Hello my lovelys! And happy mother's day to the mommy's that may be reading this! I really hope I'm out of my funk with writer's block so here is the next installment! This story is ending and I hope you have enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Please read and review!

"So can you tell me when your leg started hurting?"

The elderly lady sat there in agony. She was complaining of right leg pain with redness, swelling and she had outpatient surgery five days ago. Kagome looked over the patient's chart and sighed. "Okay Mrs. Mori, I'm going to order some tests to see if there is anything wrong with your leg. You said you had no injury to that leg and you have a history of blood clots correct?"

"Yes Dr. Higurashi; this feels exactly like when I had one in my leg before."

Kagome rolled around on her stool, patting the patient's shoulder. "I'll be back to check on you shortly."

"May I ask dear? When are you due?! You look like you're about to pop!"

Kagome smiled as she rubbed her belly. "Next week… Today is my last day…"

She rolled out of the patient's room, looking around she wheeled her way to the doctor's station. Finally making it she sighed as she got up and sat in a real chair. Rubbing her big belly, she felt the little monsters kick her hand. Yep, they were having twins. When her brother found out he laughed outright saying she was having a litter! She smiled slightly at the memory. Rummaging for something to nibble on, she felt hands on her shoulders rubbing her aches away. Leaning back she groaned. "Oh Inu… That feels so good."

She heard him chuckle behind her. "I told you not to come in today… It's getting too close to the due date babe."

"I'm fine! I'm technically not on my feet. I can still see patients when I'm sitting. They came out with this great new invention that I can sit and it has wheels! The stool has been my best friend for the past couple of weeks!"

He bent down so that his eyes were level with hers. "And you have been completely exhausted when we get home. I can barely keep you awake long enough to feed you! Come on; let me call your mom so she can take you home…"

Kagome growled. "I'm fine Inuyasha! This is my last day anyway!"

She stood up to grab another chart when she felt a sharp stab of pain in her back making her stop short in her tracks. Groaning she grabbed onto the counter trying to catch her breath. She had been having these sharp pains for a few days now. She had been able to hide them from her mate but it seems that her time was up.

"Kagome!" He rushed to her side and directed her to the chair. "Are you okay?!"

She gritted her teeth as the pain continued; this one was by far the worst one she had experienced. "I'm fine…" She gritted her teeth and breathed heavily.

Vicky came up to them. "Is everything alright kids?"

Inuyasha knelt in front of his mate as she continued having some pain but it looked like it was subsiding. Kagome took a deep breath and sighed in relief. "The pups are just restless is all…"

Inuyasha growled. "Vicky can you go get Kato to call in someone. Kagome's going home."

Kagome sat up straighter in the chair and glared at him. "Vicky don't you dare! Inuyasha I'm fine! Really! Please let me stay!"

She was putting up a good act but he could tell she was exhausted through their bond. And he knew she was having increased back pain in the past couple of days. "Kagome… Don't lie to me; you have been hiding these symptoms for a few days and it's getting worse." He rubbed his mate's belly feeling his little ones kicking. "Your belly dropped yesterday. Please go home; I want you to be resting. You can't help people when you're in labor baby…"

Kagome sighed then groaned as she felt pressure down there. "Let me put these orders in on Mrs. Mori in room 19 then I'll leave after I do my discharge papers." Vicky left them to go get her supervisor as Inuyasha called his mother in law. Kagome turned to a computer to order lab work and an ultrasound to rule out DVT's on Mrs. Mori.

Inuyasha dialed his mother in laws number all the while watching his mate's every move. Through their bond he could feel the increased pressure she was feeling, and smelling amniotic fluid before he could see it, he suddenly changed his plans. "This is the Higurashi Shrine. How may I help you?"

"Hi Ayumi, its Inuyasha. Can you call my parents and run by the apartment and get Kagome's hospital bag for me. We'll be staying the night."

Kagome stood up to grab her charts, groaning again she looked down and saw liquid trickling down her leg turning her baby blue scrubs darker. "Hara could you get me a towel please."

Hara came around the corner to see what was going on and saw the doctors face screwed in pain. "Kagome is that what I think it is?"

She nodded gritting her teeth. "Just get me a fucking towel please."

