, her arms falling to her sides. I placed kiss after kiss along her neck and her chest, paying attention to her nipples. Which I noticed had started to darken and become larger.
I made my way back to her lips and kissed her long and hard before I pulled back and looked into her eyes. "Holy fuck is right. That felt amazing, baby."
"Do you think they heard us?"
"I don't give a shit," I replied. "I'm sure they did. The headboard kept hitting the wall." We laughed as I rolled off of her.
I pulled her into my arms and we fell asleep.
The next morning, Bella and I packed our bags because we were heading home today. I still had another day off of work and we wanted to spend that time to ourselves.
We made it downstairs and mom was in the kitchen hovering over the stove cooking breakfast. "Morning you two; sleep well?"
She turned and glanced at us with a huge smile on her face. "Yeah, I think we need to get a new mattress at home. The one here is like sleeping on a cloud," Bella said.
At that time, Emmett came barreling down the stairs and headed straight for the table. I was sure he smelled the food and that was why he was awake so early. He kept looking at me and Bella with a smirk on his face.
"What are you looking at?"
Emmett leaned in close to us over the table between Mason and me. "Um... next time, pull the bed away from the wall. I think the whole neighborhood heard you two last night." Then he turned his eyes toward my wife. "The pillow didn't help, Bella."
Bella turned scarlet and she buried her face in the back of my arm. "Emmett, do you mind, please?"
"You're a jackass, bro," Mason said. "I can't wait until you bring a girl home."
"Yeah, I can't wait, either," Emmett replied.
Then he looked at me and Bella. "What? I'm just speaking the truth. Am I not entitled to pick on my sister-in-law?" Emmett huffed and sat back in his chair and laughed quietly to himself.
"No, it's okay because it's only a matter of time before we can pick right back at him. I saw the looks you gave Rose yesterday. You like her don't you?" It was Bella's turn to tease. Emmett's face turned a light pink at her accusation.
"Yeah, I think she's sexy, so sue me," he replied. "Can you give me her number?"
"Why don't you ask her yourself? They're supposed to be over here in about an hour to talk about the reception," she suggested.
His eyes grew wide and a huge smile graced his face. "You don't mind me asking her?"
"Rose is her own boss. If she likes you, then she'll give you her number. She's a very independent woman and goes for what she wants and if that's you, then don't sweat it," conveyed Bella. "I think she had the hots for you, anyway."
Emmett perked up at that news. You couldn't wipe the smile off of his face if you tried.
An hour later Mason and Sookie left when Angela, Alice and Rose showed up and stole Bella from me for about an hour. Even though we gave them complete reign over the whole reception, they wanted Bella's opinion on a few things. I, on the other hand, didn't care one bit. I was already married to my soul-mate, so color schemes or locations weren't of any interest to me. We just wanted to do this for the family.
As we were all leaving, Emmett pulled Rose aside. Both of them had smiles on their faces. I knew he was asking for her phone number.
Our trip back to Seattle was quiet. Bella slept the whole way. Her quiet little snores were so cute that I just wanted to reach over and pinch her cheeks. But that wouldn't have gone over well so I settled for smiling and glancing over at her every thirty seconds.
The next day was filled with lounging around the house, making love countless times and watching movies. 'All in a day's work' is what I told her as we settled into bed that night.
Christmas came and went and we were now in a new year. We spent four days at my parent's house and did the whole Christmas thing there. We had done a name drawing for the gifts because there were so many people to buy for now.
Bella and I drew my dad as a couple then I drew Alice. I had no clue whatsoever to buy her. Bella suggested that I buy her a Coach handbag. She loved it. For my dad we bought a new top of the line stethoscope. He loved it of course because his other one was falling apart.
As far as our wedding reception, all the ladies decided to do one big giant party for us and included a baby shower. All the men were invited of course. They were renting the banquet hall at the Grand Hotel in Port Angeles. It was going to take place during Bella's twenty-fifth week.
We were in the first week of February and Bella was now twenty weeks along. Her first due date was actually in May but Dr. Burkshire hopes for her to make it to the middle of April around thirty-two weeks. We just knew that when she went into labor, that was their due date.
It was now time for her initial ultrasound. She had one other ultrasound to check on the progress of the babies and everything looked good. Baby C looked a little smaller but Dr. Burkshire said that was a given considering the baby's location. It could have also been a shadow that the ultrasound was catching.
We were so excited that we could hardly sleep the night before. We had discussed whether or not we wanted to find out the sex of the babies, so we agreed that we would. Considering they are identical, we would only have to see the sex of one baby to know what we were having but we wanted to see all three of them, anyway.
