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Post by Kelli-wa on Feb 9, 2011 23:14:31 GMT -5
Gracie listened to him and knew that he probably would want that now. She nodded and squeezed his arm where she had been holding onto him. "I know it's not perfect. I'm sorry, but there's really no use thinking about what you could've done. The papers are signed already, I wish we could do something but we can't." She held up her finger and covered her mouth before she turned to empty stomach again. She sat back up and closed her eyes. "Ugh."
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Post by Tiff on Feb 9, 2011 23:49:37 GMT -5
Avery held her as she distributed her latest batch if bile and whatever else into their makeshift throwup catcher and gave her a small squeeze when she emerged. "Not much longer and we'll know what's up." He was at loss for what else to say. He felt selfish for wanting to be a part of the baby's life from the beginning and also for not knowing how to express his sadness that she had to bare the brunt and pain of the pregnancy. He decided not to say anything further. Almost afraid that he might bring on another episode of bile. After what felt like an eternity Avery watched as the pregnant woman and her young child emerged from the door and started to the exit.
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Post by Kelli-wa on Feb 10, 2011 9:24:09 GMT -5
Gracie put her hand over her face as she leaned back into Avery. A few more people had begun to trickle in and as the pregnant woman and her child stepped out she knew it was almost time for them as well. She heard the nurse call her name and she stood, hoping for Avery's arm once again. Once he was standing with her she started toward the nurse who took them to an exam room and started asking for her symptoms.
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Post by Tiff on Feb 10, 2011 13:06:04 GMT -5
Avery stood with Gracie, putting his arm around her back for support and helped her into the exam room and sat quietly in the corner as the nurse started asking questions about Gracie's symptoms. He stared at the pictures on the wall and wished the answer would just jump right out at him. His eyes crossed over a picture of two babies in a womb and another picture of an ectopic pregnancy with it's most common symptoms listed below it. Avery crossed his fingers that it wasn't an ectopic pregnancy, just by looking at common symptoms he knew it was nothing good. He wished he'd asked Gracie more questions himself now, asked her if she'd been experiencing any pain.
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Post by Kelli-wa on Feb 10, 2011 22:12:47 GMT -5
Gracie finished telling the nurse about what was going on and the woman smiled and nodded at her, as if she knew something that they didn't and walked out of the room, claiming that the OBGYN would be in shortly. Gracie raised a brow before looking over at Avery. "She knows what it is... She's just not allowed to tell us that she knows..." She licked her lips and her eyebrows furrowed, "Are you okay?" she asked.
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Post by Tiff on Feb 10, 2011 22:17:28 GMT -5
Avery snapped out of it and smiled up at the nurse as she walked out and glanced at Gracie with a nod. "Yeah, I'm fine." His eyes ran across the ectopic pregnancy poster again and then went right back to Gracie. "You, you alright?" He asked, swallowing the fear that had lodged itself into his throat. He got out of the chair he'd planted himself in and walked over to her. "I'm worried about you."
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Post by Kelli-wa on Feb 10, 2011 23:01:40 GMT -5
Gracie watched him as he stepped closer to her and nodded at his question, "Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry, alright? It's probably normal. I mean, there can't be that much wrong with me. I'm sure the baby's alright." She ran her hand through his hair and licked her lips, "Just a little sick. I think I'm getting over it this morning. Until I smell something gross, then it'll probably come back..." She let her hand rest on his neck, her fingers curled up into his hair.
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Post by Tiff on Feb 10, 2011 23:05:42 GMT -5
Avery nodded, placing his hand on her leg as her fingers rested on the back of his neck and played with his hair. He would have to shave his head in a few months and keep it that way for at least a year maybe until the end of his service, he knew how much she liked his hair and again he started to feel bad about disappointing her. "I'll make sure I shower before I come over for the next few months then." He grinned, trying to make both of them feel better. He gently touched her stomach. "Hey you in there, you think you could be nice to your mommy?"
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Post by Kelli-wa on Feb 10, 2011 23:43:57 GMT -5
Gracie smiled lightly at his joke and let her fingernails trace up the back of his head lightly and then back down through his hair. "That would be greatly appreciated, sir," she said with a small giggle. "I like your body wash." It was a random thing to say, but she thought she'd interject her opinion there. She looked down at her stomach as his hand moved to it. She giggled lightly at his question to their unborn child. "Maybe you should kiss her," she said with a smile. "Maybe she just misses you and she's mad."
