"Amy, I thought you were almost finish" Sheldon said walking into her lab four weeks later, "We have to the appointment today. Did you forget?"
"No I didn't. I just wanted to finish this up before I leave." She said rolling her shoulders back. Sheldon bit his lip at her actions, every time he told her to take a break, she either got really mad or really sad, but it always ended with her saying this is what she loves, so he learned to be quiet. "Alright I'm finish" she said turning in her chair, "Can you help me up?" she asked stretching her hand to Sheldon. This had become more recent these past few days. When she stood up straight, Sheldon leaned down to become eye level with her belly and put his hands on it, "You better co-operate today. We need to know what kind of things to buy, and that can't happen if you keep hiding." As soon as he finished talking he felt a small thump against his hand making him freeze in place. "Did you feel that?" he asked staring at her with wide eyes.
"Yeah" she whispered, placing her hand over his
"Fascinating."
"Maybe that was their way of promising to co-operate." She said
"Can we get Chinese after?" Amy asked while they were driving, "I had a craving for sweet and sour chicken all day"
"Any Chinese place in particular?" She shook her head. Amy's cravings usually deviated from his normal eating schedule but her learned to not question her on it.
"Are you hoping the other baby is a boy or girl?" Amy asked
"It doesn't really matter. I was maybe hoping for a girl to make it even." He shrugged.
"I was kinda hoping for another boy. I don't know what to do with a girl. I'm not really that girly, I won't know what to even teach her."
"You could teach her plenty of things Amy. You could teach her about science and lots of other important things. You would be fine." He said smiling
"How are you doing today" Devyn greeted them while walking in the room
"Fine. Just anxious" Amy answered.
"Alright. Well lets get to it then. " she said pulling the equipment closer, "So your babies are still above the average size, but they're healthy. So baby B is in a good position this time, and it looks like a little girl. Congrats you have one of each."
"I hope she looks like you" Sheldon whispered in Amy's ear
"So I wanted to talk to you guys about planning a c-section." Devyn said
"Why?" Amy asked, "Is something wrong? You just said they were healthy"
"Calm down. Its nothing bad. I'm just concerned about the size of the babies. They are already much larger than the average baby at this stage, and as it gets later down it will not be comfortable having two almost 8 pound babies. It will also make delivery easier for you. Is that ok with you guy?"
"I guess" Sheldon said, "when will it be?"
"I was thinking three weeks before their scheduled due date, so May 6th."
"What if I wanted to have a natural labor?" Amy asked
"We can go down that route as well, but I will induce you on May 6th as well. If you want no drugs at all, I can perform a membrane sweep and it will have the same effect. So which would you rather?"
"I think I would like the membrane sweep."
"Okay. So I will let the nurse know, and she will call you guys on that morning. If you have no further questions, I will see you guys in 4 weeks." She said leaving the room
"We can finally start buying clothes and decorations" Sheldon said happily, "I was waiting so long to finally organize everything. Thank you for co-operating today" he said kissing her belly. He helped her off the bed, "Come on, let's get you your sweet and sour chicken."
Later that day the girls were having a girl's night in the living room, while the boys played video games in Sheldon's game room.
"So Amy did you figure out what you're having?" Bernadette asked
"We're getting a boy and a girl."
"Aww, one of each. That's going to be cute." Penny said
"Yeah I guess."
"Amy what's wrong?"
"I don't know the first thing about being a girl, much less raising one."
"Look Ames, neither of us knew the first thing about having babies in the first place. Hell, we didn't even want them, but we still figured it out, and you're twice as smart as both of us, so I know you would figure it out too." Penny said pulling her into a hug.
"Thanks. That really helped."
In the game room Sheldon was having a similar conversation with the guys.
"I barely knew how to take care of myself, and now I'm going to have two screaming infants who would need me 24/7"
"Sheldon calm down." Howard said
"Calm down? How can I possibly calm down? They're going to be here in 13 weeks and I have nothing prepared. I don't think I could do this." He said breaking down on the couch.
"Look buddy" Leonard said, "You didn't think you could do a lot of things. You didn't think you could find a girl attractive, you didn't think you could touch anyone let alone have sex with them, you didn't think you could get married to someone. Yet you did all of those things, with Amy. So I know once she's there its all going to be fine. And we're here too if you ever need any help" he said gesturing at Raj and Howard.
"Thank you. That means a lot to me and Amy"
"Anytime buddy" Leonard said patting him on the back.