Dr. Burshire opted for us to get the 4D ultrasound so that we could see their facial features. It was amazing how far technology had come these days. Now you can see exactly what your baby looks like before they're even born.
Dr. Moffet had returned from her maternity leave and attended Bella's last appointment. She brought pictures for us to see her baby girl which was the chubbiest baby that I had ever seen. She blamed it all on the breastfeeding. We would be seeing her again during our ultrasound appointment.
When I walked into the doctor's office, I immediately located Bella. She was the only one in the waiting area. She was slumped down in her seat with her hand resting on her very prominent, stomach. She looked like she was nearly eight months pregnant already. I just smiled as I approached her.
She looked so miserable.
"Hello, love of my life." She reached up and cupped my cheek as I was sitting down. I leaned in and gave her a nice little kiss before sitting.
After I was seated, I reached over and rubbed her stomach and leaned in to talk to the babies. "Hey you three. Are you giving mommy a hard time? She's not looking too happy right now."
Bella had started feeling the babies move when she was about fifteen weeks pregnant and it's been non-stop since then. She described it as feeling like she had motion sickness and now that she was twenty weeks along, we could see them moving her whole stomach. It was really freaky.
"I don't think they've gotten tired at all today and I had to move the seat back in the car some more. It's getting harder and harder to drive. Thank goodness Jake bought my truck. Could you imagine me driving that thing now? I'd never be able to get up in it," complained Bella.
Once Bella had really started showing, it was getting harder and harder for her to climb up into her truck and with a heavy heart, she sold it to a childhood friend of hers. Jacob had always loved her truck and hounded her about buying it and when she approached him about it, he about keeled over. He swore he never thought the day would come for her to sell it.
Me, I was glad it was gone. Not that I didn't like it; I just felt intimidated by it. Yes, I know. It was a damn truck but it made me look puny, so now she drove my Mercedes because the Escalade was hard for her to get up into it, also. She didn't argue with me about it and that made us both happy.
"Well, I think you need to check into doing online courses for school. See if there's any way your professors can set it up. I'm sure it can be done. I'd be more comfortable knowing you were home and not moving around so much. Baby, you can't overdo it," I pleaded.
She grabbed my hand and pressed it to her stomach. "See what I mean. They're already preparing to beat each other up and they aren't even born yet."
I couldn't help but smile at the feeling of our babies moving around. She was so stubborn, though. I knew she would try to avoid the schooling issue.
A few minutes later, Becki called Bella back. After her weigh in, we were led into the exam room.
Both Dr. Burkshire and Dr. Moffet walked in about five minutes later.
"Hey you, two. How's it been going?" asked Dr. Moffet.
"As good as they can be," Bella replied. "I'm starting to get uncomfortable a lot."
"Hon, you won't be pregnant forever," replied Dr. Moffet.
She then patted Bella on the shoulder before she took a seat while Dr. Burkshire took the blood pressure cuff and placed it on Bella's arm. It was elevated just a tad but both doctors said it was normal for it to be up a little considering the extra weight Bella was carrying around.
Shortly after, he proceeded to measure her stomach and sure enough, she was measuring at seven and a half months along. They both explained being her size was normal for a triplet pregnancy. That put me a little more at ease.
After Dr. Burkshire used the Doppler and located all three heartbeats, we made our way over to the ultrasound room. We were ready to find out what the sexes of our babies were.
Denise met us at the door with a huge smile on her face. She seemed to be just as excited as we were.
"I'm just going to take a few measurements of each of the babies before we see if they are cooperating with us," explained Denise.
Bella lay back on the table and pulled her shirt up as Denise grabbed the gel to squirt onto her stomach. I stepped closer to where Bella's head was laying and took one of her hands in mine.
As we watched Denise move the wand across Bella's stomach, we saw different flutters across the screen. She pointed out each of their stomachs, and the flowing of their umbilical cords. It was all mesmerizing to watch.
Each heartbeat sounded strong and healthy. I was secretly hoping they were boys. "So, what do you think they are?"
"I honestly don't care. I just want them healthy, but I think we're having boys. I just feel it in my bones," replied Bella.
"Yeah, I hope they stay healthy, too and I think they're boys. I don't know why, but I can picture three little rambunctious little boys running around the house getting into anything and everything that they possibly can," I conveyed.
Bella smiled and looked up at me. "Have you thought of any names?"
I had thought of a few names if they were boys. I would take notice to each patient's name that I took care of at the hospital. I definitely didn't want any of them to have my name, that was for sure. To me, it was too old fashioned. I wanted strong names that would make the girls swoon.
"Alright, you two ready?" Denise asked.
"Yes," we replied at the same time. "And we want to see it on all three of them if that's okay?"
