Lacey smiled happily, looking at the screen with joy and amazement, already in love with her babies, and Beast nodded, "Well, that's long enough.", turning off the lamp, "They would want to sleep without the light in their view...You can pull the camera out, Doc...".
Doc pouted before nodding, gently and slowly pulling the camera out of Lacey's womb, out of her vagina, and Lacey relaxed, putting down her legs as they were getting a bit stiff.
"Good thing that we took a closer look.", Lacey smiled warmly, and Doc smiled, "Indeed, my dear. And we will find out the genders once they come. I think this once is enough, hmm?".
Lacey nodded, "Yeah.", and Beast smiled, "This means you have to eat triple the amount of nutrients in your diet, Lacey. After all, you're eating for four including yourself. Many small meals throughout the day and perhaps a couple of snacks at night. I will help you with some prenatal pills as well, just to be on the safe side.".
"I guess that explains why I fainted there... I was still eating for one...", Lacey chuckled. "At least we know why now... freaked me out there, certainly.", Doc kissed her cheek as Beast walked away.
"I'll leave you two alone with some privacy for this moment, if you wish.", Beast told them. The couple smiled at him, and Beast nodded as he then heard a knock at the door, heading to answer it.
Doc grabbed Lacey's clothes and helped Lacey as he couldn't stop rubbing her baby bump in amazement as Lacey changed out of the gown into her clothes, giggling softly, "You're already a good father, Richard...You can't keep your hands off me...".
"I can't help it, my dear...I am still in shock and honestly, scared.", Doc spoke warmly before frowning slightly, and Lacey kissed him on the lips, "Hey, I'm scared too, but remember what I said that night? We can't take the risk if we don't know what to expect, and we are risking our hearts to be forever in connection with our children with love, compassion, and more.".
Doc smiled at her, "I love you so much, Lacey.", and Lacey smiled back, "I love you too.", before walking together, heading through Beast's home, to the waiting room where they saw Jean sitting in a chair, wringing her hands.
"Jean?", Lacey spoke to grab Jean's attention, and she looked up, blinking before smiling weakly, "Hey...Wow, so I was right...Your aura is even brighter than ever...One or two?".
Doc chuckled, "Make that three.", and Jean widens her eyes, "Wow...That explains it...Congratulations, you guys.".
Lacey smiled, "Thank you, Jean, but are you okay?", and Jean nodded, "I think so...My period hasn't come for the past two months...I took two pregnancy tests, and they said positive, but I wanted an expert's opinion...I know Logan said that he will be there for me in everything, but I'm a bit scared to see how he'll react...He's out with the boys on some hiking adventure...".
"I think he'll be fine.", Lacey assured her. "Sure, he's rough around the edges, but you know him better than us if I recall."
"Yeah, still... parenthood... that's not really something he'd ever be used to, I worry. Taking care of teens and all like a teacher is one thing but...", Jean rubbed her arm.
Doc replied gently, "On poker nights, he can't quit talking about you, and the few times I was there, he was and is clearly enamored with you. I think he's going to be a great father if you guide him every step of family life. You will be surprised if you let him be there for every moment of the baby's milestones in the womb. So, focus on that, Miss Jean.".
"I'll try to keep that in mind, doctor.", Jean nodded as she took a deep breath, "Of course, I can't be too sure with things right now, of course. For all I know, I might not even be pregnant, and this is just some weird screw up with my cycle.".
"You're surely pregnant.", Lacey chuckled. "But it never hurts to double check.", with a nod.
Jean chuckled a bit, "Yeah...", before Beast came back, holding two different things in his hands, "Here, Lacey, here's the prenatal pills. One per day would do it for the month. Check with me next month if needed to increase the dose.", before looking at Jean, "Looks like you're the next X-Men to be pregnant. Congratulations, Jean. And of course, this one is normal; you have seven months left.", with a warm chuckle.
"That easy to tell?", Lacey said. "Well, I was already seeing her when you two came in here with your fainting issue.", Beast pointed out before Lacey nodded, remembering what Jean said before, "Oh, that's right.".
Jean deeply exhaled, "I'm pregnant...", touching her belly through her shirt, a small smile soon forming on her lips. Beast nodded, "Indeed.", smiling gently, "You want the results? They're right there on paper.".
Jean shook her head, "I think Logan is a person who sees things than reading things. I still have the positive pregnancy tests.", with a small sheepish smile. "That might be a good idea.", Doc suggested as Jean took a deep breath.
"Guess I better go wait for him then to give the good news... and you two obviously have a lot to work out with the group you're about to have.", Jean chuckled. "As if having one was bad enough...", Lacey rolled her eyes.
Jean laughed lightly, "Needed that...well, three is a company. Thanks, Hank, for everything. And guys, again, congrats. One thing you got going; you are far ahead of me with the timing.", smiling as she got up from her seat.
