11th May 2023
Carla slept for most of the night after her blood transfusion had finished, she was very groggy and moody, somewhat down but Peter just thought it was hormones or the fact she just watched a bunch of blood being pumped into her body, he would feel the same if that was the case for him. Michelle bought extra supplies for the twins as well as Carla, including some outfits, nappies and blankets knowing that they may be kept in for a while. Carla was starting to feel a lot better she was able to now hold a glass of water and sit up it was looking likely she may be home by the end of the week, she could even walk to the bathroom, assisted by Peter, she still didn't feel strong enough to hold her babies confidently, but luckily Michelle bought one of the nursing pillows for Carla to use so the babies could feel supported.
"Peter, Isobel needs changing" Carla smiles as Peter swaps her out for Florence
"When am I allowed to feed them?" Carla sighs, wanting to start that connection between her and her babies
"I don't know love, I'm sure Monica will know-"
"Hi guys" Monica beams entering the room with Carla's notes as Carla and Peter smirk
"Speak of the devil" Carla smirks as Monica grins
"Charming" Monica scoffs "How are they doing?"
"Good, Isobel's just being changed and I'm snuggling with Florence" Carla smiles as Florence grips onto her finger "When will I be allowed to feed them myself?"
"You can try if you want, I might need to call Doctor Matthews just to watch over them both, and to monitor you in case your body can't cope with the strain but we should be fine" Monica smiles, using the phone on the wall to call Doctor Matthews
"Right, have you breastfed before?" Monica questions waiting for Doctor Matthews
"Yeah, I breastfed Aidan, I really loved that connection between us both" Carla smiles as Monica nods understanding why Carla has chosen to breastfeed
"Right, so how are we doing in here?" Doctor Matthews questions as Carla grins, Peter placing Isobel back on the nursing pillow with her sister, as they could both fit comfortably on the pillow together due to their size
"We're doing good" Carla grins as the babies poke each other shifting around on the pillow
"She wants to try and feed them, I was wondering if she needed to be monitored?" Monica questions as Doctor Matthews pulls up a stool
"Right, you've breastfed before?"
"I have yes" Carla smiles as Doctor Matthews nods
"Ok, so we just have to wait till they're hungry, how are you feeling, any dizziness, light headedness, headaches?"
"I'm ok I haven't really had any of those, it's just regaining my strength but I feel 10 times better than I did yesterday" Carla smiles as Isobel grips onto her finger her face scrunching up
"That's good, have you had any significant bleeding?" he questions
"Not really, I'm not like a waterfall of blood down there, I'm bleeding a bit but not much" she laughs slightly as the doctor grins
"That's good, a bit of bleeding is to be expected but I would say that it's looking good and that you could probably try feeding them" Doctor Matthews smiles as Carla grins Isobel's face scrunching up still as she makes little grunting noises
"Oh dear" Carla smiles stroking her head as she opens her eyes, green coloured orbs gazing back at her before a loud wail breaks out
"Oh sweetheart, are you hungry?" Carla questions looking at Peter gesturing for him to take Florence as she adjusts Isobel on the cushion lifting up her pyjama top trying to get her to latch on
"Persist with it, she's been on bottles it's a change for her, so just bear with it" Doctor Matthews smiles as Isobel finally latches on, her eyes closing, truly enjoying the fact she was feeding off her mother
"Good girl, is that better?" Carla questions as if Isobel would answer, the connection she had with Isobel, stirring something deep within her, something uncomfortable she didn't like, but she painted a smile on
"How are you feeling?" Doctor Matthews questions as Carla smiles gently
"I missed this, I love this" she laughs relishing the fact she was connecting with Isobel the way she wanted to
"Good, now I think that's me done, can I take another tube of blood to do another count?"
"Yeah sure" Carla holds her arm out for the Doctor to take her blood
"Thank you, let me go and get the lab to have a look at this, then I'll get the results back to you" Doctor Matthews smiles leaving the room with Monica
"Hey, how does it feel?" Peter questions as Carla glances down to Isobel who had stopped feeding, as she slept on the pillow
"I missed it so much" Carla smiles as Peter kisses her forehead, her smile fading briefly, a knock on the door bringing Carla out of her emotions, Peter going to answer seeing Michelle
"Hey guys" Michelle smiles bending down to kiss Carla on the head as she smiles
"Hey 'Chelle" Carla smiles as Isobel shifts around
"Tell me the names?" Michelle grins as Carla rolls her eyes, knowing that they were being secretive about the names
"You're not allowed to tell anyone, not even Steve, not until I have perfected the announcement for the group chat" Carla grins as Michelle sighs nodding biting her lip
"So this one that I have is Isobel" Carla smiles as Michelle squeals excitedly, sitting on the edge of the bed reaching over to stroke Isobel's head Carla moving her hand away glaring at it as Michelle turns to face Peter who was holding Florence
"And the other?" Michelle questions knowing Carla may be touchy considering she had gone through quite a bit in the last 24 hours
"Florence" Carla replies as Michelle walks over to have a look at Florence
"I love them" Michelle beams as Carla grins
"Peter do a swap, you can burp this one" Carla smiles as Peter takes Isobel who had now awoken, burping her as Carla has cuddles with Florence
"Can you still not hold them?" Michelle questions as Carla sighs
"I think I can, but I don't know I don't want to drop them" Carla closes her eyes as Michelle smiles gently
"How about I support your arms that way I'll be here if you drop them?" Michelle suggests as Carla shakes her head
"No" she replies abruptly as Michelle nods understanding why Carla was being like this
"That's alright we don't have to, I was also wondering if you would like to see Aidan?"
