Waddling over to the nurses station in the trauma center, April placed the tablet she was carrying back on its charger before sitting down and breathing heavily. Her hand ran along her distended belly, wincing when she felt a strong kick from one of her babies. She was two days shy of thirty-seven weeks and totally miserable, but still working because staying at home wasn't an option as it would make her stir crazy.

"Hey Apes, any cases from the Pit that need to be taken up to Peds?" Alex asked as he came up, setting his coffee down.

"Not yet, but give in another hour tops and I'm sure something will pop up," she replied, moving enough to catch her breath as one of the twins practically round house kicked her lungs.

Alex paused. "You alright?"

Nodding, she waved him off. "Yeah…just the babies stretching out and kicking up in my ribs. Kind of painful now since they're getting so big, but it's nothing to worry about."

"And you're still working?"

"Yeah…no surgery and no hardcore traumas, but I need to do something to make these babies get here faster."

"Try sex with Avery," Alex suggested nonchalantly. "Make him be useful."

"Alex!" she gasped, appalled by his crude suggestion…though it didn't really surprise her. Alex was known to make comments like that and apparently, April wasn't the only target he had gone for in recent years. Lexie had told April some very interesting stories about when she and Karev were dating.

"Just trying to help." The Peds surgeon shrugged, grabbed his coffee, and left to take care of his patients on his own floor.

When he was gone, April groaned pitifully as she moved over to finish some paperwork. Her doctor had said that the twins could come safely at any point now, which was crazy to her since it seemed like yesterday that they would out that they were pregnant. Now they were just waiting for their babies to arrive, which was easier said than done in her case since she was the one waddling around with two little ones inside of her uterus.

"Hey April, you doing alright?"

She glanced up to see Lexie at the desk.

"Just feeling like a beached whale," she sighed. "The babies are being stubborn and staying put. Nothing is helping them come any faster."

"Have you tried walking?"

April nodded. "And spicy food."

"Did you guys try sex?"

"Lexie! What is it with people and suggesting that?"

Her friend laughed and sat down beside her. "Because it's statistically a valid way to induce labor naturally."

"Well you're the second person to suggest it today," she said. If that was the way of things, then it sparked April's interests since she wanted nothing more than to be done being pregnant at this point in the game. "Did you and Mark…?"

"Yeah we did…I went into labor about three hours later," Lexie said, smiling.

For a moment, April mulled it over and knew that she was desperate to get these babies out of her uterus. And Jackson…he was all too willing to have any kind of sex these days since her libido had all but died in the last two weeks with the progression of her pregnancy into the final days of her third trimester.

"Maybe…but Jackson is in surgery for another two hours," she sighed, pouting slightly. "So I'm stuck here and the babies are pushing down on my bladder."

"I hated that too. Josh kicked me so hard one time that I peed my pants…it was horrible and Mark laughed at me."

"I did that yesterday…" she said, scrunching her nose. "My son moved just enough and head-butted my bladder…while I was getting dressed."

That was an embarrassing thing to admit, but April felt safe telling Lexie since she had been through pregnancy too and knew what it was like to be at the end of her third trimester with no end in sight and every symptom in the book hitting you at once like a bulldozer.

Lexie laughed. "Don't worry, it all goes away once you give birth. At least for the most part."

"I hope so because this part isn't fun," she groaned. "I want my body back."

"Once you see your babies, it's so worth every bit of the pain and irritation," her friend assured her. "When Josh came out, I knew every single awful part of pregnancy was so worth it because he was perfect and all mine."

Being pregnant was definitely a trial of persistence and patience for April because she was carrying two babies on her tiny frame. Both babies were above five pounds, which was pretty impressive and healthy for their gestational age and April's short stature. And they were at a point where it was safe for them to be born because their lungs were developed enough to survive outside of the womb. Now they were just waiting on Mother Nature to take its course because April wanted a natural delivery.

"I just want to hold my babies in my arms," she said, rubbing her stomach.

"It'll be sooner than you think," her friend said, smiling. "And when they're here, believe it or not, you'll miss being pregnant."

"Oh?" April was surprised since she was so over being pregnant at this point that she didn't even think she would consider a third child if she and Jackson ever reached that point.

"There are times when I just miss being pregnant and wish I was again, but I know that Mark and I aren't ready for another child since Josh is only a year old and still in diapers. But I miss feeling him kicking around in my belly and God I miss the sex drive I had in my second trimester."

April laughed and shook her head, remembering how good things were in her own second trimester when she practically jumped Jackson every time they were alone. "Do you and Mark want more kids?"

"I think maybe one more," the brunette replied. "But maybe not until Josh is closer to two before we start trying or thinking about it seriously."

Nodding in understanding, April knew how Lexie felt. "Yeah…I'm thinking the twins will be more than enough birth control for Jackson and I since we'll have two in diapers at the same time."

"You guys are brave…but you'll do great."

