February 14th, 2009
Robert woke up to a box wrapped in a bow on the pillow next to him with a note from Paris saying to open the box and unwrap one item at a time. The first item was a Crystal heart with "Our Love" engraved on it, The second item was a photo of a bean in a frame, the third item was a Dior baby soother, The next thing was a tiffany's baby rattle, the following was a rolled-up onesie saying "Daddy did it now" with a positive pregnancy test in it. The last item was a onesie with directions on where the head legs and arms go.
"Paris...Are you serious" Robert shouts with a bit of glee
"About what, my darling?" Paris asks
"About the items in the box, are we?" Robert asks walking out to the kitchen
"Yes it's for real, we are having a baby," Paris says
"I can't wait to tell the gang," Robert says
"Can we wait till I'm further along... just in case" Paris says
"Sure, I understand we can wait," Robert says
Over the next few weeks, Paris and Robert had an appointment with the doctor to check out everything with the baby and find out how far along Paris was in her pregnancy. Everything was going great in the pregnancy, and as of February 28th, Paris was 7 weeks 3 days pregnant with not just one baby but triplets. They decided to keep the pregnancy a secret until she was at least 12 weeks along, but at this point, Paris could start showing sooner than that and may have to tell everyone why.
April 1st, 2009
Robert had a shirt made up for Paris that said "Him + Me + three = Our Family" that she had under a button-up to show people one at a time to announce their pregnancy, they didn't think about what the day was just that she was 12 weeks pregnant. People were starting to notice she was getting a little belly.
Paris and Robert had set up one of the gang's weekly dinners for that evening, and they got dressed in their comfy but casual wear, for Paris it was a pair of stretchy work pant's the top Robert had made for her, and a loose button-up shirt on top and for Robert it was a button-up shirt with the top 3 buttons undone and a pair of baggy jeans.
Each couple walked into Paris and Robert's place as they showed up and met them in the kitchen, Paris was walking around the kitchen, helping Robert cook dinner.
"Paris, what does your shirt say?" Rory asks
"Oh, this one?" Paris says showing Rory
Rory, Steph, Andrea and Honor all read the shirt and squealed
"Wait... plus 3?" Honor asks questioningly
"Yes 3," Robert says smiling
"Triplets?" Andrea asks
"Yes, three tiny babies. Im officially 12 weeks today" Paris says
"Your joking, this had to be an April fools joke," Finn says
"No it's 100% legit, I do good when I finally make babies," Robert says smiling
"That's amazing, and you deserve them," Logan says
"Im freaking out a little bit, we planned for one at a time maybe two, neither of us expected three so now the plans for feeding are going to be a bit messed up but im sure we will do great, we may just need a nanny or something to help out with all the diapers and feedings" Paris says
"Paris I hate to tell you, but you can never plan motherhood to the tee, nothing happens the way it's planned you just have to get into a routine and go with the flow at times and with multiples try to keep them close in the schedule, or you will never sleep," Rory says
"Well now I don't have to feel guilty, Im pregnant again." Honor says
"I'm Pregnant also," Andrea says
"Anyone else?" Colin asks laughing
"Don't look at me I just had twins 6 months ago, and my oldest just turned 2" Rory says
"Not it," Steph says
"So we have 5 more babies on the way to add to the already 6 we have... We truly are4 going to have the next generation of LDB just between us 10" Logan says
"It will have taken us 3 years to be outnumbered by kids from the time of the first to last birth," Robert says
"So Paris is 12 weeks, how far along are you Andrea and Honor?" Rory asks
"10 weeks about," Honor says
"8 weeks about," Andrea says
"5 babies due within 4 weeks, this will be a busy delivery ward," Finn says
"We were told with triplets 33 weeks is the time to expect them so 5 within 3 months," Paris says
July 31st, 2009
Paris is currently just past 29 weeks pregnant and miserable; shes high school Paris x10 all the time due to being so huge, hot, hungry and having to pee non stop. But today is different. At least she's feeling something different.
"Robert, I don't know what it is, but something just feels off today," Pairs says
"Bad or good different?" Robert asks
"Im not sure, but maybe we can see what the doctor says, maybe they are going to come earlier than we expected," Paris says
"He said he didn't think they would come for at least another 4 weeks, but we can call and talk to him," Robert says
Robert gets the doctor's office on the phone and lets Paris tell them how she's feeling.
"I don't know they just seem less active the last 12 hours, normally they are moving like crazy, but they just seem like they are relaxing," Paris says
"They could just be getting to the point they are so big there isn't a lot of room to move but come to the hospital, and we will check you out and monitor their movements and see what's going on," The nurse and dr say
Paris and Robert do as they were told, and they get ready to head to the hospital with their pre-packed bags incase. When they get to the hospital, they go to the maternity ward and check-in, and they get settled into the room to be examined and monitored.
