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“Didn’t you take a child development class?” Jamie asks.
He huffs. “Over twenty years ago.”
They all fix their stares on me, and I fight the urge to squirm.
“Okay, Princess, where is our baby?”
“I don’t know either,” I say meekly. “I wasn’t able to find Leo at his first scan, either.”
We’re still all laughing when the doctor walks in.
“It’s so nice to see everyone laughing and feeling good. Most of my parents are nervous.”
“We are, but she’s not.” Wesley nods in my direction.
“That tracks.” She smiles. “Moms are always the tougher ones.”
She settles down on the stool next to the table and quickly looks through the images and notes before turning to face us again.
“Alright, let’s talk children. We weren’t able to find the heartbeat, but that’s nothing to worry about. None of them are in an ideal position for us to pick it up on our machines. Again, nothing to worry about right now. All three of them are a great size, and everything else is completely normal.”
My brain finally catches up to my ears. “Three. You said three babies.”
“Yes, I did. Congratulations.”
“There are three babies in there.”
She nods.
“Three.”
“Yes, ma’am. Why don’t I give you some time to digest the news before we get into any more specifics?”
“Thank you.”
When she leaves the room, we just stare at each other for a solid thirty seconds. Then I blink, and they’re surrounding me and peppering little kisses on my forehead, my cheeks, my hands, my belly—anywhere they can reach, really.
“I never even thought I’d have one child, but three?” Jamie beams. “Well, four, counting Leo, but three at once? That’s… wow.”
Phillip nods in agreement. “Yeah, not at all what I was expecting.”
“Well, there is a bright side to all of this,” Wesley says.
“You mean besides the love of your life growing three babies at once?” I ask. “No wonder I’ve been so tired.”
“That goes without saying. You are an absolute wonder, Avery, but that’s not what I meant.”
“What did you mean?”
“Well, when we’re out and about, all four of us will have a child to carry around. Cuts down on fighting over who gets a turn holding our kids, doesn’t it?”
I laugh. “You’re insane.”
“Yeah, but you like it.” He grins.
“Never said I didn’t.”
When the doctor comes back, the four of us are settled and ready for anything. She walks us through all the specifics and gives us an armload of resources for parents of multiples. The best part came at the end, though, when she printed out the images and circled all three (three!) of our babies on each one for us.
