Hello folks!

Just so you all know, I will endeavor to get as much out to you all as possible but I'm not sure how possible it will be. I love doing this but certain developments in home life may make it a bit more tricky then it has been to get them out to you all. Nothing terrible... I hope... just developments... But those who want to know I will certainly keep updated. Everyone else please bare with me and have patience. Honestly its to a good cause!

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Anne now seven months pregnant took a turn around their garden, it was April now the cherry trees were blooming and the daffodils were waving in the light breeze! Anne felt as big as a house! But she couldn't to help in these moments of quiet to walk round their garden, it was so peaceful! Both the boys sleeping at nap time was nothing short of a miracle! She was quiet surprised when Gilbert found her between the cherry trees at one edge of the garden.

"its not like you to be home the middle of the day?" Anne asked him

"after my visit with Mrs Pratt I went to the post office." He told her as they approached the house. "I found something rather exciting there." He said with a smile.

"Oh?" Anne asked.

"mmm." He sounded helping take her jacket off. "after we lost Joyce I wrote to some of my old chums from medical school just to ask them to keep an eye out for any advances in prenatal care."

Anne looked at him "how very proactive." Anne smiled as they went into his study.

"yes I thought so at the time too, although I never received any responses..." he paused a little "until today." He continued "you remember Richard Williams?" he asked her as she nodded. "well he ended up going to Europe and picking up quite a prestigious job in France under a certain Doctor Adolphe Pinard who is a leading doctor in prenatal care. Well they've been working on something, quite new and Richard convinced Doctor Pinard to let him pass one of these onto me." He said smiling holding up a cone like object. Anne looked at it.

"what is it?" Anne questioned.

"this is a Pinard Horn, very egotistical I know but , its used to listen to the baby's heartbeat, while still in the womb." He said with another smile.

Anne blinked quickly then smiled. "how?"

" Same way as an ear trumpet by amplifying sound, but because its so focused its not like the stethoscope the other sounds of the womb won't interfere as much making the baby's heartbeat as clear." He smiled at her. "can I try?"

Anne smiled and nodded, he lay down on the sofa, he felt around her tummy "this little one needs to turn!" he said with a smile.

"that's strange I'm sure I felt him turn the other day." Anne said to him.

"no that's definitely..." Gilbert stopped suddenly and gasped.

"can you hear it?" she asked him.

Gilbert's face widened! "that's my baby's heartbeat! Oh Anne I wish you could hear it!"

"I wish you could know what it feels like to feel them move in you, we'll call it a fair exchange." She smiled.

" you are amazing!" He said putting the hornet down moving up to kiss his wife. " you're making a baby in there! A real baby is in there." He kissed her gently. " thank you, thank you for our babies."

Okay she had to remain calm, so her waters broke and Gilbert had gone to assist in another birth, she couldn't bother him, she wouldn't bother him...

" Anne sweetheart we need to call Gilbert back." His mother panicked.

Anne smiled sweetly "no, I'm fine just now, there are others that need him right now, let's just get ready, that way when he returns home we'll be ready to go." She said calmly.

" you're very calm about this Anne dear." She told her.

" well I've done this before a few times." Anne said with a laugh

it was two weeks earlier then they thought it would be.. which was strange none of them had been early? it still could be hours although her contractions were 5 minutes apart they were strong! She calmly told Susan to get the pots and pans ready and changed into her gown, she neatly folded the towels by the bed and put a few over the top of the covers.

3 minutes apart, She brushed her hair back into a plait there was no point in doing it fancy it just needed to be away from her face, she even had time to play with the boys before the contractions became too much. She went up to the bedroom and wandered round the room quietly.

" Anne?" Mrs Blythe asked her following her up.

" Oh I think it's getting close." Anne told her.

" now will you let me call for Gilbert?"

1 minute apart, okay this baby was coming now! Where was Gil? She lay on the bed panting when the door sprung open.

" Gilbert." She strained.

" Anne what the heck are you doing? Why did you not call for me? I would have came home."

" but, Mrs Hattie needed you." She panted. " Oh please don't be mad with me."

He have a kiss to her forehead. " alright sweetheart, tell me what we know."

" contractions are less then a minute apart, they hurt a lot more then the others Gil."

