Chapter 15 – nearly time.
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Sorry it isn't a long chapter x
Kate, Nikki and Sally had spent the last six months together nearly. They had done everything, shopped together, brought baby clothes together and everything. It was different for Becca, it was her first time unlike Kate and Sally. Becca didn't know anything about the pain to come or nothing, she hadn't really had that much morning sickness either. Kate didn't have any whatsoever, unlike her first pregnancy when she couldn't stop throwing up all the time. So this time was a lot easier. But for Becca, her first pregnancy had been a walk in the park. Apart from a few mood swings that she threw towards Spider but he always forgave her buying her ice cream and what not.
It was now coming up to Becca and Kate's due dates, they were only a week of having the babies, but Kate knew with it being Becca's first there was a very high chance that she would be late and Kate thought she was going to go early because of it being her second. She was tired and huge, not as big as the triplets, but still big. They were going to have five kids, they only had two pregnancies and they will have five kids, it was just too unrealistic. They had plenty of room for all of them, but the triplets were only two, were they going to manage with five kids under the age of two? It was like one of those television programmes you see with loads of kids, but Kate and Mike couldn't actually help it. They didn't plan on having so many kids it just kind of happened. It was their genetics, nothing more nothing less.
Becca and Spider, Sally and Swain were lucky with just having one child at a time, but it was totally didn't with Mike and Kate. She wouldn't have it any other way it was maybe just hard work with carrying so many babies round all at once. She needed to be off work twenty four seven to look after them, so maybe the next stage was to leave the navy and do something else, something where she could work, but at the same time look after the kids. Anyways the triplets would be starting nursery soon and then she would get a bit more time to herself, she would still have the twins though. She really didn't want any more kids after this. Five was more than enough.
"Mike, no more kids after this, okay?" Kate said to Mike when she got up in the morning.
"Kate, I thought you said you wanted loads though," Mike laughed.
"Don't you think five is loads?" Kate said.
"Suppose," was all Mike said.
"Look, there is no point you sulking, I am the one that has to carry them round all day inside me, and there is never a single number, it kills me, why can I just have one baby. Next time I get pregnant it will be octuplets, and just in case you don't know what that is Mike, it's eight!" Kate said mockingly serious.
"Now, that would be brilliant," Mike smiled.
"For god's Mike, no more kids end of. And now that you have just said that, it will happen now, just watch it," Kate laughed.
"I thought you just said no more kids," Mike added.
Kate walked off in a huff, Mike thought to himself that it must be the hormones, so he went and made her a cup of tea and took it upstairs for her.
"I'm sorry Kate, I didn't mean to wind you up," Mike said.
"Oh it's not your fault, I'm just tired and I want these lot to hurry up, knowing my luck they are going to be late," Kate smiled.
"Kate, they are a bit like you, when they are ready, they're ready and no matter how hard you try you can never hurry them up, see it's tried and tested, I've tried it with you and it's never worked and in the end I give up trying with you," Mike laughed.
Kate smiled and fell into Mike's arms, Kate was tired, fat and down and she just wanted to meet the babies. Mike was always good and chilling Kate and making her more relaxed. Mike just sat with Kate and held her in his arms until she fell asleep, he then pulled the cover over her and went down stairs to check on the triplets who were fine.
It was now four days after Kate and Becca's due date, this time Kate was late whereas she was early last time.
"Happy valentines day," Mike said to Kate as she woke up.
Kate just screamed at him, Mike just thought it was her hormonal mood swings, he was used to them.
"Kate, I only said happy valentines day, there was no need to scream," Mike laughed.
"Mike, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I wasn't screaming at that, my contractions have just started," Kate said with tears.
"Okay, I will phone Nikki or Buffer and they can take the kids, then we will go the hospital are you okay for like two minutes?" Mike asked Kate.
"Yeah, I'm going to get sorted in the bathroom," Kate said and walked over to the bathroom as quick as she could before another contraction came.
