Chapter 11: A Mother's Job
RPOV
After my families had spent time with the babies, Emmett, and myself they decided it was time to go. I thought I would finally be able to rest. Unfortunately this is the time when I began my job as a mother of quads. A nurse came in and prepared Jackson for feeding. I had already planned on breast feeding but I wasn't sure if I would be able to produce enough milk for all four babies. After thirty minutes of feeding Jackson the nurse took him away and gave me Masen. I feed him on the opposite breast for thirty minutes and then the nurse took him away and handed me Melrose. I feed Melrose on the same breast as I feed Jackson for thirty minutes and then the nurse took her away and handed me Roseanna. I feed Roseanna on the same breast that I feed Masen on for thirty minutes and then the nurse took her away. I thought now I'll get to rest. I was wrong. As it turns out after you breast feed you have to eat to build up nutrients to form more breast milk. After I had finished eating I figured I would finally get to rest but yet again I was wrong. I ended up changing all four of the babies' diapers. After that Emmett and our families came back for visitations. I sat up in the bed and watched as my family passed around my babies. Emmett sat next to me in the bed and put his arm around me. I curled into his side and did everything I could to fight off sleep.
Dr. Henderson eventually came in the room to check to see how I was doing and had brought in a pediatrician for me to meet. "Rosalie, you look tired," Dr. Henderson commented.
"I am tired. Taking care of four babies is hard," I said.
"Of course, one baby is hard one person alone I can't imagine four," Dr. Henderson said. "Anyway, can I ask that everyone except Rosalie and Emmett leave the room so that we can talk in private?" Dr. Henderson asked and everyone left the room. "Now that I've run off all of your guests I would like for you to meet Dr. Shepherd. She is the pediatrician that has been looking over the quads charts."
A tall lady with long blonde hair stepped forward and said, "Hello, I'm Dr. Shepherd."
"Hello," I said. "I'm Rosalie Cullen and this is my husband Emmett Cullen."
"I have looked over all four babies' charts and I have to say that I'm very impressed. You carried the quads for thirty-eight weeks without any problem and now all four babies are as healthy as they would be if they were singletons. Baby A, Jackson, weighs six pounds and is nineteen inches long. Baby B, Masen, also weighs six pounds and is also nineteen inches long. Baby C, Melrose, weighs five pounds and is eighteen inches long. And baby D, Roseanna, also weighs five pounds and is also eighteen inches long. None of them seem to have any respiratory problems. They're breathing on their own and are keeping their body temperature up. I would however like to keep them a couple of days to make sure that nothing will happen to them," Dr. Shepherd said.
"Ok, will you be their doctor from here on out?" I asked.
"That is up to you and your husband. If you want I can be their pediatrician," Dr. Shepherd said.
"Ok, how do we go about doing that?" I asked.
"Before you go home you will fill out papers for me to be their primary physician and then I'll see them for everything," Dr. Shepherd said.
"Ok," I said.
"Ok, do you have any more questions?" Dr. Shepherd asked.
"No," I replied.
"Ok, it was very nice to meet you," Dr. Shepherd said and then left.
"It was very nice to meet you too," I said.
"Ok, I really hope that you like her and that you are comfortable using her," Dr. Henderson said.
"Yes, I'm very comfortable," I said.
"Good, now I'm going to do a cervical exam to see how you are doing and make sure that everything looks good," Dr. Henderson said.
After the cervical exam she said, "Ok, everything looks really good. Now how much rest have you gotten since the quads were born?"
"None," I replied.
"Why is that?" Dr. Henderson asked.
"After the babies were born the family came to visit and then when they left I had to feed the quads and then eat my own meal and then change the quads and then the family came back to visit," I explained.
"Ok, I'm going to put down that you can only have visitors for an hour at a time that way you can get in some rest between feedings and changings," Dr. Henderson said.
"Ok," I said.
"Now does that mean that I can only be here for an hour at a time?" Emmett asked.
"No, I will make certain that you are allowed to stay twenty-four seven," Dr. Henderson said. "Any thing else?" she asked. Emmett and I both shook our heads no and she said, "Ok, I'll see you tomorrow," and then left the room.
"I'm going to go tell the family to go get something to eat or go do something for a couple of hours so that you can rest," Emmett said and kissed the top of my head. As soon as he left the room I laid back on the bed and closed my eyes. It wasn't long before I drifted off to sleep.
My days consisted of feeding, changing diapers, eating, and sleeping. If I wasn't doing something with the babies I was either eating or sleeping. I was hoping this wasn't going to be my life now. Eat, sleep, and take care of the babies. I couldn't handle it. I was the only one that could feed them, Emmett helped the best he could, and the family…well let's just say I wish they weren't so helpful.
It was December sixth and we were going home, finally. The babies had ended up having jaundice but it cleared quickly. Emmett had borrowed his mom's escalade so that we would have enough room to get all four babies and ourselves home. I had gotten up and taken a shower and gotten ready myself. Then a nurse brought all four babies in for me to dress and get ready to take home. I had chosen a khaki corduroy jumper with white bodysuit, white leggings, and white socks for the girls to wear home and khaki pants, a blue bodysuit, an argyle vest, and blue socks for the boys to wear home. After I had dressed them I waited for Emmett to come up to the room and help us down to the car. When Emmett came back to the room a nurse came in with a wheelchair to take me down to the car. Emmett carried both boys in his arms and I rode in the wheelchair and held both girls. Once we were down stairs the nurse opened one of the back car doors and took one of the boys from Emmett so that he could get the babies into the car. He put one of the boys in and then the other before taking one of the girls from me and putting her in the car and taking the other girl from me and putting her in the car. He shut the back door and then opened the front passenger seat for me to get in. Once I was inside the nurse went back into the hospital and Emmett got in on the driver's side and drove home. Once we were home Emmett and I took the babies inside and I began their afternoon feeding.
Emmett stayed home for the first few days to help. It was our first Saturday home and I had hired a professional photographer to come take pictures of the babies. We took some of them as individuals and some of them as groups. We took some that were holiday themed. My favorites were all four of them in stockings with their names on them and then one of them in Santa hats. We also took family pictures in front of the Christmas tree. I wore a simple black dress and Emmett wore a black sweater and jeans. I put the girls in a black bodysuit, a white dress with black, grey, and pink polka dots on it, black leggings, and black socks. I put the boys in a pair of dark blue jeans, a white woven body suit, an argyle sweater, and black socks. They were so adorable but it didn't last long. As soon as the photo shoot was over Jackson spit up, Masen pooped so much it came out of his diaper, Melrose peed all over herself, and Roseanna did all three. After the photographer left I went upstairs and cleaned up all three with Emmett's help. After they were changed I fed them and then put them to bed. Once they were asleep I changed clothes, ate, and pumped breast milk. I had began pumping breast milk to build up a supply and to build up my production of it.
For Christmas we went to Emmett's parents' house. We all wore the same clothes that we wore in the family pictures. When we got there everyone was gathered around the Christmas tree in the living room. Esme, Bella, and Alice were wearing simple black dresses and Carlisle, Edward, and Jasper were wearing nice dress shirts. Renesmee was wearing a dress that matched the girls, a black shrug sweater, black tights, and black patent Mary Janes and E.J. was wearing an outfit that matched the boys and brown ankle boots. All of the children looked absolutely adorable. Before we opened gifts we took family pictures in front of the Christmas tree. We took a big family picture, individual family pictures, and pictures of just the grandkids. After photographs we ate dinner and then opened presents. We all got lovely and extravagant gifts. I could tell that my children would be spoiled beyond belief in this family and I was perfectly ok with it. I could tell that we were going to be a very happy family.
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