" it's alright, it's okay, right let me see how far along you are." He said going to inspect." fully dilated good job I got here when I did I can see its head."

" Gil it hurts!" She whined. " help me!"

Gilbert looked at her sadly, "I could but Anne you never wanted it before, you've always insisted..." He looked to his mother " ma can you hold her hand please?" he asked her. Mrs Blythe didn't need asking twice.

" Gil! I have to push!" she shouted.

" okay, alright, push Anne push!" He watched her face in pain, oh it hurt him to watch her in such pain! Oh his Anne! The contraction ended she took a deep breath. " Anne I'm being serious if you need pain relief..."

" I'm NOT having chloroform! It could hurt our baby!" she managed before another contraction hit.

"I think they'll be out on the next contraction sweetheart, you're doing so well!" He encouraged her.

Another push and Gilbert held his daughter wiped her quickly and gave her to Anne. " our daughter Anne, our baby girl!" He said happily. Anne looked happily down at the babe. " Oh Gilbert look at her dark hair oh you can already tell! Look at her sweet face she's just like you!"

" she looks just like Gilbert did." Mrs Blythe smiled.

They kept close armed together for five minutes before Anne felt something strange happening.

" Gilbert?" she questioned. " Gil I want to push again."

" it's probably just the placenta." He said calmly.

" no, I remember that feeling this is different, argh! Gilbert!"

He looked concerned at her, no that look in her eyes wasn't right. " okay it's alright." He said jumping up leaving the baby with Anne. He looked and all colour drained from his face.

" Gil, what's wrong?"

" do you happen to know if twins run in your family? do they in ours?" he asked her and his mother. Feeling her tummy to make sure

"TWINS!" Anne exclaimed. "Oh no no no no please no Gil! You can't be serious?!"

" let's get the placenta out there's definitely another baby in there." Gilbert told her.

" you need to push!" He told her. " ma take the baby." Gilbert ordered jumping into doctor mode.

" no!" She cried as she pushed again, the baby crying as she left her arms. When the contraction ended she looked to her born baby " Oh I'm sorry baby girl, I'm scaring you but apparently mamma has to keep GOING!" She glared at Gilbert before another contraction hit the placenta delivered he could concentrate on the other head which slid into view.

Gilbert's eyes filled with tears, " two! Two at once!" He looked to Anne. " you can do this Anne." He told her.

" do you want to try then tell me I can!?" she managed before another contraction hit.

He smiled " you were always more capable than I was."

" darn right I am." She breathed laughing

.

" do you two ever stop joking?" Mrs Blythe asked perplexed.

" come on two more and they'll be here I bet." Gilbert saw a new contraction rise. " push, push!" He told her.

"I AM PUSHING! Gil!" She breathed heavily.

Gilbert smiled as the head fell in his hand. Lots of twisted very RED hair, even redder than Jems! " one more Anne and they'll be out." He said tears down his face.

" Gil I can't, I can't, I'm too tired." She cried.

" you can Anne, one more, one more I promise Anne and it'll be all over. Unless you have another one hiding in here." He joked.

" if there is YOU'RE giving birth to them!" Anne said contraction rising.

Gilbert smiled " deal done." He told her she managed a quick smile before she pushed again. This time enough of the baby was out for Gilbert to aid the rest out. He cleaned the baby off the baby. " another girl!" he exclaimed holding her looking at her, the baby looked up at her father, Anne's grey green eyes looked up at him. And reached for his face. " my baby girl!" He looked at her, she was the duplicate of Anne. Was this her? Was this the baby he dreamed of all those years ago?

" are they identical?" Anne asked.

" no, no not exactly." he said showing the baby to Anne. " she looks just like you Anne." Gilbert said to her not letting go of the baby her twin sister being returned to Anne's arms. Anne was going to say something about the poor child being cursed looking like her, but looked at the look on Gilbert's face, it was shining with LOVE! His face in a wide smile, he was completely besotted with the girl, Gilbert loved all his babies, but Anne saw something in his eyes she'd never seen before. He was always ready to let Anne hold the babies. But this time, he wasn't letting go of the babe in his arms. Anne couldn't bring herself to ruin THIS moment for him so left him to cradle her.