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When the shock of being pregnant again finally wore off I called my doctor in Tampa to schedule an appointment to confirm the pregnancy and to make sure I wasn't just carrying leftover pregnancy hormones from my pregnancy with Koa, of course that would be a long shot but I wanted to confirm my pregnancy before I told Joe the news. I wanted to surprise him with the news in a special way this time around unlike the last time but I think I was the one that was surprised the most when I went to my doctor that day. I also called my trainer at NXT to tell him that I wouldn't be back for a couple days because I wasn't feeling well, which was not a lie. I had been feeling terrible the last couple days. Everything I ate or drank wouldn't stay down. Even if I didn't eat anything I was terribly sick and didn't want to get out of bed in the morning. It didn't just last in the mornings, it last most of the day. I want to sleep most of the day too and driving back to Tampa that Tuesday morning was a disaster. I pulled off on the highway at least 7 times on my way because I got sick but I finally made it and made the decision I was NOT going back to Orlando after my appointment and Joe would just need to come home to Tampa on Wednesday for a couple days.
I walk into the doctor's office and sign in. I'm happy I don't have to fill out much paperwork as I wait just a little bit about my symptoms and my last period. I obviously don't remember my last period so I jot down what I can remember. I hand it back to the receptionist and take a seat while I wait for the nurse to call me back. The last time I was here was a couple weeks before Koa was born. And I think about to the last time I found out I was pregnant. It wasn't what I expected but it was happening. I cried, there was a lot of crying this time I don't think there will be a lot of crying except tears of joy to get the second chance at being a mother again. I'm ready to experience it all again. I want to experience it all again this time with a better attitude. I feel like I missed out on so much because I was selfish. "Willow Calaway," the nurse calls from the door. I stand up and make my way to the door. "How are you doing today?"
"I'm okay," I answer honestly.
"That's good, Sweetie," she says. "Please step up on the scale." I do as she says and she checks my weight. "130," she says. "I'm going to give you this cup for you to pee in and then you can meet me in the last room down the hall on your left."
"Thank-you," I say taking the cup and I make my way to the bathroom to pee in the cup before joining her in the exam room. She asks me a few questions about my last period, my symptoms and then she takes my blood pressure before giving me a gown to put on. She leaves the room letting me know that the doctor will be in shortly. "Thank-you," I say before she leaves the room and I strip out of my clothes to put on the gown.
I sit on the bed waiting for the doctor to come in. I feel like an eternity passes before there is a knock on the door. "Come in," I say.
The door opens and a new doctor comes in, someone I didn't have before. "Hello, Willow, I'm Dr. Grey," she says. "I'm new to this practice and I have taken over for your last OB with some of his patients so what seems to be the problem today?" she asks.
"I don't know for sure. I haven't really been feeling my best lately, I have been sick. I thought that it was my medication but I took a pregnancy test and it turned out to be positive. I'm in shock my fiancée and I have had sex once no more than that since we lost our son a few months ago. I wasn't expecting to get pregnant this fast. I thought we had a little bit of time especially since my period was irregular."
"How old are you, Willow?"
"I am 25 years old. I will be 26 in a few weeks," I answer.
"Your period may have been irregular due to the fact you gave birth a few months earlier and that happens a lot, it's normal. You could have ovulated or you did ovulate without knowing it and it only takes one time for you to make a baby," she says with a smile.
"I know that but is it safe to get pregnant this fast?"
"Your body has healed enough from your last pregnancy, how did you deliver?"
"Emergency C-Section," I say.
"I see," she says, "you may need to have another C-Section with this baby as you won't be completely healed but we need to make sure there is a baby first. I understand you had some problems with your last pregnancy?"
"Yes," I say. "Our child had Downs Syndrome and he had heart issues. He passed away during open heart surgery."
"I see," she says, "well, if you are pregnant we will treat your pregnancy as high risk which means more doctor appointments and we'll be monitoring its heart as well as making sure there are no chromosomal abnormalities."
"Okay," I say, "is it healthy to be pregnant this soon though?"
"Yes," she says, "it is healthy. You mentioned that you were on medication, what kind of medication?"
"I am bipolar and manic depressive," I answer. "We found that out after the baby passed away. It was my trigger."
"I see," she says, "so you're at a risk for post-partum depression."
"Yes," I say. "Are the medications safe to take during pregnancy?"
"Not really," she says, "I would stop taking them right now because most medications can cause defects in the baby."
"Okay," I say, "will I be okay?"