"Yeah, is he missing us?" Carla questions as Michelle nods, knowing that Aidan wouldn't really sleep without Carla or Peter tucking him in at night
"Yeah, he's not sleeping well, I can bring him in later if you want?"
"Yeah go on then, I want to see him" Carla smiles as Michelle nods sending a text off to Steve as Florence starts to cry, Carla lifting her top up to feed her as it takes a while for her to latch on, finally succeeding and feeding off Carla
"There we are, we alright now?" Carla questions stroking Florence's cheek as she feeds, Isobel starting to cry as Carla groans realising how annoying this is going to be
"Does she need changing?" Carla questions as Peter shakes his head
"She can't be hungry she just ate" Carla laughs as Michelle rolls her eyes, Peter rocking Isobel in a different position
"Nope, she must be hungry" Peter grins as Carla groans glancing down at Florence who was still feeding
"Place her next to this one" Carla grins as Michelle laughs at the awkward set up of the twins feeding
"Luckily I have two so…" Carla states as Michelle bursts out laughing as Peter laughs as well
"You're going to run out of milk, you won't even be able to pump, hey we can share!" Michelle grins as Carla turns her face up at the suggestion
"Ew no, that's just weird" Peter rolls his eyes watching both babies feed off Carla as Carla nods in agreement
"At least they were small, both of them can fit on this cushion, luckily we got the big size" Carla rolls her eyes as Isobel spits her boob out whimpering slightly
"You alright?" Carla questions to her daughter as she whimpers, before starting to cry, Carla groaning
"It's still there, I haven't moved it" Carla grins moving Isobel's head closer as she latches on again
"Gosh they're going to be drama queens, they take after their mother" Michelle mutters as Peter nods in agreement, Carla glaring at both of them
"Very funny, she just missed my boob, not a big deal" Carla shrugs as Florence stops feeding "Right you can burp that one Peter"
"Come here then Flo" Peter grins as Carla smiles softly at him, their little nick name for Florence as Peter picks up the burping cloth from the side, rubbing Florence's back as he rests her on his shoulder
"We done yet Isobel?" Carla questions as Isobel continues to feed "You're going to be fat if you carry on"
"Carla! Don't call your child fat!" Michelle exclaims as Carla grins up at her as Isobel finishes feeding
"Michelle can you pass me another burping cloth from the bag?" Carla questions as Michelle does what she's told
"Do you want me to help you?" Carla questions as she nods, Carla lifting up her daughter into a sitting position tilting her forward a bit holding her there with one hand as she rubs her back with the other, Isobel enjoying the back rub she was getting
"Ok.. maybe I could do it all along" Carla laughs as Michelle stays close by in case she needing to support Carla
"Do you like that Isobel?" Carla questions as Isobel blows bubbles out of her mouth
"She's going to fall asleep like that, how are you doing?" Michelle questions as Carla shrugs tilting Isobel back down into the crook of her arm, to lay her down on the pillow
"They're running another blood count they said I made excellent process, I have to let them know if my bleeding gets worse" Carla smiles tickling Isobel's tummy as she squirms
"Right, shall we do this message for the group chat, reveal the names?" Peter questions as Carla nods, getting the spare pillows from the side and boxing the twins in on the bed, Peter taking a photo for Carla to write a message
"Ta, can you move them back on this one?" she grins as Peter picks them both up and moves them onto the nursing pillow Carla bending down to kiss their feet
"No, Isobel, don't suck on your hands" Carla scolds removing Isobel's hand from her mouth as she lets out a wail
"You need dummy's" Michelle grins going to the bag to get a dummy for Carla to give to Isobel
"Right, are you going to accept this, Aidan hated them, had a genuine phobia of them" Carla grins rubbing the teat of the dummy against Isobel's lips as she accepts is, sucking vigorously on it
"Right, that should keep her quiet for a bit, do you want one Flo?" Carla questions rubbing the teat of another dummy against Florence's lips as she accepts it
"Yay, a way to stop them from crying, I used to stick Aidan on my boob to shut him up" Carla grins as Michelle smiles glancing to her phone
"Ah, Steve's back from the park with Aidan, so I'll go and collect him and bring him here? Shall I bring Si as well?" Michelle questions as Peter nods
"Yeah, it'll be good to see them, go and get em' 'Chelle" Carla grins as Michelle kisses her on the head
"I'll be back later" Michelle smiles waving as she leaves the room
Carla and Peter slept for a couple of hours, a break in between to eat food or feed the twins, or change them depending on what they needed. Carla was thankful that she got some sleep it made her feel a lot more human, Peter told Carla that Michelle was driving Simon and Aidan there so Carla was happy that she could see them both. Doctor Matthews informed Carla that her blood count was improving very well and that if she felt strong enough to go home on Sunday that she could.
