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40 Weeks
Sooo, like I've always said, I don't own anything, and read and review! And I know that some of you may be questioning my uh, loyalty to the story haha, but I PROMISE I will finish it! Hehe. We are almost ½ way through!
Week 18
Meredith sat in the fluffy chair in the living room of the house in Seattle. She put her legs up on the stool that matched the chair, in a deep scarlet fabric. She rubbed her belly gently as she spread lotion onto her ever-growing bump. She leaned back as she felt aching in the lower part of her belly.
"Meredith, how long have you been sitting there?" George asked as he plopped down beside her.
"Forty-five minutes at the most. My belly just aches really badly."
"Where?" George asked, zapping into doctor mode.
"Lower part of my belly."
"I bet its just your uterus."
"My what?"
"Uterus. You know-"
"I know what a uterus is George. Do you really feel comfortable discussing my uterus?"
"Whose uterus?" Izzie said coming in looking incredibly tired.
"Meredith's uterus is stretching and giving her discomfort in her lower belly."
"Why are we discussing my uterus?" Meredith said, almost irritated.
"You had no problem asking me to buy your tampons." George pointed out.
"And have you had to buy them for five months? No. Because Meredith is pregnant, so I've just been buying my own." Izzie countered.
"Okay. Stop it guys. I have to rest, I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning." Meredith said quietly, but with force.
"Oooh, doctor's appointment. You're 18 weeks pregnant. You can find out the sex!" Izzie said excitedly.
"Oh Meredith, what do you want?" asked George.
"Honestly, I just want healthy babies."
"But if you could choose…" Izzie said.
"I don't know. I don't know if we're even going to find out tomorrow. We may just wait until they are born."
"Not a good idea." George said.
"And why is that?" Meredith said giving him a look. "Have you ever had a baby George?"
"Well no, but I do know that Izzie wants to help do the nursery. You need to have a baby shower. People want to know. You have to pick out names."
"I don't know. I have to talk to Derek about it."
"Well, promise you'll think about it?" Izzie asked.
"I promise. What's with the two of you teaming up against me lately?" Meredith laughed.
"Let's go out for lunch. My treat." George asked. Meredith and Izzie looked at each other and nodded.
"Anything where it's someone else's treat." Izzie joked.
Meredith hopped up from her chair, and fell back. An alarmed look crossed Izzie and George's faces as they looked at Meredith.
"You okay?" George asked, helping her up.
"I'm okay. I just got really dizzy there for a second. My doctor did tell me not to hop up too fast from sitting or laying down. Something to do with the circulation in my lower body."
Izzie nodded, and walked arm in arm with Meredith as they grabbed their jackets and headed out the door.
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"Meredith, how are you doing?" Preston asked as he walked by Meredith sitting on a bench in the maternity ward.
"I'm great Dr. Burke, I'm waiting on Derek, we have an appointment in a few minutes."
Preston sat down on the bench beside her.
"How are the babies doing?"
"They're doing great. We have to decide whether we're going to find out the gender today. I was asleep when Derek got home from work last night, and he left after me this morning, so I haven't seen him lately."
"Well, I just saw him coming out of OR 8, he had to check up on a surgery, and he said he would be down here soon."
"Well, thank you Preston. I like it when you keep tabs on Derek. You are quite useful." Meredith said with a laugh.
"Anytime."
"Oooh." Meredith jolted as the babies kicked her hard enough for the skin on her belly to tighten even more.
"Kicking?"
Meredith nodded.
"Do you mind if i…?"
"Not at all Preston, you're practically family." Meredith said with a smile.
Burke put his hand on the place where he had seen the foot kick. He waited a moment, and another baby kicked his hand incredibly hard.
"That's amazing." Burke said as Meredith giggled at the expression on his face. It was much like the expression Derek had the first time he had felt the flutters. These were not flutters anymore, these babies were kicking. And they were very active.
"Isn't it though?" Derek asked as he leaned in the doorway smiling. "I could feel them kick all day."
Burke laughed. "Well, hopefully, in a few years, I'll be able to feel your baby kick, Preston." Derek grinned.
Burke gave Meredith and Derek huge grins and then proceeded to gather his files and hurry off to a page.
"Hey babe." Derek smiled as he kissed Meredith deeply on the mouth.
"Hey Derek. I missed you."
"I missed you too. Even with this program we're on, it sucks when I get special calls. I hate spending time away from you and the babies."
Meredith smiled and rested her head on his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her. He patted her belly, and she looked into his eyes lovingly.
"Speaking of the babies, we have to decide if we want to know the gender today…"
"Hmm. What do you think we should do? I mean, if we go ahead and find out, then we can tell people, and pick out names accordingly. It may be less stressful…"
"Okay then. We'll find out their genders today."
"mmm. Sounds good babe."
"Meredith Grey?" The nurse called as Derek and Meredith were interrupted from their canoodling to answer their appointment.
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"Well Meredith," Dr. Warner started. "You're measuring quite normal. I wouldn't expect you to get a few pounds heavier by the end of the month. Then you'll really start packing it on come the 3rd trimester. Keep up the exercise, and you'll be able to return to a normal weight post birth."
Meredith nodded, relieved. She was a little worried about the post-baby getting back into shape deal.
"Okay, the babies are measuring in well. There's Baby A, and there's Baby B." She pointed out on the monitor as Derek squeezed Meredith's hand for joy.
"They're beautiful." He commented.
"Everything appears to be normal. Now, I can tell the sexes, would you like to know?"
Derek looked back at Meredith for reassurance, to make sure that she was sure about the whole thing.
Nodding at Dr. Warner, she proceeded to point to each baby on the monitor.
"Okay, Derek, and Meredith, Baby A looks like a boy."
Meredith squealed. Derek squeezed her hand and kissed her face.
"As you can hear, that is Baby A's heartbeat." Dr. Warner added.
"As for Baby B, it is also a boy."
Meredith gave Derek a huge grin. 2 little boys. 2 little angels for them to love and adore. And now they could start picking out names!
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Izzie and George stood outside the Maternity ward waiting for Derek and Meredith.
As the walked out hand in hand, they were bombarded with questions from the two eager friends.
"Okay, they are healthy. And they are healthy little boys." Meredith said with a huge grin as she hugged Izzie and George.
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Okay, Kinda short, but I got the main point that I wanted to accomplish across! So you've obviously read, so now you just have to review!