Hara was astonished when she heard her curse; she never heard her swear. "Kagome I'll clean that up, why don't we get you in a wheelchair and take you upstairs."

Kagome nodded and leaned on the counter for stability. "Inuyasha…" She whimpered.

He was beside her a moment later. "Come on baby; let's get you upstairs."

Feeling the wheelchair come up behind her she sat down and felt herself being wheeled away.

Kagome was in a room within thirty minutes. Her mother just arrived with her bag and she changed in the bathroom. She put on the pre offered hospital gown and a tank top. Coming out she saw Inuyasha talking to Miroku. "Oh hell no!"

Inuyasha sighed. "Kagome, Miroku is the attending doc on call. Kaeda had to be out of town this week; you weren't due till next week remember…"

She was about to offer a rebuttal when it was cut short by another contraction. Inuyasha walked up to her, hugging her as she shook with pain. Miroku sighed. Looking over her chart for a moment then sat it down on the counter of the room. "Kagome I'm sorry that it has to happen this way, but I promise to be the upmost professional I can be."

She rested her forehead on his chest, heaving. Hearing commotion outside she saw her in laws had arrived. Inuyasha turned as saw his parents in the door and laughed. "You used your ball of light didn't you?"

Toga smiled; Izy looked less than happy. "Of course! I can't miss my first grandpup's arrival!"

Izy snorted. "He knows how much I hate flying."

Kagome laughed. Looking up she sighed. Making her way to the bed, she saw Sango waiting for her to take her vitals and start an IV. "When did you get here?"

"When you were having that last contraction. Come on, hop up onto the bed. You'll feel better…"

Kagome climbed in the bed; laying back she couldn't get comfortable. Sango took her vitals and it was so hard for her to stay still. Miroku looked on and charted everything. Inuyasha sat beside his mate, wishing he could help out in some way.

Sango had just slapped on a tourniquet when Kagome hunched over in pain. Groaning she practiced her breathing and waited for it to end. The doctors in the room looked at the second hand on their watches and waited. Kagome sighed as it started to ease away. "Kami this sucks!"

Everyone laughed. Miroku wrote something in her chart and sighed. "This is progressing rather quickly guys. As soon as your IV is started I need to check and see how far along you are."

Inuyasha growled. "Inuyasha stop…" He sighed listening to his mother reprimand him.

Sango finally got Kagome's IV started. She glared at her friend and she smiled sweetly already knowing what was going through her mind. An IV during labor was a precautionary, but not required. Kagome always hated needles. She laid back in the bed, feeling it raise up to be at the proper level. Covering her bottom half with a blanket she waited for instructions. Inuyasha moved out of the way and let the other doctor take over.

Toga stood up directing the soon to be grandparents out the room. "We'll be right out here if you need us…" Inuyasha only nodded.

Miroku gloved up and came up to the end of the bed. "Okay Kagome, I need you to bend your legs and spread them open." Kagome did as she was told taking deep breathes. Miroku took some lube from the drawer, applying it to his fingers and approached his friend. "Okay you're going to feel me touch you…" Kagome was shocked with the coldness of the lube and she felt him enter her. "…and some pressure. She groaned and felt a lot of pressure.

It took everything Inuyasha had not to pummel his best friend for touching his mate, but he knew it was for her health and for the pups. If only he could get his demon to understand that…

Kagome sighed in relief when he withdrew his fingers. "Well you're at five centimeters. And you're progressing very quickly so I'll come back in and check on you in about an hour. If your contractions become constant, call me."

She growled. "I know this already Miroku! Just order then damn epidural if I'm going so quickly! It's going to take all of thirty minutes for the anesthesiologist to get here!"

Miroku chuckled. "Yes ma'am!" Disposing his gloves he walked out with Sango in tow.

Inuyasha growled and made his way back to his mate. He ran his fingers through her hair that was already starting to dampen with sweat. "I don't know what he did, but damn if that didn't hurt… I think I'm cramping more now." Kagome started with another contraction and she curled into a ball.

Inuyasha whimpered. He continued to stroke her hair as he kept time at how long they're lasting. She sighed when it relented and he sighed as well. "Are they getting stronger?"

