A/N: I have decided that this story will be updated on Fridays. I have 2 other Fanfics 'Full Freaking Circle' will be updated on Wednesdays, and 'Choosing a Family' will be updated on Mondays.

I really wanted to explore the change in everyone's emotional states and set the scene within their pregnancies, once Lorelai gives birth it'll start to fast forward more.

I always appreciate your input as it inspires me and helps me know if I'm portraying what I mean to about the story.

Lorelai's pregnancy progressed well and both twins were doing fine. The only issue they had was deciding on a girl name. Luke gave up putting in names at all because Lorelai picked a new name every morning and had gone through all of her favorite bands and actresses. It was so much easier naming Rory when she gave birth because the Demerol had given her the courage to name her baby after herself.

Lorelai waddled up the three steps to Luke's diner to meet Rory for their daily walk. At 32 weeks, she felt like an elephant and to boot it was late July and she was miserable. Lane had been especially kind because she understood the feeling of staring eyes and an oversized belly. Rory was 2 days past her 40 week mark and Lorelai was much bigger because she was harboring an extra infant.

"Good morning," Luke said too chipper for his wife. He'd been way too happy watching her carry his kids and right now she was anything but chipper. It was as if their roles had reversed and she was the new town grump.

Lorelai inaudibly groaned and slowly lowered herself into a chair. Just a few minutes later, Luke placed juice and fresh fruit with blueberry pancakes and a jack omelet in front of his wife. "Thank you," Lorelai responded to not having to even order.

"No Problem. Rory's making her way down the stairs, she called me from upstairs to let me know. It takes her a few minutes to get down the stairs right now."

Sure enough, Rory descended the stairway and pulled out a chair to join her mother. It was comical for Lorelai watching Rory have equal trouble bending into a seat. "Hey kid. No luck convincing the next Gilmore girl to come out?"

"Ugh. She's so stubborn. I don't know where she gets it from," Rory groaned still a bit out of breath from the stair exercise.

"She'll make her way into the world soon."

"Maybe. Can I have some of your pancakes?"

Lorelai covered her plate. "I love you but no. Get your own. Your siblings don't wish to share."

Rory raised her hand to flag down Luke but let out a slight squeal instead. "Um, I think I might have peed on myself," she whispered to her mother.

"Are you sure it wasn't your water breaking?" Lorelai asked but couldn't look under the table to confirm."

"I don't know. I didn't feel anything but my yoga pants are all of the sudden really wet." She looked at her mother and then her face contorted in pain. "I'm pretty sure it was my water because I'm sure that was a contraction."

"It's baby time!" Lorelai said referencing the Miller time ad. She then flagged down Luke who got the car and grabbed the bag. Lane had just come in for her shift and saw the two women trying to waddle together so she got to the other side of Rory and helped her to the car. Logan was called and all of Stars Hollow anxiously awaited the official news.

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Lucky for Logan but unfortunately for Rory, Labor lasted 27 hours. Logan was able to make it to the hospital but Rory didn't want him in the room. All she wanted was her mommy. So Luke and Logan were left in the waiting room. Logan was pacing and Luke was in a chair staring down at his thumbs. Luckily the maternity ward didn't bring sick people through like the ER did, but it still made the man uncomfortable.

At 25 hours of labor, Rory wasn't dilating enough and since her water had broken, the doctors feared a dry birth. The baby and Rory were both starting to show signs of distress as well. At 25 hours, the decision was made that a C-Section was now medically necessary. Rory was prepped and the surgical room was prepared. At 5:23 am on July 25th Lorelai Emily Gilmore was born. She screamed for a moment while she was prodded and cleaned of by nurses but instantly ceased her objections when placed in her mother's arms.

For a moment, it felt like the world stopped. Lorelai had been coaching her daughter through pain and screaming. They were all exhausted and yet, none of it mattered. The three Lorelais were frozen as If in a snow globe.

"Welcome to the world baby girl. I've been waiting to meet you." Rory said finally breaking the silence.

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Lorelai walked into the waiting room and found that both Luke and Logan were asleep in chairs across from each other. She was surprised to find that Emily had arrived and was not even slightly asleep.

"Lorelai" Emily called as the raven-haired woman approached.

"Mom!" She hugged her mother. She was emotional from the birth and how scared she was when Rory had to have a Cesarean. She'd been strong for Rory but for a quick moment let her guard down for Emily. It was a rare moment but Emily embraced her and it calmed her down. "They're both okay. She had to have a C-section but they're alright. She's beautiful mom. She reminds me of dad."

"Can we see them?" she asked handing Lorelai tissues.

"Yes. Rory's exhausted and is already asleep. The baby, she's been moved to the nursery for a little to allow her to rest while they move her to a recovery room. You can see the nursery down the hall on the left. I'm going to wake up Logan and Luke."

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After Lorelai had woken them up, Logan made an excuse to go downstairs and that he'd be right back. In truth, he was nervous. He didn't think he could be this scared. He'd met Honor's kids when they were born and it wasn't his first time seeing a baby. Yet, this was HIS daughter. What if he wasn't good enough to be her father? He questioned every choice he'd made and he wasn't feeling great about his analysis.

Somehow he wandered into the gift shop. He was looking at everything pink and didn't notice the man in plaid walk up behind him. "You alright?" Luke asked.

"oh.. yeah. I just didn't want to go up there empty handed," he lied.

"It's ok to be scared you know," Luke said honestly. He could see right through the younger blond man who could barely meet his gaze.

"I know. I didn't expect to feel this way. I never feel this way."

"The day I found out April, my 23 year old daughter, was mine I was scared. I didn't know if I was cut out for it. I wasn't sure what the right thing to do was. I second guessed my every choice for the first year I had her. I screwed up some too- but April survived, and so did I. You know I'm not fond of you, but this is your kid. It's your chance to figure out what the right thing to do is. Lucky for you, babies don't remember like teenagers do. You'll be ok. Just go see her, she's beaufitul."

Logan thanked him and obeyed. He pondered all the older man had said and decided he was right- this was his chance to be there. He put down the ugly pink bear he barely realized he was gripping and headed back to the elevator.

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Logan's pams were sweaty so he wiped them down his pants and approached the window where Lorelai and Emily were standing. Almost immediately his eyes were drawn to her. 30 other babies, at least 12 of whom were girls and his eyes found a little girl with her mother's blue eyes. The questions he had just minutes ago were completely meaningless. Being overdue, the girl was chubby and more alert than most of the babies and Logan felt like she could see him though he'd read she couldn't even really see a foot in front of her.

"Wow. Dear God she's perfect," he marveled.