Mike rang Nikki, who said she would be fine with the three kids, and that she would be over as soon as possible. Nikki's soon as possible was like lightening.
Mike ran back up the stairs to Kate who was having another contraction on the floor, they were only fifteen minutes apart so they knew they had ages before the babies actually came and Nikki would be here before the next contraction. And sure enough, Nikki was over in a flash, she must have broke a few speeding laws to get here so quick. Nikki gave Mike and Kate a hug and let them go to the hospital and to phone her as soon as there was any news.
So Mike and Kate left for the hospital. Then Nikki's mobile rang, it was Swain. Swain's wife sally had also gone into labour and wondered whether Nikki could have little Chloe, she said yeah and they would drop her off on the way to the hospital, it was that way out.
All they needed now was for Becca to go into labour and all three would be born on the same day but that was very unlikely.
Mike and Kate arrived at the hospital and were ushered into the maternity suite and where very shocked to see a one Spider.
"What are you doing here?" Mike asked Spider
"Oh Becca went into labour about an hour again, is Kate in labour?" Spider asked.
And Kate gave the no I'm here because I fancy it, sarcastic expression. Spider just nodded.
Becca was happy to see Kate there, she was going to be going through the whole thing on her own, Kate was going to help her. Kate was always there for the people of Hammersley, she was like a mother to all of them even though she wasn't old enough to be.
Becca and Kate had beds next to each other, because none of them were going to give birth any time soon, they were a few hours off yet.
Becca and Kate were sat talking and then nearly breaking their partners hands when a contraction came. But just then Swain and Sally walked through the door.
"Oh my god, you two are in labour as well, how strange is that?" Sally said hopping onto the bed next to Kate.
"Well apparently it's the day to give birth today," Kate laughed.
It was just like old times again the whole crew back together.
"Hey Mike, our Chloe is at yours, we dropped her off with Nikki, who we thought was just at yours having a catch up, we had no idea you were in here," Swain said to Mike.
"We had no idea, you or Becca were going to be in here," Mike laughed. But really it was good, these three girls have done everything together over their pregnancies, shopped together, talked about names together, drove to the Christmas balls and let the fellas drink, well only because they couldn't. The men loved it.
So it was good that they were together now. After a few hours one by one, they were taken into separate rooms when their births progressed to give birth. So no one knew what each had. After being in separate rooms, they all came back to the main room that they were originally in, all holding their new borns.
It was Mike who was the most observant, which was very unusual it was usually Kate, but she was tired after all.
"Is there any particular reason why they are all in pink blankets or all they all girls?" Mike asked.
Everyone looked around the room, "Oh my god, we all had girls," Kate laughed.
"I don't believe that, all in labour the same day, and all girls, that is unbelievable," Swain said.
Sally and Swain called their baby charlotte Blake, they wanted to try and make it go with their other daughter Chloe.
Becca and Spider called their first child Sophie Webb.
And Mike and Kate called their daughters Amelia and Annabelle Flynn.
"I am so outnumbered," Mike laughed, he had one son and four daughters.
"You feel about like me, but I don't have five woman in the house with hormones raging, I only have to put up with three now," Swain laughed.
"I have two, but it's nowhere near as bad as five, mate I really feel for you, just think when they grow up and get boyfriends, I will be dreading the day," Spider the new dad said.
All the partners and husband took the babies off the mothers so they could have a sleep, it was Mike that had to hold two, but he was used to that with the triplets when they were born. All the lads sat in one corner of the room, while the girls were asleep on the other side. They were just talking about how proud they were.
"We should really let Nikki know about these special three," Spider stated.
"Just thinking that," Mike said
"I'll do it," Swain said.
Mike had his hands full and Spider, well he was good with kids but when he was on the ship he was very calamity and didn't want to risk anything.
So Swain phoned Nikki up and told them about the three girls, their names and weights. Everyone was round at Kate's house, all helping look after the kids, even Maureen and Steve where there. It was all exciting. Three new babies had been welcomed into the world on one very special day, Valentines day.
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