As Donny was progressing further along in his pregnancy, he had been feeling a little bit more clumsy at times. He couldn't help that his walking had become more of a waddle instead. And he definitely couldn't bend down to pick things up if he dropped something on the floor.

One day, Don was in the kitchen by himself just having some lunch. He finished up and set his plate in the sink, and then was going to go to the lab to try to fix some more projects.

But in one moment, a wave of dizziness went through his head and he closed his eyes and he held his head, and in that moment, a clumsy moment happened too.

One of his feet made a bad step, then suddenly, the next thing he knew, Don had hit the bottom of his stomach into the table real hard, causing a loud cry of pain to erupt from his throat. He fell to the floor.

The others heard Don's cry and came running into the kitchen. They saw him on the floor, holding his stomach.

They charged forward. "Don, what happened?" Leo asked in a panicked tone.

"Are you ok?" Mikey asked.

Don was trying to breathe and find the strength to talk.

"Please, Donny, talk to us." Raph urged.

"Ugh! I… had a… clumsy moment… and dizziness… and slammed… my stomach into… the table!" Don rasped out. "My baby! I hope… its okay."

"We need to get you to Leatherhead's to make sure." Leo said. Then he and Raph proceeded to help Don to his feet.

Don still clutched his belly. Clearly, he was in pain too. It hurt to walk.

Raph drove the truck to Leatherhead's. Don was in the back with Leo. "Just breathe how we practiced, Donny." He tried to encourage the special breathing. Splinter just tried to help Leo out with Don as well.

They had called ahead and their croc friend knew they were coming.

Don was helped out of the truck when they got to LH's lair. He had his breathing a little more under control now, but there was still some discomfort.

Leatherhead had Don lay down on his scanning machine so he could have a better look inside Don's body. The ultrasound might not reveal anything too fast.

The others all waited anxiously as LH began the scanning process.

Don was nervous while this was happening, but he didn't move. The laser finally passed over his head last.

While Don was getting ready to get up, Leatherhead looked on his computer at the baby, and could see nothing out of the ordinary. The heart was going, if a little fast, but was fine.

Don came over and had a look too.

"You see… the baby's just fine, Donatello. It might be a little stressed, but it's still alive and well." LH said.

Don gave a big sigh of relief.

They all went home with good news. But little did they know that things were going to be getting iffy very shortly.

…

Within a week and a half after Don's table incident, Donny began to suddenly feel ill. He knew he was eating plenty of healthy food and drinking healthy liquids, so why was this happening?

Dizziness came on a good deal, and he felt sick to his stomach. Don found himself going to the bathroom to end up throwing up again. This wasn't good.

When his family found out, they were really worried. Maybe he had caught a bad bug? But after a few days of this, they knew it wasn't just a bug.

Don's temperature was taken and it showed he didn't have a fever. Though his body temperature was a little higher due to his increased blood supply pumping harder. Though at the moment, they weren't sure if it was a fever since none of them were familiar with being pregnant and fevers in that way.

In the end, they took him back to Leatherhead's again. Splinter stayed home this time.

The big croc took some blood from Don to make sure he was clean of viruses. He was sure the baby had nothing to do with this. But he did a scan on him anyway to just make sure Junior was ok too.

The guys wondered why he would be sick when spring warmth was starting to return now. It was usually reserved for winter a lot more.

As LH looked at this new scan, he saw something in the picture that wasn't supposed to be there. "Uh, Donatello, I have something here."

"Is it bad, Leatherhead?" Don asked worriedly.

"This is a concern, yes, my friend."

"What is it, Leatherhead?" Leo asked.

Don came over to see what it was. He and LH looked on the computer and Don saw the problem. His eyes lit up when he saw the problem.

"What's going on, guys?" Mikey asked.

"Guys, there is a problem." Don turned to them.

"What is it? Is the baby ok?" Leo demanded.

"Yes, it's fine. But it seems I have a new embryo growing inside me now." Don said nervously.

The others all stood there with widened eyes. "What?"

"The way I figure it, the tube that I have seen in Donatello's lower abdomen is responsible for the first baby, but when he had that accident two weeks ago, the hit on the table must have made the tube release a new set of DNA to start a new baby growing." Leatherhead explained what he thought had happened. "Donatello, did you feel sick at all when the first baby started growing?"

"Yes. I was sick all the time. Couldn't keep food down. Dizzy, mood swings, nausea, headaches, the works." Don said. "I know you guys didn't get to see me at that time though."

"So what are we going to do?" Raph asked in concern.

"There's nothing we can do, Raph. It's going to grow." Don replied.

"And what about when it's time for the older baby to be born? Are you going to have the new baby taken out too?"