"Only us, is she asleep?" Michelle questions glancing at Carla who was sleeping peacefully, Aidan being carried by Simon
"Yeah, they woke her up wanting to be fed during her nap" Peter smiles as Carla stirs noticing they had guests, moving her body so she was sitting up
"Oh hi, sorry I look a mess" Carla smiles as Simon laughs
"You do" Simon grins cheekily as Carla smiles sarcastically rolling her eyes
"Ok enough with the pleasantries, if that's what you call them, come and meet your sisters"
"Sisters? Two girls?" Simon questions, groaning in the process
"Yes two girls, at least it's equal between girls and boys now" Peter grins as Simon rolls his eyes Aidan squirming to get down
"Mumma!"
"Shh" Carla hisses knowing he will wake the twins up if he squeals, that's if they weren't already awake, Michelle placing him down on the bed
"Mummy's missed you baby" Carla hugs Aidan as he cuddles into her, Carla stroking his hair
"Come?" Aidan questions as Carla sighs
"I can't sweetie, not until I'm better but I promise we can have loads of cuddles when I get home" Carla smiles as Aidan nods excited for when Carla got home
"Right, do you want to meet your sister's Si?" Peter questions as Simon nods eagerly, Peter going to take Florence out of the plastic crib as Simon sits down on the arm chair, the nursing pillow on his lap as Peter places Florence down on it
"She's smaller than Aidan was"
"Si!" Aidan grins hearing his name as Simon rolls his eyes
"Please tell me Steve didn't teach him that…" Carla starts as Michelle nods rolling her eyes
"Great now it's going to be endless"
"He even taught him your first names, so when he gets annoyed at you he'll probably call you Carla and Peter now"
"Great just great" Carla mutters as Michelle rolls her eyes again
"Right now you can meet Isobel, now you've met Florence" Peter grins as Simon smiles, as Isobel is placed on the nursing pillow
"Isobel's much bigger, they look the same, they'll be tricking you" Simon grins as Peter sighs nodding in agreement
"Don't go teaching them to trick us, I know what you're like" Peter grins as Simon shakes his head as Isobel grips onto his finger
"Right, can you hold her, support her head" Peter smiles as Simon holds Isobel, supporting her head as Peter gives the pillow to Carla, placing Isobel on the cushion after taking her from Simon, taking Florence from the crib then placing her on the cushion, Aidan gazing at them confused
"These are your sisters Aidy, they were in mummy's tummy, remember?" Carla prompts as Aidan frowns, gingerly reaching his hand out to touch Florence on the head
"Baby Ava" Aidan replies as Michelle laughs, Carla glaring at Aidan, removing his hand which doesn't go unnoticed by Peter, but he just puts on a brave face
"No, Florence"
"Ava"
"No, Florence"
"Ava"
"Ok then, Isobel" Carla points to Isobel as Aidan frowns confused
"Ava"
"Ok we tried I give up" Carla groans as Peter rolls his eyes, Aidan glancing around wondering why everyone was looking at him funny
"He'll get there eventually it's a big change" Peter grins as Carla nods in agreement
"I need to get back to Ava, so I will take them both back with me, unless Si wants to stay a bit longer?" Michelle questions as Simon shakes his head wanting a lift back instead of getting the bus
"Alright then, let's head off, say bye to Mummy Aidan" Michelle prompts as Aidan blows Carla a kiss, Carla heart melting
"Love you Aidy see you soon yeah be good for Aunty 'Chelle" Carla smiles as both Aidan and Simon leave the room
"You alright?" Peter questions noticing Carla sigh emotionally after the visit from Aidan and Simon
"Yeah why wouldn't I be?" she snaps which Peter is taken aback by
"Sorry, I'm just tired" Carla sighs closing her eyes as Peter takes the babies off her placing them in the plastic crib as Carla shuffles down in the bed to get some sleep
"Alright, get some sleep, I'll let you know if they need feeding, love you"
"Love you too"