The young officer took me to the back door where Lawrence was waiting with a smile on his face. Waiving goodbye to the officer I climbed into the back of the SUV standing outside waiting to take me to the office. Lawrence climbed in and sat next to me in the back seat."The debrief won't take that long and we should be able to handle everything on the way to your home. If you don't mind of course. We can always go to the office and then take you home afterward?""No, I don't mind doing the debrief in the car but if at all possible could you drop me somewhere other than home?"He nodded in agreement and I gave the address to the driver. Lawrence was right when he said that the debrief would not take long because we were done even before we reached Nicolene's office. Lawrence looked concerned when he saw where I wanted to be dropped but he didn't ask anything. Getting out of the car, I walked straight into the building.Nicolene's receptionist k
Turns out Dad wasn't calling because Nicolene told him that I was pregnant but because she told him that she was expecting a baby. She didn't even drop any hints when I saw her this afternoon. I guess she has wanted to tell Dad first before telling anyone else as I had wanted to tell Jack first before telling anyone else about it. I knew Dad was not that old but I did not think that he would be young enough to still be a new father.I was scared out of my mind and worried that I wouldn't know what to do but having Nicolene tell me that we were in this together lifted a lot of that burden. I didn't have a mother in my life whom I could ask and although we might be going through this together I really did see and accept Nicolene as my mother as she is the closest thing to what a mother needs to be and mean to her daughter.Turns out I was two weeks farther along than Nicolene. She realized that she had more or less felt the same as I had described to her the
Six Months laterI'm about a week away from my due date so I decided that it would be a good time to get the hospital bags packed and ready. I decided to take two outfits each for the twins just in case something happens and one is either too small or too large. Jack laughed at me when I bought one set of premie clothes for each of the twins along with the normal newborn clothes. I just wanted to be prepared for anything.Imagine our surprise when we prepared for one little one but then at your twenty-one-week scan Nicolene hears two sets of heartbeats and after searching and moving the wand around she finds that there are indeed two little blips instead of the one she saw at the start. She said that it was possible that the one could have been in front of the other one and that is why she missed it in the initial scan.Let me tell you I was scared before thinking about how would I be able to take care of one baby, I was freaking out with worry ab
Arriving at Dad's party we saw that most of the people invited had already arrived and were sitting around on the couches, sipping on their drinks and chatting with each other. Jack helped me get out of the car as he had helped me get in the car at home before going back and getting the gift and our drinks. He had walked to the car and back twice and he still had time to come and help me waddle through the garden gate to the backyard where the party was being held.He helped me to sit down on one of the chairs next to Nicolene and then proceeded to hand me a drink from our cooler before wandering to go and talk to my dad who was trying to be everywhere and talk to everyone. Jack and Dad's relationship has really improved from what it had been at the start of our relationship and although I am happy about this they now sometimes team up against me when they want to discuss something with me.When Dad came past he stopped and hugged me tightly to him. I retur
After I had seen them the first time I told Jack and the nurse that I wanted to go and take a shower and get dressed in something a little more clean and comfortable. As I was trying to get up from the bed I almost slipped but Jack had already put our son into his little bassinet and caught me on time."I'm taking these two for the first check-ups anyway so you have a little time to get cleaned and dressed before I will be back to come and show you how to feed them."I nodded my head and watched as she took the two little ones out of the room."I'm too tired to stand but I really want to go and take a shower. Would you mind helping me?"I didn't really have any other choice but to ask Jack to help me because I didn't trust my legs at the moment and I didn't want to over-exert myself and then later when the twins need me to feed them I am over tired or falling asleep. We also still needed to decide on final names and get them registered as soon as po
Getting discharged from the hospital and taking the twins home was surreal. We were planning and preparing for them for the past few months but now that they are actually here I didn't feel prepared for them at all. I knew how and when they needed to be fed and the nurses helped me with some signs of what could be wrong and needed but other than that I didn't know a thing. Nicolene was put on permanent observational bed rest in the hospital and I didn't want to bother her and stress her up more than she already is with everything. Dad mentioned something about them wanting to do a C-section if her stats do not improve soon enough. I know she doesn't want that as she wants to be on her feet as soon as possible to be able to take care of their little one and still be a good wife to dad. I told her that he would understand and that he wouldn't mind helping her out for the little while she would be out ofcommission but she held her ground that she didn't want to have the section. I want
Six years later The twins and their granddad had no idea that we were planning a surprise birthday party for them to celebrate this occasion. The last six years raising them and even the nine months growing them in my body had been a challenge but it had also been fun and we were able to make lots of memories and create many family moments of fun in the period. Jack had been my rock, helping me with the twins and celebrating the little milestones we reached along the way as if they were significant achievements. Learning from the mistakes we made together and individually as we went along, having to brace every person we met whether in the shops, going for walks or just sitting and waiting at the paediatrician who wanted to drop their advice and make sure that we were doing everything their way and no other way because that would be the wrong thing to do. The last few times we had our fun with them telling them all the wrong stuff to do in situations and then when they would look a
"SURPRISE"Everyone yelled as soon as most of them entered the backyard. The twins were overjoyed and ran to me and Jack before wandering off and having a look around. Loury needed to act appropriately in front of her mother walked over and gave me and Jack a hug before she also wandered off going around the party. Dad and Nici also came over, hugging us and thanking us for the party and everything we had done for them.I took Nici's arm and started walking away from the party a little so I could ask her how she had been doing dealing with the pregnancy and the challenges that have brought to her life."How are you feeling?""I'm constantly tired and I have to rest a lot more than I would have liked to but other than that I am feeling great. We went to another scan yesterday and apparently, I am further along than they had suspected. The doctor did say that I might not carry to term and that we should prepare for a premature baby and that has