"Certainly not something we've dealt with for quite some time.", Doc chuckled, reminding how much of the recent young ones of their home all were fairly quick Quantonium babies and were grown and born much faster than normal babies.
Lacey giggled, "True, and I hope our trio knows how to alternate times of birth. No way I could handle pushing three in one day. At least you're lucky, Jean.", smiling warmly.
Jean nodded, "Yep.", before bidding goodbye and headed to her and Logan's home to be distracted by tv or something while waiting for him to come home. "I wonder how Logan is going to take the news...", Doc wondered as Lacey patted his cheek.
"I'm sure he'll be surprised for sure, but I get the honest feeling those two knew that this was probably coming.", Lacey said as Doc nodded.
"True; they certainly weren't hiding much of the fact that they had 'slept' with each other prior to going out.", Doc reminded. "Certainly surprised the rest of his fellow X-Men though.", Lacey giggled.
Doc grinned, "Shadowcat sure was gossiping, alright. Either way, I bet they won't be too surprised by the news.". Lacey hummed, "I think you're right.", before kissing him on the lips, "Let's go home. I am going to have doubles of your special omelets.".
"Anything you want, my dear.", Doc smiled, and they headed to their home. An hour or so came and went before Logan returned home from his hiking trip with Angel, Link, Bob, and a couple of the teenagers.
"Hey, Jean...", Logan smiled as he saw her when he walked into the home to find her sitting in a chair. "You... you haven't been waiting there all day, have you?" He asked as Jean shook her head and smiled.
"No, obviously been moving around but I could feel you coming so I quickly sat down to get ready. Probably should be slowing that down pretty soon anyway.", Jean said.
"Something I should know? What do you mean slow do-", Logan quickly saw that she had something in her hand. Jean smiled nervously as she saw the direction of his glance and turning her hand over to reveal the positive pregnancy test, waiting to see his reaction.
"You... you're joking...", Logan muttered as Jean shook her head. "Haven't had my time for almost two months... that was my first sign but this... this proves it... we're having a child, Logan...", she smiled.
Logan exhaled slowly, speechless for a moment before walking forward, and dropping to his knees before Jean, resting his head on her lap, leaning his ear to her belly, listening hard, the hardest he ever did, closing his eyes, and after dismissing the other sounds of Jean's breathing and his breathing, he then heard it...A small heartbeat, but it's fast and strong...
He opened his eyes, looking up at Jean, "I heard it...I heard the heartbeat...", seeing tears swell in Jean's eyes, and Logan slowly moved upwards to kiss Jean on the cheeks, nose, and then the lips, "I hope the little tyke looks like you...".
"You certain you don't want a son to take after you?", Jean asked as Logan sighed. "Hey, if that's the case, sure, but I'll damn well make sure he has a better upbringing than I did, for sure.", he told her.
Jean smiled softly, "And we will teach him or her everything that's important to us all; our family, our friends, our home...When puberty comes, we will be there to help...Powers or not, we will love him or her no matter what.".
Logan smiled wryly, "And embarrass him or her with our lovey-dovey moments.", not forgetting the first morning of their relationship when Rogue came in. Jean giggled warmly, "Now you're thinking like a dad already.".
"Pops...I like Pops better than Dad...", Logan mused thoughtfully, and Jean kissed him on the lips, "Baby Poppa...I like the sound of that.", before smiling slyly, "Wanna mess around in bed to celebrate?".
Logan blinked, "Is that okay?", and Jean nodded, "For a couple of months, yes. After that, lots of mind-blowing pleasure...After all, I will be hornier than ever, Logan.".
Logan grinned as he picked Jean up in his arms by her hips, "Well, I ain't going to say no to that, Red.", before leaning down to kiss her belly, "You're lucky you're small, little tyke. You'll have to get used to it.".
Jean smiled, "That's for sure...", wrapping her arms around his neck, "I love you, Logan Howlett.", and Logan smiled back at her, "I love you too, Jean Grey.", before kissing her passionately as they headed for the bed.
And so, the news about both pregnancies became known around Libra Haven, and everybody congratulated the lucky couples. While Jean and Logan had to wait even longer, the next three months went quickly for Lacey and Doc, with Lacey's baby bump incredibly big compared to her frame, but luckily, with plenty of nutrients, exercise, and lots of love, Lacey stayed strong to hold up her baby bump for several minutes at a time, with plenty of rest to not strain herself.
Eventually, the day came for one of the eggs. The babies inside the eggs heard Lacey's concerns over the months, and not wanting to stress their mother out than necessary, they decided to come a day at a time.
It started off fairly calmly. Lacey was mostly just enjoying herself, sitting around and relaxing, not doing anything too stressful on the children before she suddenly felt some unusual movement regarding her body; specifically relating around her womb as she was sure that it had something to do with giving birth to her triplets. It was getting to be around the right time Doc and Beast guessed the children were to be born so she had few doubts in her mind was that what was coming was indeed her children wanting to be born.