She nodded letting a tear slide down her cheek. She was trying to keep strong, but it was so hard to. She had never been in this much pain before. "How long in between?"

He did a quick calculation in his head. "Eight minutes…"

Sango came back in the room then. "Hey buddy. I got to hook up the transducers to monitor the pups' heartbeats and your contractions. Come on sit up."

Kagome groaned as she sat up already feeling the fatigue. Once in place she already didn't like the thing around her belly. "Kami this is so uncomfortable…"

Sango chuckled. "You only have to wear it for a little while. Are you thirsty? I can get you some ice chips."

Kagome sighed. "Maybe in a little while. I can feel another contraction coming on."

"It's okay Kaggie. Just breathe. Breathe through the pain, let it come. Breathe. Good, Good."

Kagome gave a cry as something shifted down there. Panting heavily she flopped back down into the bed after it let up. "Sango go get Miroku. I know it's only been ten minutes, but I felt something shift down there. Oh fuck here comes another one!"

She cried out more as Inuyasha came to the bed holding her prone form, feeling her shake with effort to control the pain she was in. He whimpered; oh Kami! He wished he could do something to take away her pain.

Miroku came back in with Sango in tow. "Kagome you cannot be that close yet…"

She growled. "And I can tell you that these contractions are getting stronger and I feel the need to push! Get your ass over here and check me!"

Kagome groaned again as she moved into position, another contraction but this one was a little better to handle but lasted way longer. She felt Miroku's gloved hands come up under her sheet and entered her. A look of shock came over him. "Sango go get two incubators! She's fully dilated!"

Kagome groaned. Inuyasha was shocked. "How can she already be there?! She's only been in active labor for a little over an hour!"

Miroku went to the other side of room, putting on his sterile gown and gloves. "I have had patients on their second or third pregnancy go this quickly; but hardly ever having woman of their first pregnancy! This is very unusual. Okay Kagome I need you to scoot to the edge of the bed and bend your legs, putting them in the stirrups." She did as she was told, but was breathing heavily by the time she was in position. Inuyasha came up behind her to support her back.

"Okay Kagome; when you feel the need to push, go ahead." She heard Miroku say. Closing her eyes she concentrated on the job ahead of her. Feeling another contraction come on she raised herself up, grabbing the backs of her knees, she began to push. Hearing someone count out to ten, or maybe she was doing it inside of her head, she didn't know which but she was exhausted by the time ten came. Falling back into her mate's chest she heaved for breathe. "Good job Kagome. Just keep doing that and we should be there very shortly." Hearing Mirkou come through again. She sighed again as another contraction hit her. Rearing up again she pushed. This time she screamed by the time the contraction stopped.

"Ah! Kami! This hurts!" She gasped as a tear escaped her eye.

Inuyasha started to emit a comforting growl from within him to help calm her down. "It's okay baby. You're doing so well. Almost done"

Kagome began to push again, feeling one of her pups move it's way down the canal had her gasping for breath. She stopped mid push, screaming; falling back more exhausted than ever. "I cant! I CAN'T!"

Inuyasha growled close to her ear. "Yes you can! Just push through the pain."

She turned on him and screamed at him. "Shut the fuck up Inuyasha! You did this to me remember!" Feeling another contraction she began to push again, screaming as she felt the pups move closer to being born.

Inuyasha let a tear leak out. "I know and I'm so sorry. I promise you can rest as soon as the pups are here. Just don't stop again baby. You can do this!"

Kagome listened but she was too far gone to comprehend. She felt something open up and felt a more persistent urge to push; so she did.

"You're doing great Kagome! I see a head! This pup has you're hair Inuyasha!"

Inuyasha smiled as he rubbed her hair as she relaxed for a brief minute. "See Kagome! It'll all be over soon! We're almost there!"

With a renewed sense of strength she pushed again when the time came. Giving it her all. "Great job Kagome! I need you to stop pushing for a minute." She heard Miroku say.

"How in the hell do you want me to stop pushing you lecher?!" She heard Sango and Miroku talking and hearing some suction being performed. She made it click in her mind that the head was out and they were cleaning the airway and mouth. Feeling another contraction she screamed. "AH! Please can I push yet?!"

