Letty's P.O.V
"So there's two babies in here?" I point to my stomach.
"Yes, there are two growing babies in there."
I can't take my eyes off of the screen. The two little globes that were on the monitor were my babies. Our babies. The love that we have for each other made these two little human beings and they were growing inside of me. I held Dom's hand as he has his face next to mine as we looked on. His eyes are looking at the bump and his hand is rubbing at the side.
"It's a shock. Many parents have them with multiple babies."
"It is. We didn't see the second in are last ultrasounds."
"It's normal for that to happen. You see Baby A right here..She points to the globe on the right of the screen..This one is in gestation at fifthteen weeks and and Baby B is gestating at fourteen weeks. The bigger embryo can hide the smaller one at times. You released two eggs during your ovulation cycle and they were fertilized at different times."
"We are so lost right now. So you're saying I got her pregnant twice."
"In regular terms yes. This is a result of you conceiving at two different times. The first egg was fertilized the first day of ovulation and the second one was towards the end of the cycle."
"I think I got an idea of when it happened." I remember. That night at the beach after we got married again in the DR. We sat in each other's arms as the sun was setting and we were in the heat of the moment. We kept joking about making a baby on the beach. I'm just relived we didn't make them in the back seat. That was only a few days before we left for Cuba.
"Well I guess these two are both honeymoon babies." Dom says to me as he moves his hand to the front of my stomach.
"Wait, is something gonna be wrong with the second baby since it's little?"
"These two babies are perfectly healthy. You eating enough for three people and their development is on track. With twins, you're most likely going to give birth before you get to term because of the expansion of your uterus. Most likely between your thirty-five and thirty-seven weeks. The goal right now is to make sure these babies stay healthy and get you to thirty-seven weeks."
"Okay. So what do I have to do to make sure they stay in here?"
"Keep doing what you're doing now. Eating right, get in mild exercise, and take your necessary prenatal vitamins."
"Thank you."
"Do you two want pictures."
"Yes, a lot."
"I'll go print them out for you while I let you get dressed."
She walks out of the room as I sit back up. I wipe the gel off my stomach and pull my denim style shirt down. I look down at the my stomach and can't stop touch my bump.
"We really made two babies." He stands up and puts his arm around me, laying his hand on top of mine.
"Yeah we did." My mouth smiled so big. Holding our babies in our hands and then my mind reminds me of Daniella.
"How are gonna tell Daniella?"
"She's gonna be happy. She's excited to be a big sister." He kisses the top of my head.
"You think she'll be okay with it?"
"She is going to love it. Hey how did you know when we got pregnant?"
"Well we know we made the second one that first night in Cuba. If my math and timing is right, we got pregnant that night on the beach after the wedding." I say while looking up at him.
"You mean when we went for that night swim."
"Uh huh. We were on the shore and the waves were crashing onto us." I move my hand from my stomach to his chest.
"You keep talking like that and I'll have to lay you down and put your legs up in these stirrups." He stands in between my legs and holds my hips.
"Mmm, wait till I get you home." I kiss him and and he hugs me.
"We're gonna be alright. The five of us will be alright." He says to me as I bury my face in his neck. I smile and move my face to look at him.
"Let's go see our other baby. Mama needs some food in her belly."
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We pull up to the sidewalk and park the car. The cafe is up the street from where we are so we were gonna walk up there and surprise Daniella. I get out of the car and readjust my white capri pants from sitting on the heated car. Dom comes from the other side and wraps his arm around me as we got onto the sidewalk.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Anything."
"Can we just tell Daniella about the twins?"
"Why?"
"I want it to be surprise and I want her to be part of it too."
"If that's what you want."
"I do. It's weird I can't stop thinking about that new baby smell and seeing you give them a bath."
"I can't wait to see your belly get bigger and feel them kicking around in there." He says putting his hand on my stomach.
"Hehe. You're still gonna love me when I'm all fat?"
"If it means we get beautiful babies then it doesn't matter."
"Oh, so I'm just the baby maker cranking out kids for you."
"I didn't mean it like that."
"It sounded like you did." He turns me to the side and puts his hands on my side.
"Hey hey hey, you are the same beautiful, amazing, sexy car junkie I fell in love with. No matter how big your stomach gets." I calm down and let my head come back to earth. God these hormones are running around more than usual.
"Thank you. I'm sorry, I don't know where that came from." We go back to walk on the sidewalk to the cafe.
"It's okay. The hormones will do that to your emotions." He's referencing the pregnancy book Mia had sent him after we told her about the baby, well babies now.
"I love that you're reading the book but it's still weird that you know so much about my changing body."
"I want to be prepared. I'm gonna be your rock through this whole thing. Besides there were some stuff in there I think you might like."
"Like what?"
"Your hair getting shinier."
"Mhmm."
"Your boobs getting bigger."
"Yeah."
"And a few different ways to have fun in bed." He whispers in my ear.
"Well you are gonna have to show me later." I kiss him and wrap my arm around his waist.
We get to the cafe and find an open table outside. We sit down from across each other and look at the menus set down. I pier inside to see Danielle at the counter. She's wearing a plain black shirt and kahki shorts with a black bottom half apron across an apron. She has her hair in a high wavy pony tail and she's smiling as she's counting her tips. She puts them in her front pockets and turns to see me. She smiles and shakes her head at me when we make eye contact.
"She's spotted us."
"Should we tell her now?" He says as he takes my hand above the table and her interlocks our fingers.
"No time like the present." Dom smiles at me and let's out a chuckle. "What?"
"I can't get enough of you smiling. You got a glow on your face."
"I got a glow?"
"Yeah you do."
"How about mama gives you some of that glow right now?" I set my elbows on the table and cross my arms, perching over the table so my lips are close to him.