Lacey currently is doing some easy work on the computer in her studio room, glad for the recliner game chair underneath her, humming to herself as she added some ideas to the script for one of the episodes, feeling the eggs moving around in her baby bump, feeling some muffled kicks as they listened to Lacey's humming.
She then felt something pressing on her cervix, and she figured that one of the eggs is exploring more closely than the other eggs, and then breathed sharply out of surprise as she felt something dropping, hitting the walls, and she felt so tight like she needed to push.
Lacey then felt contractions, crying out in pain, and she grabbed the edge of the table as she bent over, panting, and she knew that Doc is in his lab down in the basement which was added to the house several months ago.
Looking over, she reached out to push a button which transmits to an electronic board down in Doc's lab to give out a loud alarm, knowing that it will get his attention immediately. Lacey heaved and panted as she got out of the recliner chair, wobbling and shaking as she kept crying out in pain from the contractions, feeling the egg come closer and closer as she got to the corner where a nest of blankets and pillows are, knowing that for some reason, her instincts are telling her that a warm, dark place in the corner is safest for the eggs.
Doc saw the alert instantly and was dashing his way back up, thankfully not doing anything really dangerous that would've required him to carefully pause things before he could even get to her. He made his way right to her, quickly panting from the speed that he had achieved on his way up. "Lacey, what's wrong?!".
"Don't have a heart attack on me, Richard.", Lacey chuckled as she took a few deep breaths. "Just the children coming, that's all...".
Doc widened his eyes, "It's time?!", and Lacey nodded before crying out in pain from a contraction as she tried to settle in the nest, and Doc got into the nest, helping remove Lacey's clothes from her lower body, with her panties as the last part, looking, "Goodness, you're all dilated already! Breath, Lacey.".
Lacey breathed deeply a few times as she half laid, half sat against the wall, and after another contraction, she pushed, shouting in pain as the egg widened the birth canal to its limits, moving through.
"I'm trying... just... oh, God, they're so hard...", Lacey panted as she was starting to tear up. "Just keep holding, you'll be alright...", Doc tried to assure her. "Pity the eggs can't be flexible like a boiled one.".
Lacey replied, "But then we wouldn't have our children.", taking deep breaths, and Doc nodded, "Point taken.", realizing what she meant by that.
Doc looked, "Nothing yet.", and Lacey grabbed his hand as her other hand clenched into one of the pillows as she pushed, crying out in pain, feeling the egg move closer and closer.
"Oh, please, you three. just take it easy on your mother...", Lacey sobbed as she kept taking deep breaths and trying to push on the contractions.
After three long minutes, Lacey shouted in pain as she felt her nether regions widen to their limits, and Doc called out, "I see it! It's coming!", seeing glimpses of a beautiful golden-white egg.
"Oh, please tell me it's almost out...", Lacey closed her eyes tight as she kept going. "It's almost over, Lacey... just hold on for another moment. Just another push or two will get it!", Doc told her.
Lacey nodded as she panted, taking a deep breath, and pushed, screaming out in pain as the widest part of the egg came through steadily, and Doc gently took ahold of the egg as she grunted, tears falling on her cheeks, and then finally, with a pop, the egg was free as Doc smiled in amazement, holding it in his arms, murmuring to the baby inside, "Hello?".
A soft thumping sound was heard, and Doc laughed heartily, "You take your time, little one...", before glancing at Lacey, "Are the others coming?". Lacey slowly recovered, shaking her head, feeling nothing but soreness and exhaustion, "No...I think they are staying until tomorrow, that is...", rubbing her baby bump which has decreased some in size, but still big.
"Oh, thank goodness...", Doc gave a sigh of relief upon hearing that. "Please give Mama some time to relax and get ready for this again...", Lacey murmured.
"At least you know how to deal with this. The others might be a bit easier.", Doc chuckled as he kissed her cheek. "Would you like to see our little one?".
Lacey smiled as she nodded, "Yes, Richard.", and Doc gently passed their first child within the egg into Lacey's arms, and Lacey kissed the egg, "I can't wait to meet you officially, darling. You stay warm and safe until it's time to hatch, okay?".
A hard thump was heard, and Doc chuckled warmly, "We got a smart kid in there. Speaking of which, are you a girl?". No thump came, and Doc asked softly, "Are you a boy?". A thump came.
Lacey gave a little sob, "We got a son, Richard...", smiling tearfully, kissing the egg once more, and Doc kissed her on the lips, "Looks like we gotta figure out his name, then.", smiling widely.
"Well, I always liked names starting with E or J for boys...", Lacey said thoughtfully, looking at Doc with a chuckle. Doc smiled warmly, "We can ask him...Son, do you want a name starting with E?".