"Yes Kagome go ahead!"

She pushed with all her might and felt her first pup slide from her body. Feeling relief she fell back into the arms of her mate and gasped for breathe. "Good job Kagome. One more to go." Hearing her mate in her ear she nodded. That's when they heard it. The first strong cries of their first born. Looking up they saw the pup in one of the incubators being cleaned by Sango; legs flailing but they were able to see the sex. It was a little boy; he looked like the spitting image of his father; silver hair and what looked like little puppy ears on top of his little head. She laughed and cried in the same breathe until she felt her body bring her back to reality. She had another pup to deliver.

Pushing again she felt the other pup slide down the canal with much less pain. Miroku told her to stop pushing long enough to clean the airway and mouth and she pushed again; her other pup being born a few minutes later. She finally fell back into Inuyasha's chest with a smile on her face. Hearing him tell her he loved her and she only nodded, still gasping for breath.

Hearing another cry she opened her tired eyes seeing her other pup in the other incubator where Miroku was cleaning it. Seeing dark black hair and small puppy ears she smiled. This pup wasn't as energetic as her son so she whispered out to her mate. "What is it?"

Helping her lie back into the bed, she relaxed as her body continued with the birthing process, delivering the placenta. Inuyasha stood over his other pup in awe. This pup looked just like his mate. Smiling he called out to the tired being in the bed. "This one's a little girl; and she looks just like you!"

Kagome laughed with her eyes closed. Inuyasha was immediately called from his daughter's side to his son's. The son must have recognized him and was whimpering, wanted to be held. He was already swaddled in a blue blanket getting antsy. "Can I pick him up?"

Sango smiled as she was charting the pup's weight. "Yeah. I'm almost done with her too. Let me wrap her up." Sango wrapped his little girl in a pink blanket and he held out his arms to take both of his pups to the bed to meet their mother.

Kagome was being massaged by Miroku when she felt the bed sink a little, cracking her eyes opened she smiled as she saw her mate with their pups in his arms. "You feel up to holding them momma?"

She smiled. Looking down to Miroku who was stripping out of his sterile gown and gloves. "Go ahead and bond. We'll be back in to check on you in a few."

Sitting up she reached for her little pups and finally saw how much they looked like the both of them. It was then that the pups decided to open their eyes making the new parents gasp. Each pup had one amber eye and one blue eye. "Well that's different." Both of them smiled as they looked at their pups gurgle and smile. Kagome sighed and relaxed back into her mate's arms, he had gotten behind her to look at his pups and support his mate.

Seeing his little pups yawn he chuckled. "Let me put them back in the incubator for a little bit and you can lay down and rest."

She smiled. Watching her mate handle her pups so carefully she laid back finally able to rest. Almost asleep when she felt the bed sink beside her again. Cracking a tired eye open she saw her mate smile down at her. "Go ahead babe, rest." Leaning down he gave her a kiss on her forehead then her lips. "I love you so much…"

She smiled as she yawned. "I love you too Inu… I'm sorry for screaming at you…"

He chuckled. Running his fingers through her hair in watched her breathing even out and sleep claim her. Hearing the slight whimper of his pups again he sighed. "And so it begins…"

I know I over-exaggerated A LOT of this! For one thing, I have never had a child and I have absolutely no idea how long labor can go for and how painful it is. I can only go by what family and friend's experiences and Google. Pre labor can last days up to hours, active labor can last thirty minutes to days! It really depends on one's body and mindset. My cousin was in active labor (actually pushing) for thirty minutes and my aunt was in it for 1 hour! Both of them being their first babies! Once again I have no personal experiences with child birth but I hope that I 'delivered' the story well and made it somewhat believable. Yes, pun intended! :D

Now for the stuff I actually do know about! The test that Kagome ordered on her patient was an Ultrasound to rule out Deep Vein Thrombosis aka a blood clot in the leg… It causes the patient a lot of pain as well as redness and swelling, because the blood cannot flow where it needs to be. These instances increase when you have recently had surgery of any kind. These are treated aggressively and are watched very closely; much like the pulmonary emboli, some people are hospitalized for these but most are sent home with a heavy dose of blood thinners.

Well only a few chapters left! Come back soon! :D