"We'll have to wait and see," she says as she takes out a test strip and dips it into my pee. "Let's see the results of your pregnancy test? Are you experiencing anything other than morning sickness?"
"Breast tenderness," I say, "and I am really tired lately."
"I see," she says pulling the test strip out of the pee, "well, she says with a smile, according to the pee test you are pregnant. I want to do an ultrasound to confirm it and to find out how far along you are."
"Okay," I say with a nod.
She brings the ultrasound machine over to the bed and asks me to lie down on the bed. She feels my stomach and my breasts before she turns the machine on. She begins to prep me for the ultrasound. She pulls the wand out and places what looks like a condom over the wand and puts gel on it. "This may be a bit uncomfortable but I want to do an internal ultrasound to get a better reading on how far along you are and to determine a due date. Okay?"
"Okay," I say as I put my legs up the way she instructs.
"Ready?" she asks.
"Sure," I say as my stomach turns and I feel like I am going to be sick again.
I wince as she inserts the wand into my vagina and moves it around to find the baby. It is more than uncomfortable it hurts. "Let's see," she says bringing up the screen. She moves the wand around looking for evidence of pregnancy. "There we go," she says, "and oh my!" she says.
"What?" I ask as my eyes look on the screen. "Is that?"
"Twins," she says with a smile as she looks at me. "You're very pregnant, Willow."
"You're kidding," I say. "Twins?"
"Yes, twins," she says pointing to the screen, "two babies that look healthy and look to be about 6 weeks," she says and tears fill my eyes at the blessings on the screen. I could have asked for one baby but to have two I am double blessed. "I would say we are looking at June 10th, 2017 for a due date. Congratulations," she says as I take in the news, tears falling from my eyes.
"And they look okay?"
"They look healthy," she says with a smile. "Congratulations, Willow."
"Thank-you," I say.
"Would you like me to print of pictures?"
"Please," I say with a smile on my face and tears of joy falling from my eyes. I have no idea how we're going to have twins but I am extremely happy and blessed to be pregnant again. I start to think of ways I want to tell Joe the news when he comes into town tomorrow. I want to make it special for him. It has to be special for him. I knew twins ran in both our families but this is a big surprise. I never expected to be a twin and have a set of twins myself. The doctor prints off a couple pictures for me and then makes a prescription for anti-nausea medicine and tells me to start take prenatal vitamins before I leave for the day.
After my appointment I go to Target to do some shopping to get some things for my announcement for Joe and while I am in the store my cell phone starts to ring. I smile when I see Joe's face appear on my screen. "Hey, Baby," I say with a smile in my voice.
"Hey, Baby Girl," he says. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm feeling really good right now," I answer as I look at baby stuff. "How are you?"
"Good I have been worried about you. Maybe you finally kicked that stomach bug."
"Maybe," I say with a knowing smile, "so change of plans, I'm not in Orlando anymore. I drove back to Tampa this morning. It wasn't a fun trip so I am just going to stay here for a couple days so you might want to come home to the Tampa house," I suggest.
"Okay," he says, "why did you drive to Tampa?"
"Because I needed to see the doctor," I answer.
"And?"
"It was a good appointment, a really good appointment," I say with a smile. "I think I have a surprise for you tomorrow when you come home."
"A surprise?" he asks and I can see his smile through the phone.
"Yeah," I smile.
"I love surprises," he says, "is it a home cooked meal?"
"Do you want it to be?" I ask, "because I can do that for you."
"Only if you feel up to it," he says.
"Okay, what do you want me to make?"
"I was thinking maybe lasagna? And I am going to be your doctor all weekend," he says. "I will be off till Sunday."
"Oh really?" I ask with a smile as I put things into my basket. "I'm going to enjoy that," I say with a smile. "Will you dress like a doctor?"
"If that's what you want," he says as one of the ladies in the baby section of Target looks at me. I mean obviously kinky sex or sex in general got us both to where we are right now. "I love you, Willow."
"I love you too, Joe," I say with a smile. "I can't wait for you to come home."
"I can't wait to be home. I can't wait till we travel together again."
"Yeah, we'll talk about that," I say.
"Okay," he says. "Well, I have to go to the arena. I will talk to you later. Love you."
"Love you too, Bye," I say before I hang up the phone. I can't even put into words how much I love that man and how much he means to me. I continue doing my shopping and then I head home after paying for the things I need for tomorrow night. On my way home I stop at Publix to pick up things to make Joe lasagna tomorrow night for dinner and once I am home I get to work on Joe's gift to announce my pregnancy. I place my hand on my stomach and smile just thinking about our future and what lies ahead for us. I never expected our anniversary night to be the seed that planted the future and the rest of our lives but I am glad it did.
