July 22nd, 2002
Week 18
Jing-Mei drank her fifth glass of water. She had to have a full bladder when she went in for her ultrasound. They were going to try to find out the triplets' sexes today. John was so nervous. Jing-Mei liked to tease him about it. John's nerves were still on end while he dealt with Gamma, but things were starting to look okay with her.
"Are you about ready?" John asked swaying back and forth in the doorway.
"I was born ready." She chuckled pulling her hair into a ponytail. She waddled to John and he slipped and an arm around her.
"Good." He said helping her outside. "You look really…good."
"Good and fat." She snickered as she walked outside. "SO, Names. We already have a boy's name down. So why don't I pick one and you pick one when we finally figure out the sexes."
"That sounds really good and easy." John said getting into the car.
"Or so you think." She smiled buckling her belt around her.
"I have one already picked out for a girl." He said. Jing-Mei shot him a look.
"What is it?" She asked rubbing her belly.
"Josslyn Ruby Carter." John said. Jing-Mei grinned brightly
"I love it." She said. "I think that's beautiful."
"Good." He said, "What about you?"
"I have Josephine Mae Carter and Jakob Ryan Carter." She said, "Mae not spelled the same way as mine. I was thinking that Asian names might be cool, but then I thought my mother would like that so I'm nixing that idea." John laughed as he drove down the road.
"I love those two names." He smiled.
"Good." She said, "Sounds like we have our names pretty much set."
"Yup." John smiled as he pulled into a parking space. His heart was racing. This was it. They were going to find the sexes out. John went around the car and helped Jing-Mei out. She smiled gratefully and waddled into the office. She was only eighteen weeks pregnant and she was already huge. She wasn't looking forward to seeing how big she was when she was thirty weeks pregnant. She got a sip of water from the water fountain as John checked them in. She looked around at the other pregnant women. She wondered if they were having multiples too or had other high-risk problems.
"Carter." The nurses called out their name. Already, Jing-Mei thought. John took Jing-Mei's hand and led her into Dr. Maxwell's office. He smiled.
"How are you two doing?" He asked.
"Great thanks." Jing-Mei said, "We're really anxious to find out the sexes."
"Oh, I'm sure." He chuckled, "And you Dr. Carter?"
"I'm hanging in there." He said, "My grandmother isn't in the best of health so it's stressful."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." Dr. Maxwell said softly, "Jing-Mei, why don't we check your fundal height and then get the ultrasound started."
"Great." Jing-Mei smiled pulling her shirt up over her stomach and lay down. Dr. Maxwell grinned getting his tape measure, "I think I'm getting too big."
"No. You look perfect." He chuckled, "Fundal height is nineteen. That's pretty good for second pregnancy and with triplets."
"Good." Jing-Mei smiled.
"Make sure you keep up on your fruits a vegetables." Dr. Maxwell said as he rolled the ultrasound over.
"Is there anything I can do?" John asked.
"Rub her back, rub out her leg spasms, hold her hand." Dr. Maxwell smiled, "The fun stuff. She's doing the hard work."
"Yes I am." Jing-Mei chuckled squirming as Dr. Maxwell squirted the cool gel.
"You two want more after these?" he smiled as he started the machine.
"Oooh. I don't know." John said, "Maybe in ten years."
"Ten years. Sounds good." Jing-Mei snickered. John winked playfully as Dr. Maxwell started the examination.
"Okay, there's baby A and B. they seem to be sucking each other's fingers." Dr Maxwell smiled, "There's Baby C. Seems to be taking a nap. Let's hope it's legs aren't crossed." Jing-Mei and John beamed as they watched the screen.
"Come on, Buddy. Spread them wide." John chuckled.
"All right. You guys sure you want to know?" Dr. Maxwell asked, just making sure. The couple nodded quickly. They wouldn't be able to wait any long. "Okay, Baby C is exposing it's self and it's a boy."
"A boy!" Jing-Mei's eyes filled with tears.
"Jonathan." John whispered staring at the screen. That was his boy. Dr. Maxwell smiled softly moving it around to get baby A and B on the screen.
"Congratulations." He said, "Well, they seem to be really tight in. They're in the same sack as you can see."
"Identical?" Jing-Mei asked. Dr. Maxwell nodded.
"Yup." He said, "And they are girls." Tears trickled down Jing-Mei's face. Girls. John ran his hand through his hair.
"Two girls." He whispered, "I need to get the shot gun ready." Dr. Maxwell chuckled.
"Yes you do. They look perfect." He said, "You're due date is still December 28th, but I'm expecting you to go around December 1st or so."
"Okay." Jing-Mei whispered softly. John kissed her forehead softly.
"Josslyn and Josephine." He whispered. Jing-Mei looked up at him with fresh tears in her eyes. She nodded.
"So, they have names?" Dr. Maxwell asked helping Jing-Mei up.
"Yes." She said taking in a deep breath, "Jonathan Truman the fourth, Josephine Mae, and Josslyn Ruby."
"Fine names." Dr. Maxwell smiled. "I want to see you in five weeks and then we'll start on the every two weeks checkup, okay?" Jing-Mei nodded as she got off of the table.
"Yes, okay.' She said, "Thank you so much, Dr. Maxwell."
"It's my job." He winked, "You're welcome." John took Jing-Mei's hand and led her out of the room. He grinned broadly at her.
"Can you believe it?" He asked.
"A boy and two girls." Jing-Mei was grinning from ear to ear. "This is so amazing, John."
"Now we're going to get me and John all confused." He smiled. Jing-Mei shook her head.
"No because to me you're John and he's Johnny." She winked getting into the car.
"Johnny…. We could call him Truman." He said.
"Call him whatever you want, but I'm calling him Johnny." She chuckled.
"Johnny…That'll have to grow on me." He said. Jing-Mei rolled her eyes.
"Get your butt in the car, Jonathan." She wagged her finger; "Your family is hungry." John laughed.
"Yes, Ma'am. Burger King coming up." He said getting in. John, Jing-Mei, Johnny, Josephine, and Josslyn drove away.
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