After an hour of being monitored, it came out that Paris was right, and the triplets were underactive, and it was a good thing she noticed and called then came to the hospital. Paris was going to have to have a few tests and an emergency c-section today if they couldn't get the babies to start being more active.
"Looks like these babies are coming sooner then we expected, You're going to be prepped for an emergency c-section," Dr. Jakobs says
"What's going on with them, why are they coming so soon?" Paris asks
"Baby b and c are not as active as we would like them to be so we think it's best for all 3 babies if they are born so we can have a better shot at helping them," Dr. Jakobs says
"Will they all be ok?" Robert asks
"There is a risk, but the odds are in their favour, we are the best hospital in New York to deal with any complications that can arise, but all we can do is our best," Dr. Jakob says
After Paris and Robert got all their questions answered, Paris was wheeled into the OR. All 3 babies were delivered via c-section.
Baby A - Boy - Jakob Andrew 3lbs 8oz - born 1:15 am July 31st
Baby B - Girl - Jessica Anne - 3lbs 2oz - born 1:8am July 31st
Baby C - Girl - Jenna Abbigail 2lbs 12oz - Born 1:25 am July 31st
Baby A was born healthy, active and kicking only needing the regular treatment of a 29 weeker. Baby B was born healthy a bit weaker than her older brother but doing well. Baby C was born with more difficulties; she had her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck, and it was also entangled with her twin sisters putting a lot of stress on Baby C, who was going to need a lot of extra help. She also wasn't getting all the nutrients she needed to grow.
Paris and Robert decided to wait till the next morning to call anyone to tell them what was going on, so they didn't all rush in.
Paris and Robert were devastated that their baby girl Jenna (Baby C) didn't survive; she didn't get enough oxygen and nutrients long enough that she couldn't be helped. They had no idea how they were going to tell everyone who was expecting them to have 3 babies that they would only be taking two home. Robert knew that Paris felt it was her fault she didn't say anything sooner or that if she had done something differently, they would have been able to save Jenna, but in reality, there wasn't anything more that could have been done.
As soon as Colin found out about the loss of Jenna himself, Logan, Finn and Tristan went into Paris and Roberts house and removed the 3rd crib, bassinet, Jenna's name from the wall, and any other extra things they wouldn't need to be reminded that they only got to take 2 babies home. They didn't know what else they could do to ease the pain Paris, and Robert would be going through other than to be there for them when they needed their family the most.
Later that afternoon, the gang all slowly started showing up to the hospital without the kids to see Paris and Robert and console them but celebrate the birth of Jakob and Jessica. Robert and Paris were trying to keep a brave face for everyone, but they all saw the truth.
"I hope you don't mind, but we moved a few things in the nursery and around the house for you, so you don't have too," Logan says
"Thank you, I was going to go home and do it sometime over the next few days," Robert says
"You know we will all do anything we can to help you, just let us know, and it's done," Tristan says
"We will let you know, thank you," Paris says
"No problem, you would do the same for us," Rory says
Paris and Robert were able to take their babies home when the twins were just over 6 weeks old on September 9th. Jessica and Jacob were about 8lbs each and were healthy and happy babies, and they were also very loved. Surprisingly Paris's mother and father had come to meet their grandchildren while they were in the NICU and decided to stay in town for a few months to help the new parents cope with twins and the loss of their 3rd child. Paris hadn't known, but before she was born, her mom had given birth to a child at 35 weeks that passed away shortly after birth due to complications, and that was part of the reason she had problems connecting with Paris was that she was afraid she would lose Paris. It helped Paris and Robert to have the Gellar's around helping deal with their grief and preparing to bring the babies home, and they all bonded over their shared experience.
October 31st, 2009
Honor's day started like every other day this week. She did anything and everything she could think of to cause herself to go into labor. She was currently 4 days overdue and miserable and was making Colin tired from all the sex she was insisting they have to get the baby out. Mitchum had Ariel for the first 2 days after the baby was due. Then Logan and Rory took her for the past 2 days knowing that if the baby were coming, it wouldn't take long at all, plus Ariel loved playing with her cousins and was looking forward to uncle Logan and auntie Rory taking her out trick or treating.
Andrea was in good spirits; she was 8 days away from her due date. She loved being pregnant. She would be pregnant for the rest of her life if possible, Finn liked the idea of his wife being pregnant all the time but knew it wasn't practical or healthy for her body to have children back to back close together and her health along with the kids was his number one concern.
Later in the evening, everyone decided to get together with the kids and take them out, Honor and Colin joined them in the hopes that all the walking could help honor go into labour and because they missed Ariel over the last few days.
Around 8:30 pm, Andrea started feeling contractions but kept walking to where they all knew there would be a small firework display. On the way back to their meeting place for the night, someone was shooting off firecrackers at people, and their group happened to be one of the unlucky groups as it caused both Honor and Andrea to scream in pain sh10:52pmorly after the first few. Honor's water had broken, and Andrea had a significant contraction.