"I really hope so…I have a lot of anxiety about them being here and caring for them on my own. What if I somehow screw up my kids?"

"That happens a lot before you give birth, but you'll gain more and more confidence as time goes on and you get the hang of it. And you have a good support group here. I'm sure Callie, Meredith, or even Bailey wouldn't mind helping you guys out. Mark and I are more than willing too."

April realized that a lot of parenthood was trial and error, but the idea of being in charge of two human beings was scary. However, she had Jackson and a wonderful support system here, as Lexie said. And she knew she could always as her mom, Jackson's mother, or even her sisters for advice or help. Kimmie and Libby had children of their own and knew what they were doing while her mother had raised four daughters and Jackson's mom had raised a boy, so she had help from every side of her life, which was a relief to her.

"Thank you guys…you are all so wonderful," April said sincerely. "I guess we just have to wait it out now and see when these little ones arrive."

After parting with Lexie, April finished out the day before heading home when Jackson got off. Her stomach was too big to allow her to drive safely, so she came to and from work with her husband. When they got home, she made a light dinner and started getting ready for bed. Today had really eased her mind about motherhood after her conversation with Lexie. And though she was still nervous about being a mother, she felt more prepared and ready than she had earlier in some ways.

"Do you have an early day again tomorrow?" she asked as Jackson came in their bathroom.

"Yeah, Sloan and I are doing more in the lab, so we're meeting at seven," he replied, grabbing his toothbrush to start brushing his teeth.

"Okay – I'm supposed to be off, but I may go with you so I can finish some paperwork I didn't get to today," she said, rinsing off her face and patting it dry.

"You sure? You could just relax and take it easy here," he suggested before putting the toothbrush in his mouth.

"Yeah, I need to get them done," she said, shrugging as she hung up her face towel. "Plus I want to be close to in you in case I go in to labor."

"Tink it 'ill 'appen?" Jackson's mouth was full of toothpaste but she understood clearly what he was asking.

"I hope so…I'm stretched to my limit and they just have no more room in there," she replied, rubbing her belly. "They are just about ready to come on out any day now."

Jackson spit and rinsed his mouth before touching her stomach, his palms resting on either side of her swollen abdomen. She smiled and kissed him once, tasting the minty aftertaste of his toothpaste.

"Everyone keeps saying that sex will help bring on labor, but I feel like a huge whale and so not sexy," she laughed.

"You still look sexy to me," he said confidently.

"Well you have husband goggles on and can't see how big I've grown in the last eight months."

Jackson laughed and rubbed his hands along the sides of her belly as she turned toward him fully. He kissed her forehead and rested his against hers. There was a sense of calm between the two of them as her hands rested on his chest and she sighed happily.

"You're the mother of my children and my wife," he said. "That alone makes you the most beautiful woman to me."

"You are the best husband."

They went to bed a few minutes later and once April finally found a comfortable position to sleep in, she fell into a relaxed sleep. She slept for a few hours before waking to a sharp pain rippling across her belly. When it passed, she chalked it up to gas pain and relaxed again. Five minutes passed and the pain came again, causing April to sit up and hold her stomach. Quietly, she slipped out of the bed and padded to the bathroom. Jackson was snoring in their bed, so she shut the door and sat on the toilet seat. When she felt the pain a third time, she began to time it. Over the next hour, she timed what she now knew were contractions. They were every four to five minutes and lasted roughly forty-five seconds to a minute. According to all the books and her doctor, she knew that it was time.

"Jackson," she called, steeling herself as she got up and walked into their bedroom again.

Her husband was a heavy sleeper, so she had to come over and shake him once before he jerked awake.

"What? What's wrong?" he asked.

"I think…no I know I'm having contractions," she said, sitting down on their bed. "They've been about four to five minutes apart for the last hour."

"Whoa…it's time?!" he asked, bolting up in their bed.

She nodded and rubbed her stomach a few times. "This is it."

Jackson quickly got up and grabbed a pair of his jeans and a t-shirt to pull on while April managed to get up and find her shoes and a coat, sitting back down to pull on her shoes. They had the car seats already in the car and their bags by the door downstairs, ready to go when they were.

"Jackson…I um…help me up?" she asked, laughing at herself as she realized that when she sat back down, she couldn't get back up.

He came over and supported her as he helped her up from the bed, his nervous and anxious energy apparent to April. They were both nervous, but she knew that it would all be alright in the end. Pausing, she looked at him and cupped his cheek before kissing him once.

"We're ready, I promise," she told him, waddling toward the door, pausing as a contraction hit her again.

"Remember your breathing," he reminded her, rubbing her back. "We are gonna do this together."

When the contraction ended, she and Jackson made their way out to the car and loaded the bags before they were on their way to the hospital for the last time as just a family of two.

A/N: Sooo the next chapter you will finally meet the twins! Sorry for the slow updates, but I promise I will try to have one within another week! Let me know what you think!