"Oh really."
"Uh huh." He kisses me and tongues attack each other.
"I swear you two are like teenagers."
We pull apart from each other and see Daniella stand next to the table with her hand on her hip, taping her foot and shaking her head.
"When you've been together this long, the fire just gets hotter." He says and kisses my neck which cause me to laugh.
"Okay, get a room. Gosh, you're cute and gross cute." She sits down in the chair in front of her.
"Aren't you still on the clock?"
"I am but my boss saw my parents here to visit me at work so he wanted me to have lunch with you for a little while."
"That's really sweet."
"Ma, you're more chipper than you were this morning."
"We have a lot to be chipper about today."
"I can tell by you and mom's smiles."
Another waitress comes to the table and she's holding a iced tea, lemonade, and a cold Corona.
"Don't worry, I told her your drink orders."
"Wow, we're getting the V.I.P treatment here if they got Corona."
"What can I get you guys ?"
"I'm gonna have a woodwind grilled chicken sandwich with extra avacado."
"What do you want for sides?"
"Can I get a double order of your aussie fries?"
"You got it. And for you?"
"He'll have the same thing I'll have."
"And what would that be exactly?" He asks with curiousity
"Steak burger with crinkle fries, extra pepper seasoning."
"She knows her dad as much as I do."
"I'll get that out for you guys."
"What are you two smiling about?"
"Your mom and I got something to tell you."
"Well actually show you."
I take the sonogram out of my pocket and I hold it in my hands, keeping the front away from her looking.
"So we went to go have my ultrasound earlier and we are only showing this to you. You're the only one that's going to know about this and you can't tell anybody."
"Is something wrong with the baby?"
"No sweetie. It's a good thing, really really good."
I hand it to her and she takes it in her hand. I scouch over my chair to her so I can show here what's in the picture."
"That's your little brother or sister." I pointed at Baby A in the picture.
"Oh my god. It looks so big on here."
"And that is your other brother or sister." Dom points to Baby B.
"Wait..HOLY CRAP. Your having twins? My mom that's amazing." She reaches over and hugs me. "Oh my god, how do you feel?"
"Right now, I'm on cloud nine. It's weird how I'm sharing a body with two people. I know you really wanted a little sister, I guess fate gave you your wish."
"I'm happy with whatever these two are. Oh my god, they're gonna look so cute it their little toy cars."
"Let me get them out first. You're a carbon copy of your dad."
"Our kids have Nos in their blood. They're gonna be steering the wheel before they can walk."
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We had lunch and talked about the babies and getting the house together. We ordered some cheesecake to go and Daniella went back to work. Dom and I walked our way back to the car and we see this baby store up at the corner.
"Wanna get started on the nursery?"
"Really?"
"Yeah. We can just window shop. See what we need to get now that we're getting two roommates."
"Alright then."
We walk up the street and walk into the store. The place is huge and full of little babies walking and crawling around. All these little clothes are folded and stuffed animals set around the cribs. Looking at all the little babies crawling around the floor is just making my heart flutter in my stomach.
"That's gonna be us in five months." He says to me as he hugs me at my side as we walk through the store.
"Yeah. So I noticed that with all the hype over the babies I didn't get to ask how you feel?"
"I feel great."
"I meant about everything. We went from having no kids to three in less than a month. I know it's all really scary and overwhelming. It's okay to tell me, I'm scared too."
"It's all a lot to take in but I'm happy. I never thought we'd be here. Happy, married, with our own little family." He says hugging my growing bump.
"You're really happy?"
"I'm really happy. Having you by my side and going through this with makes it all the less scary."
"Okay. I just wanted to make sure you were okay."
"I am. And we're all gonna be okay." He kisses my forehead.
We keep walking and see a little display of onesies. I see three different ones in a row. I see a red onesie with a car collage design on them and my heart starts to flutter.
"Dom look." We go over and I take one from the shelf. I unfolded it and I lift it in front of him.
"That's pretty cute." He takes it in his hands and he puts it over my stomach. I laugh at how cute he's being, seeing how happy he was being a father.
"One for a boy and one for a girl." I say as I take another onesie. It's light purple and it says "Daddy's Little Helper" with a little wrench and hammer across it.
"I'm not giving into pink yet but if we do have a girl, she's gonna be a tomboy like her mama."
"I know she will. Let's go look at some cribs."
He gives me the other onesie and I grab a store shopping bad to put them in while we look around. We see all these different kind of cribs, tall and short with wooden bars.
"Can I help you two with anything?" A store clerk walked from the side. She looks young and probably in college.
"We're just looking for a couple of cribs. There's just a lot of different kinds to choose from." He says to her.
"How many are you looking for?"
"Two. For twins."
'Congratulations. I think I can help you guys out." She walks us down the line of cribs and stop in front of one of them. "Now this the Barneby crib, it's one of our popular one. It converts into a toddler bed so it can last until they're two. They come in white, brown, and dark chocolate plus they're gender neutral."
"It looks so perfect. Dom, they gonna love them." I say as he hugs me from behind.
"When are you due?"
"December 18th."
"Are you registered yet?"
"We haven't actually started a registry. We'll probably need one with two babies."
"We do?"
"Yes we do."
"I can give you guys a catalog and get you started in store or you can do it online."
"The catalog sounds good. We can look and see what we need."
"Alright. I can check you guys out whenever you're ready."
She walks over to the other side of the store and we look at the crib in front of us.
"This is all feels real now. I never thought I'd be the girl who fawns over cribs and onesies." I let my head fall back against his chest and he kisses my forehead.
"Me either. In six months, we'll being holding two babies in our arms."
"I can't wait."
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Coming Up: Family Dinner, Mother Daughter Talk, and some "Alone Time".
