Cora's POV

It is now a little before midnight and it is just my mom and Collin in the room. I am at 10 cm and I have been pushing for what seems like forever, but in reality, it really hasn't been that long. The head of the first baby was out, and the doctor told me, "Hold on one second Cora, do not push anymore" as she checked on the baby. Collin is watching intently to what the doctor is doing and I stay still and don't push with the next contraction, even though that is the only thing that actually gives me relief at this point. "OK, Cora, we are all good now. Give a good hard push and when their shoulders are clear, you will be done delivering baby number 1", my doctor tells me. I feel the next contraction and I push hard and bear down, and the pain subsides quickly. They clean the baby off a little as Collin gets the honor of cutting the cord. Collin is smiling proudly as he leans over and kisses the top of my head and tells me, "Adam is here, baby. You only need to bring Abi into the world, and you will be done". I heard my son cry out with a strong voice and I was happy as I was worried about their lung development since they were only 8 months gestation.

They place Adam on my chest and stomach, and I look at my son and I start to cry. I love him so much already. I love Collin, but having this precious baby on my chest, I know what pure love feels like now. I have never felt the emotion that I feel for my son before in my life and this is a special and wonderful feeling. Collin is looking down at me, holding Adam to my chest for skin-on-skin contact and Adam is quite content to be lying there against me. He gave a faint smile, and I started crying again. The hormones have me so emotional, and I am ready to help Abi enter the world now. I am so glad that I have a tribe to help me because I think we will be having our hands full with our babies. A nurse comes up and takes Adam to go clean him and put him in the little bassinet with a heat lamp over it to clean him and check him out. I felt another contraction coming on and I looked up at Collin to make sure that he was watching out for Adam. I don't want him to leave my sight just yet. I would also want Collin to go with them when they get their hearing checked, as I won't be able to go with them. I just want them safe and to stay with us. I started pushing again, and it was easier with Abi, maybe because Adam had just come out, or it could just be in my head, as I was more prepared for what was happening. I may have just been so excited to see her that I just focused on pushing, and stopped again after her head was out, per my doctors' instructions, just like the first time. Collin is now letting my mother watch out for Adam so he can watch Abi enter the world. Collin is crying, and he holds my hand as the doctor tells me to go ahead and push again. Abi is here and her cries fill the room. Her lungs are good too, that was all I was waiting to hear. Collin cuts this cord too and Abi is cleaned up and placed onto my chest and stomach. Abi is a little more energized than Adam was, and she is moving her head around very well like she was looking for something. The nurse who came up to take her said, "This is good, she is already trying to root. They will both be hungry. I will get her cleaned up and we will set your bed up higher after the afterbirth is out, and you can feed them both. They won't eat very much at first, it is just to get them, and you used to it".

I am tired but so happy. The babies are here, and they are both OK. I am now glad that we have a private room as I asked for another bed to be brought in for Collin as he is wiped. He needed to rest and lay down and after they found out that he was supposed to have been under their care for 24 hours, but needed to come to see the babies be born, they did bring him a bed and placed it next to mine. There were two couches in my room and the chair that Thomas had placed by the door. The babies have been dressed and wrapped to keep them warm and brought back to me. Collin gets up to come and watch as the nurse assists me in getting the first baby latched on to my b****t. It is Adam, and he is much more awake at this time. I see his eyes open to look at me when he heard me speak and I see the beautiful green eyes of his father looking back at me, but he has my lighter colored hair. He is absolutely handsome, and my heart melts again just looking at him. The nurse helped me get Adam into position and he latches on well and starts tugging to get the milk out. Abi was a natural and didn't need too much help, she was already rooting around to replace the n****e like she sensed it, but she hadn't opened her eyes to look at me yet. She has her father's darker hair, and I watched as Collin used his free hand to stroke both Adam's head and then Abi's head while they nursed with the back of one of his fingers. I see one eye pop open to look at me as Collin rubs her head with the back of his finger. I coo at them both and see my dark brown eyes looking back at me. I tear up because I love them both so much already, they have me wrapped around their tiny fingers and aren't even an hour old.

Adam had weighed in at a whopping 4.9 lbs. and 22 inches and Abi had weighed in at 4.4 lbs. and 21 inches. I looked up at Collin and told him, "Adam has my hair and your eyes, and Abi has your hair and my eyes. They are so beautiful. I love them both so much already".