The next day I didn't wake up until 12 in the afternoon because I so tired but when I finally woke up I saw I had a text from Joe telling me he wouldn't be home till around 6 or so. I spent the afternoon taking a shower and picking out something to wear my only issue is I can't really fit much of anything because I am already developing a baby bump. I settle on a pair of Lularoe leggings with a design of butterflies and a white t-shirt. I throw my hair up into a low ponytail and make my way downstairs to start making the lasagna. Just as I am taking it out of the oven Joe walks in the back door. "Hey, Baby Girl," he says with a smile, his bag on his shoulder and a dozen white roses in his hand. "These are for you."
"Thank-you," I say with a smile. "They're beautiful." I kiss his lips softly. "How was your flight?"
"Long," he says with a smile. "It smells good in here."
"You're just in time. I just finished it."
"Great," he says as he places the white roses on the counter. "You look like you're feeling better. You're glowing," he says making me smile. "Are you feeling better?"
"Now that you're home," I say, "yes." He holds out his arms for me and I walk into his arms, wrapping my arms around him as his embrace me. I take in his scent as I hold him. I needed to feel his arms around me. He lets me go and then takes over dinner for me and begins to serve me. He gets out a bottle of wine, "Um how about I just have water tonight. I'm not feeling up to having wine just yet."
"Okay," he says before he gets me some water. We take a seat at our kitchen table in the candlelight with soft violin music playing in the background as we eat and talk about his time on the road. I'm happy that he's back to doing what he loves. I couldn't be happier for him. I want him to be happy. "This was really good," he says as we finish up dinner.
"Thank-you," I say as I stand up to clean up.
"No," he says. "You relax. I'm going to clean up. You go relax."
"You sure?"
"Yeah," he says, "I got it."
"Okay," I say before I kiss his lips softly. "I will be in the living room when you're finished."
"Okay," he says with a smile before I make my way into the living room. I grab his gift from the closet and sit down on the couch anxiously waiting to give it to him so he knows the news.
A little while later he comes into the living room with a bowl of ice-cream for each of us making me smile, "I got us some ice-cream."
"Thanks," I say with a smile even though it turns my stomach. The babies do not like it. "I got something for you."
"You did?"
"Yeah, I told you that I had a surprise for you," I say. "Here you go," I say handing him the present in my hand. I have it wrapped in white wrapping paper with gold dots on it with a gold ribbon tied around it.
"You didn't have to get me a gift," he says.
"But I really did," I say with a smile. "Open it."
"It is so pretty I don't know if I want to," he says with a laugh.
"Just open it what's inside is even more beautiful," I say with him not knowing my innuendo.
I smile as he tears open the present like a child on Christmas Day, a smile on his face as he opens it. He removes the lid of the box and pulls out the white tissue paper. I look at him as he takes in the contents inside the box; two baby sleepers one yellow and one green, two baby bottles, two pairs of socks and two teething elephants with a note attached. "We can't wait to meet you, Babies," he reads. "Willow," he says looking up at me with tears in his eyes.
"Joe," I say with tears in my eyes as well.
"You're pregnant?" he asks as he holds the sonogram of both our babies in his hands.
"We're pregnant," I say with a joyful smile. "Very pregnant."
"Twins?" he asks with a smile.
"Twins," I say with a smile. "We're having twins!" I say with excitement. "So it looks like I'm staying in Tampa NXT is done."
"Oh my God!" he says as he puts the box down and embraces me in his arms. "We're having twins! I am so happy, Willow," he says. "I can't believe this," he says. "I'm so happy."
"Me too," I say with a smile as I hug him back. "Congratulations on making humans with your genitals," I say jokingly.
"Only you, Willow," he says as he hugs me tighter. "I can't believe this," he says, "we're having twins! I love you."
"I love you too," I say with tears of happiness in my eyes to see him so happy and excited means the world to me, to know I am carrying our children within me fills me with great joy. To make him this happy means everything to me. I never expected one night to be the foundation of our future and change our lives once again but I am happy beyond words, excited and blessed to have these two lives inside of me.
*A/N: what did you think of Willow's doctor's appointment? Do you think it went well? Were you surprised to find out she was pregnant with twins? What did you think of her reaction? Is it better than the last time? What did you think of the way she announced it to Joe? Did you think it was cute? What did you think of Joe's reaction? Please review and thank-you for reading.