"No problem. Let's see who's the first to give up the goods."
Denise moved the wand around a few times before she settled on a certain spot. Our eyes were glued to the screen. Then I saw it. Yeah, that little tiny thing that distinguished our babies gender. All I could do was smile.
"Looks like Baby B is definitely not shy. You've got yourself boys, it looks like. Give me a minute to see if the other two will show their goods," announced Denise.
I leaned down and hugged Bella while she was lying on the bed. "I knew it; thank you."
Denise struggled to find the other two's penises but found them. It was amazing to see this. After, she focused on their faces. We were having the 4D ultrasound, which I had never witnessed before, now. To say I was dumbfounded at what we were seeing would be an understatement. My heart melted completely as she showed us each of them. They definitely had a mixture of both Bella and I. We couldn't wait to meet them.
"I knew they were boys." I stood up and squared my shoulders, running my thumbs along the waistband of my jeans, puffing out my chest. "You're outnumbered, baby. Looks like we'll have to keep on working for a girl," I said playfully.
Bella smacked me on the arm and chuckled. "Let me have these three first before you start talking about knocking me up again. And I want these three out of diapers first before we even consider having more babies."
"Fine; if you say so." I poked her in the side with my finger, playfully.
"I do say so. It's my body incubating our offspring."
"Okay, Okay. I'll have them potty trained by the time they turn one, how's that?"
"You're so unbelievable sometimes," stated Bella, giggling.
Denise just sat at laughed at our debate. I was sure she'd seen it hundreds of times.
"Here ya go. I printed a picture of each of them for you. They look like handsome boys you have there," Denise said.
Bella and I smiled up at her as she handed them to me. "Thank you." We replied.
I helped Bella up from the table after she cleaned herself off. She was having hard time getting up from places, now days. I told her not to sit anywhere she knew she couldn't get up from. She just waved me off like she could handle it.
Once Bella was off of the table I pulled her into a tight hug. I was so excited about having boys that I was starting to feel like a girl. "This is so amazing. I can't believe it; we're having boys."
"I know. I think our dads are gonna go ape shit when they find out they're having grandsons. I don't think our moms care as long as they have grandbabies," replied Bella.
"You know what this means right?" I gave her the all-knowing look.
"No. What?" She asked, as she adjusted her shirt. It was still pulled up a little on her stomach.
"Alice. She was right all along. She kept calling them her nephews," I explained.
Bella chuckled and stopped what she was doing. "Crap, you're right. She definitely won't shut up, now. Should we wait to tell them on our next visit or just call?"
"We'll call them. Just put it into casual conversation and work what they are, into it. See if they catch on," I suggested.
"That sounds perfect. Who do you think will catch on first?" We were getting better at scheming.
"I don't know, we'll see when we call. We can use three-way calling," I stated. "That way we'll have them all on the phone."
As soon as we made it home, Bella started stripping out of her clothes. "Baby, what are you doing?"
"I'm getting comfortable. I feel so constricted in these clothes," she explained. "I'm just changing into some nice stretchy ones."
Later on that night, I had ordered dinner for us. It was getting harder and harder for her to get around the kitchen. I wanted to make things a lot less stressful for her and try and keep her off of her feet as much as possible.
After we ate, it was time to call the parents and share our news.
"Hey, is everyone on the phone?"
"Yes." We heard everyone say in unison.
Bella and I sighed and scooted closer together on the couch. "Okay, we had our appointment today and everything looks good. The babies are growing perfectly. They say she's measuring about seven and a half months pregnant, which is normal for a triplet pregnancy. They also said her blood pressure was a little high but not to worry. It was normal, considering the extra weight that she has to..."
"Just get on with it, son. Are we having girls or boys," interrupted Charlie.
Bella and I laughed. Who knew Charlie would be the impatient one.
"Okay fine, you ready?"
"YES!" All four of them yelled out. I guess we weren't being tricky about the sex of the babies.
We were so excited that we couldn't hold off, so we just blurted it out. "We're having boys!"
Loud clapping and laughter rang out over the phone. You could hear our dads chant Yes, Yes, Yes, over and over again. It was a priceless situation and I was proud to be a part of it.
All we had to do now was wait for their arrival and name them. That shouldn't be such a hard decision to make…should it?
The next day she was going into school to work out some sort of schedule for her to start her courses online or at least cut them down to two days a week. The less she was doing, the better. I also tried to give her a nice full body massage each night, to sooth her tight, crampy muscles. She was starting to get leg cramps a lot and her lower back was starting to mess with her. If I could carry the babies for her, I would. I just wanted to fulfill the best husbandly duties that I possibly could.
GAH! BOYS!
Nuff said.
XOXO
Steph