"I love them both too. As soon as I saw them, I can't describe my feelings for them, I want to do everything I can to protect them and take care of them", Collin tells me and leans down to give me a kiss on the lips. Collin then speaks in a lower tone and leans to the shell of my ear and says, "Is it wrong that I am jealous of my own babies on your breasts right now, because I have a few ideas involving my mouth and your n*****s as soon as we can get to them. How long do we have to wait again? 6 weeks? Good Lord, I am going to have a hard time with it. I see a lot of cold showers coming my way in the next 6 weeks". I gave a little shiver and was glad the nurse had stepped out, although I am sure that they would have already heard this before from other fathers who love seeing their partner's breasts. We hadn't gotten to spend time together like a normal couple, so I am sure he has had some thoughts about me to get him through his time with Maddie.

The nurse returns five minutes later and helps to show me how to burp the babies. She took Adam to show me, and I burped Abi. Collin watched intently like they were going to test him on it, and I am glad he wants to do a good job helping with the babies. There was a light knock on the door, and I called out for them to enter. Collin was sitting on my bed with me holding Adam and I was still holding Abi from burping her as our parents entered the room. Marlowe claps her hands over her mouth and just bursts out crying, seeing us both sitting there holding the babies. Collin passed Adam off to his parents who had sat down on the couch near us. Mom comes and gets Abi from me, and she and dad go to the couch at the end of my bed, as Collin and I watch our parents as they coo, and baby talked to the babies. I watched as Adam opened his eyes and Alderidge got to see his own eyes looking back at him, and he teared up seeing it. I imagine that it was like seeing Collin almost when he was a baby. I saw my parents tear up when Abi finally woke up to see who held her, and my parents saw mine and mom's eyes looking back at them. They already loved their grandchildren and soon traded one of the babies for the other. I like hearing them talking about how Abi was me made over, with Collin's dark hair, and how Adam's eyes were the same as Collin's, with his handsome face, with my hair color. Ava sat next to her parents and patiently waited to get her hands on the babies, as she was almost vibrating with excitement. It was almost midnight, so my parents and his left for the night. Ava had run home to go get her and me, a set of clothes and a small bag packed for us and my tank and shorts, sleeping set, a robe, and several sets of socks as my feet were cold. I had stayed in the same PJs this whole time. I had just pulled the shorts down to where they were under my stomach as it grew. I can just raise my tank up to feed the babies and then lower it back down again when I am finished. Ava had also brought an extra blanket and wrapped it around herself like a burrito and laid down on the couch to sleep.

The babies' beds were put between my bed and Ava on the couch, and I turned onto my side and faced the door so Collin could lay on my bed with me and spoon up behind me, as he couldn't lay on his left arm. We grabbed a quick nap as I knew the nurse would be back in a few hours to help me get the babies fed again. Collin was lying on his good arm and snuggled in behind me sniffing my neck before kissing me on the back of my neck and telling me that he loved me. I smiled so widely at him saying that, and I told him I loved him too before we fell asleep. The nurse comes in about an hour and a half later and I sit up to feed the babies. The light is low in the room and Collin goes to sit on his bed and watch me as I get the babies set up to breastfeed again. They both take to it quickly and they get full quickly. We got them burped again, this time Ava learning to burp the babies. Collin can't use both arms for a while, but he listened to all of the instructions, and I know he is mentally trying to remember how to do it when he physically can. The nurse smiled at him the same way she did when she saw us both curled up in my bed together and told him, "You can always google it, you don't have to learn it today, after a week or two, you will be an expert at it". She changed both babies and wrapped them both back up and placed them into their rolling cribs and turned off the light and left the room.

The same nurse came back 2 hours later, and we repeated it again. The babies and I are improving with each time, and I feel more confident with each feeding. I feel so close to the babies each time that I feed them and I am feeding them and thankful that the nurse will change them and tuck them back into their little beds. I suddenly realized my baby shower was supposed to be next weekend. I don't have anything at the house for them other than their beds and changing tables. I know Marlowe had bought some clothes, but they aren't washed in the baby detergent, or ready to go. Everything has gone well, and I had no issues with the births. I think the doctor will let me go home tomorrow as I gave birth last night a little after 10 pm. So, she can monitor me all day today and I can go home on Monday afternoon, with the babies. Collin sees me frowning and thinking about what I need to get done, and he comes up to sit next to me on the bed and asks, "What's wrong baby?"

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