"This special tube apparently is the lifeline to these babies. If it gets taken out, the second baby might die. But there might be a chance to deliver the first one without problems and let the second one stay in there, unless you don't want the second one, Donatello." LH declared.

Don was still in high shock as much as his family. "I… I don't know what to think right now, Leatherhead. First getting pregnant by the kidnappers was scary enough, and I thought I was nearing the end of my pregnancy, only to find out that I may be having another? I don't know what to do."

He had to sit down. His brothers saw that and guided him to a chair before he might take another spill.

"But how's this second baby to make it in the next few weeks with the older baby already taking up so much room inside me?" Don asked. "It might not survive at all beyond a few weeks."

"It's hard to say for certain, my friend. With this going on, perhaps it is now time that I move in with you and help to keep watch over you in case anything happens at all." LH said.

"Yes. That would help us feel better too, Leatherhead. You are welcome to stay with us." Leo said.

The turtles and croc packed up all necessary equipment and moved it to the turtles' lair.

And as for Don, he was going to be put on a lot of strict bed rest for nearly the remainder of his pregnancy. With this new baby, his health was now compromised. He was otherwise healthy, but he was suffering the effects of morning sickness all over again.

Master Splinter was also in shock when he found out what was going on with Donatello. A second grandchild. But would this one even live?

April and Casey were also told, and couldn't believe it either. This was a very hair raising experience.

….

Don thought about at least one benefit that would happen when having this second baby. It could provide the first one with a playmate. Why should it have to be alone?

He had a lot of time to think while he was in bed. Don hated this; being on bed rest. He wasn't to be up except for the most important things. Food, bathroom, and an occasional fixing of something was allowed.

But he wasn't completely bored. He could also look things up on the Internet and watch some videos that way.

"Oh!" Don grunted from a painful kick in the right side of his stomach. He rubbed it.

"Can you please take it easy on me, Little One?" Don asked, trying to soothe his apparent, uncomfortable older child. The second baby must have been making the first one uncomfortable, but it was so tiny, how could it?

Donny loved looking over at the nursery close to his bed. There was only one cradle, but he figured there was going to have to be another one before it was time for the birth. He knew two would be a bit of a challenge to raise, but with his family's help, they could make this work. They had to.

Unknown to him, in his lab, his brothers and Leatherhead were making those projects they said they were going to make. The changing table, and now that the new baby was discovered, they were building a second cradle as well. Casey had gone out and bought a new rocking chair that was now in his room in the far corner.

The second cradle was finished first and it was another surprise that Don's brothers gave to him. But the changing table was almost done.

Donny liked how the new cradle looked too. Now they just needed some more new bedding for it.

…..

Leo was examined by Don and Leatherhead and they deemed him well enough now that he could go without bandages on his middle now.

Leo was happy to hear it. He could begin training again, but gently for right now. He had missed his workouts, but he would still be helping Don out with breathing workouts too. And he was sure that Raph and Mikey were more than wanting to spar against him again. And he wanted to spar against them.

But Don still wouldn't be training for some time yet. There were still about 5 or 6 weeks left of the pregnancy. For Don, it couldn't be here fast enough, but it was approaching fast.

He was eating several small meals throughout the day as they were brought to him. But he could eat at the table at dinner. They just thought it better that he remain off his feet as much as possible. But when he got too restless to stay in bed, he was allowed to move about the lair, but it might have been better to avoid stairs.

Don had begun to count baby kicks within an hour to monitor the first baby, and it was kicking up quite a storm. But sometimes it did upset his stomach. But the second baby was causing all the sickness symptoms more than anything. How could a baby so small make you feel so sick?

The others did what they could to try to keep Don happy and comfortable. Massaging his body throughout the day, feeding him, talking to him. But until the babies came, there was nothing they could do to make the discomforts go away entirely.

Leatherhead checked on Don weekly now. Surprisingly, this new little baby was growing faster than what its sibling was at this age apparently. It looked to be about a month along now. But it was still a very high chance that it may not make it, being so far behind in its creation.

It could be possible to leave this baby in Don's belly while the first one could be born when its time was here. Then let that one grow too and then get it out too. Because it was so weird, but the tube had created two different wombs, one for each baby.

But they just hoped that this tube was not a tracking device. If it was, they would be in for a world of trouble. But Beatrice had never said it was a tracker. Not to him or his brothers.

…..

Since Leo's stomach was now well enough for him to begin training again, and the weather had warmed up again, he, Raph, and Mikey had resumed going topside for patrols again.

Don wished he could go with them, but not in his condition. Then after the pregnancy, there would be that time of recovery too. Then a possible second pregnancy to deal with. It was going to be a LONG time before he would be fit to patrol again.

The idea for the second baby was given by a friend. Reviews are greatly appreciated.