She purchases one of every type and goes home, they all come back positive. She starts to cry in the bathroom, thinking how can this be happening. She pulls herself together and heads to her appointment prepared to hear her diagnosis.
At the OB/GYN's office she sees a lot of pregnant women all in different stages of pregnancy. She remembers back to when she was pregnant with Brad and how happy they were. Tim was ecstatic when she told him they were expecting their first baby and even more so when they found out it was a boy. He stayed up all night when they got the news and made his crib. Then when they found out about Randy they were surprised that it was happening so quickly after the first but happy anyway. They had always wanted a big family and now they were well on their way. When the ultrasound showed another boy Tim was again excited, Jill was a little disappointed because she had wanted a girl but when Randy was born she couldn't have been happier. She knew they wanted more but Randy was a difficult baby so they decided to wait a little while so when she found out she was pregnant again they were even more surprised because they had been using birth control. Jill was hoping she was finally going to get her girl but again disappointed when the ultrasound showed boy. She would never admit it to Tim but she really wanted to try again but here it is eight years later, she is 35, they had decided no more kids, she went back to work, and her life was on a different path now. The nurse calling her name interrupted her from her thoughts.
She waited in the exam room for the doctor, the nurse had taken all of her information and told her to get changed into one of the paper gowns. You think they could give the patients something more comfortable to wear while they were waiting. The doctor knocked and came in. They exchanged hellos and got down to the exam. The doctor confirmed that she was pregnant but thought she might be further along than she thought so he did an ultrasound and what he found made Jill pass out.
She woke up to find the doctor and the nurse calling her name and shaking her. She thought that maybe it was just a bad dream until he told her to get dressed and come to his office for a talk. She walked slowly reeling from the news she just received and sat down in the office chair. She was surprised when she heard a knock on the door and Tim was standing there. The nurse had called him when she fainted because they didn't think she should drive herself home. He came in the room and gave her a hug and kiss and said, "What happened, are you alright? Did they find something wrong?" Before Jill could answer the doctor came in and said, "Well I guess this is a surprise for the two of you but congratulations are in order." Tim looked at him confused and said, "What?" The doctor continued and said, "Well it looks like Jill is not only expecting one healthy baby but two." Tim looked from Jill to the doctor and said, "Two we are having two. I didn't even think we were having one." The doctor went on to explain that in older women the chance of twins increases. He prescribed Jill prenatal vitamins and gave her strict orders to get a lot of rest and eat well, after all she was eating for three now. She was right in guessing she was about 10 weeks along and the babies were due at the end on May.
Tim and Jill walked out of the office in a daze. When they got to the car Tim looked at Jill and could see the tears forming in her eyes. He pulled her in for a hug and whispered "Everything will be alright, we will get through this, I promise." Jill was feeling sick to her stomach but not because of the pregnancy but because she wasn't sure that she could handle this, she wasn't sure that she wanted more children. But of course right now that was a mute point she was pregnant and she was going to have not one but two more children. They got in the car and drove home in silence.
When they got home Jill went to their room and rested while Tim made dinner for the family. When dinner was ready Jill came down and told him that they should tell the boys that night so they didn't feel left out. They were all sitting down to dinner and Jill said, "Boys there is something your dad and I have to tell you." The boys could see the seriousness in their mom and Brad was the first to speak "Is something wrong mom?" Tim cut in and said, "No, son it's not something bad. Your mom went to the doctor today because she hasn't been feeling well and well she is umm.." Randy spoke then "Mom are you alright?" Jill looked at her family and they were the most important things in her life and at that moment she realized that having more children wasn't bad it just showed the love that she shared with Tim. She smiled and said, "Yes, Randy I am better than alright." She got up and walked over to Tim and continued "Boys, we are going to have two new additions to the family come May." The boys looked confused and Mark smiled and asked, "Are we getting puppies?" Tim and Jill laughed and Jill said, "No sweetie, mommy is having a baby. Well actually two babies." She rubbed her belly, Tim looked up at her and could see how happy she was and inside he knew he was happy too. The boys looked from one to the other and in unison said, "Cool." They were going to be alright with this and Tim knew why, it was because they had the best mother in the world. He had so much love inside for his wife right now that he stood and gave her a big hug and kiss with the boys watching, pretending to be grossed out.
They finished dinner talking about the babies and how they were all going to help. Jill was finishing up the dishes, the boys were finishing up their homework and Tim was finishing something up in the garage. Jill was thinking about how good life was and was just only going to get better with the addition of the twins.