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Post by Tiff on Feb 11, 2011 13:41:29 GMT -5
Avery chuckled and bent his head forward and away from her massaging hands to kiss her belly. "Don't miss me too much little one, you'll drive your mommy nuts and I'll come home to no one to make my wife." He moved back up and kissed her lips gently, not even caring about how much bile had burst through them this morning. "I like my body wash too." He added. "And I think I do a pretty good job keeping up with my hygiene when I come around, it was only that one time I was all gross sitting on your couch, sweating and smelling, but you didn't seem to mind much then either." He was becoming impatient, he wanted the doctor to come in and tell them what was going on, to give Gracie something to stop the upchucking.
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Post by Kelli-wa on Feb 11, 2011 16:32:45 GMT -5
Gracie smiled lightly as he bent down to her pregnant belly. She giggled softly at his statement and shook her head lightly, taking his kiss gladly. "I'm sure now she'll settle down a bit. See, she already loves you," she said with another light laugh. She nodded, agreeing with his statement, "You are good about it. I think it's acceptable for you to be dirty that day, you were worried and I needed you." She smiled softly and ran her hand through his hair just as the OBGYN stepped in, "Hey, Gracie, I'd ask how you've been doing but my guess is lousy considering all the morning sickness." Gracie nodded to answer him, "Yeah. You don't think there's anything wrong do you?" she asked him, a slightly worried expression on her face. The doctor shook his head, "Theres not really any way to find these things out for sure, but I have a decent idea. You're the baby's father, right? I know you're a twin, Gracie, but are there any more sets of multiples in either of your families?"
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Post by Tiff on Feb 12, 2011 0:34:23 GMT -5
Avery felt guilty for being so close to Gracie, though he had every right to be, when the doctor walked in, he backed up and found her hand. "I'm a twin and my dad's side of the family has twins, my great uncle's Dean and Denis are identical twins too." He furrowed his eyebrows and then it started to sink in, he should have known, he should have known the second his eyes hit that poster or when she first said she was pregnant, at least considered it. He needed to sit, it was good news and a lot of bad news piled on top. He'd have two beautiful babies to come home to, but he'd miss seeing them, Gracie would have her hands full, and something less important at the current moment, the house he'd had his eye on wouldn't be big enough. He sat down in the chair he'd been in before and waited for the doctor or even Gracie to say anything else.
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Post by Kelli-wa on Feb 12, 2011 1:30:59 GMT -5
The doctor nodded as he jotted notes down on his clipboard. "Wow I didn't realize that you both were multiples, alright, I'm fairly certain that my assumption is true then." Gracie's eyes widened at the realization of what was happening, "What? Are you sure? Is that the only thing it could be? Is there any way that I'm just kind of bloating up? I mean, that's possible right?" she asked urgently. The room seemed to be closing in on her. She wasn't sure how she was going to handle this without help from her boyfriend. "I can't be sure without an ultrasound, but I'm fairly certain that you're carrying multiples."
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Post by Tiff on Feb 12, 2011 2:01:30 GMT -5
Now Avery was really worried, Gracie looked and sounded panicked. "Can we get an ultrasound?" He asked, sure that the doctor was probably about to set one up as they asked their questions. He was afraid to look Gracie in the eye, he felt so immensely guilty. "You don't think it'd be more than two do you?" He asked, not sure he'd be able to take the news of there being more than two, he was already on edge about having more than one. One was an easy number, two was dangerous and the higher the number the more dangerous and the more worried he'd be for Gracie if he wasn't around to help. He and Monte had been a handful, even as infants, never sleeping on the same schedule, learning at different speeds, eating at different hours, and always different interests. You couldn't buy just one kind of toy because Monte wouldn't like it or he wouldn't be amused by it, it was always something. "Could it just be one really big baby?" It was an amusing question, but he really wanted the answer to be yes, no matter how far fetched.
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Post by Kelli-wa on Feb 12, 2011 16:10:32 GMT -5
The doctor nodded, "Yes, I'll just have to go tell the ultrasound tech that you're ready to find out and we can get. It on the road. I'm going to tell her that you're ready, just sit tight, she'll be right in to take you to the ultrasound room." He chuckled lightly at Avery's question, shaking his head, "No, I'm afraid not. Even if the baby was going to be big, it wouldn't start showing until the typical time for it. An ultrasound should tell us what it is for sure, but my guess is that it isn't dangerous." Gracie nodded and satisfied that they were comfortable, he left the room.
Gracelyn swallowed a lump and looked over at Avery. "How am I going to have twins? How am I going to do this? I don't know how to take care of one baby, how will I take care of two? Oh my god..." She knew she was freaking out and it would probably freak him out too, but she couldn't help it, she was scared and unsure about everything now.
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