Lamaze
Gopher went to the Captain once he came back from his trip.
"How is Vicki and my little grandchildren?" Merrill asks Gopher.
"Just fine right on track to be delivered right here on the princess, and I have gotten pictures from the latest appointment with Doc cause he got an ultrasound machine, so he can monitor the twins closely just in case something develops" Gopher says as he brought in the picture.
"Beautiful I can't wait till they are here, and I am holding them in my arms, and telling them all kinds of stories, singing to them and all that fun stuff" Merrill says as he was looking at the pictures.
"Me either when are you signing Vicki up for Lamaze?" Gopher asks him.
"Soon I presume cause she is going to be due, and I wanna be able to help her and be hands on with that experience and I went to take a course on how to deliver a baby if she gets stuck in the elevator, and I am with her cause when it comes time, I might have to be both" Merrill says to Gopher.
"Okay just checking cause I am going to sign her up as well for Lamaze cause I am going to be the back-up coach just in case you are away when she has the babies.
"I am staying right here, and not going anywhere until the babies are delivered safe and sound and I have to get us a bigger place to live when we are not on the princess cause I got to have my room Vicki needs her own room, and the babies need their own room as well, and I found the perfect place room for the babies to explore and it's close to port so when they do sail they can go right back and be a little family as well" Merrill says as he was thinking to the future right now
"Me too I've got a place close by just in case you and Vicki wanna spend time together and she needs someone to watch the twins" Gopher tells him.
"Thanks, I plan on doing that before we go back on board the princess causes, I'm taking her on a little vacation before the babies come and it is just the two of us" Merrill says to him.
"I kind of signed her up for Lamaze tonight so with your permission may I take her?" Gopher asks him.
"Yes, Gopher you may and I'm coming along for support cause I am going to be her coach after all" Merrill says as they were going to leave the ship that night after they got back cause Lamaze was that night.
(Night)
The princess was back in port and all of the passengers were deboarding and the Captain, Vicki and Gopher exit out of the crew entrance cause they had to get to the hospital for Lamaze.
"Where are we going?" Vicki asks as her father had her pillow and her bag with them as they left.
"I signed you up for Lamaze at Wisher memorial hospital, and we will be back before boarding" Gopher says as he had the stopwatch her other pillow, and anything else she needed for class that night.
Vicki knew she had to do it sooner or later and she thought now was perfect cause she had to get her birth plan ready.
(Wisher memorial)
"It says the class is upstairs and in room 6b" Gopher says as they boarded the elevators to go upstairs to the room where Lamaze was going to be.
The trio boarded the elevators to go upstairs to the Lamaze room.
(Lamaze)
"Names?" a nurse asks the trio.
"Burl Smith, and Vicki Stubbing and Merrill Stubbing" Gopher says as he checked them in
"My dad and my other back-up coach" Vicki say to the nurse
"Okay pick a mat we will get started soon" the nurse tells them.
Vicki picks a mat far away from everyone cause she was a single mother, and her father was the Captain, and she had the purser with her.
"Let's get you comfy sweetie" Merrill says as him and Gopher were going to get her comfortable for Lamaze.
Gopher helps get onto the ground and tried to get her comfortable before class started.
"Vicki you okay?" Merrill asks as she tried to get comfortable.
"One of the twins doesn't like when I sit on the floor" Vicki says as she tries to get comfortable.
"Hang on let me fix that I brought an extra pillow" Gopher says to her.
Once Vicki was comfortable the Captain got out her focus object, she was going to focus on during labor.
"Thanks dad" Vicki says as she was comfortable.
Soon the class got started.
"Good evening everyone and welcome to the most educational six weeks you will have, and I like to welcome grandfathers, and fathers who are stepping up to help out" the nurse says to the class.
"This evening we are going to be developing our breathing techniques we will use during labor and delivery, so coaches get those stopwatches ready cause we are going to practice like it's the real thing" the nurse says to the class.
The Captain and Gopher both had a stopwatch for the contractions cause Vicki might be with one of them when she goes into labor and they wanted to be ready.
"What breathing technique do you wanna use?" Gopher asks her cause she looked unsure right now.
"The basic will do right now and I'll think of something later like before I have the babies" she says as she was breathing a little bit cause she was a little freaked out
"Vicki you will be fine I am going to be there with you the whole way" Merrill says as he was helping her as they were doing the breathing exercises.
The trio did fabulous as they did their breathing exercises
"Perfect now partners or coaches we are going to help mom with positions that could work for her during labor cause we want her to be comfortable" the nurse says to the class
The Captain and Gopher were unsure about that part cause of her having the babies on the ship it might be uncomfortable for her to get into the positions in front of passengers
"Something wrong?" the nurse asks them
"A little bit we are unsure of doing these positions on a cruise ship" Merrill says as he was looking at the nurse
The nurse saw the uniforms and she was going to see if they could do positions that won't be awkward for Vicki