Life and Amnesia

Part 10

Rambo began to pay Alex weekly with some of the money that he earned for doing some chores around the house and helping Ollie.

His stomach was beginning to swell out too from the eggs. He didn't do anything too heavy. It was all light weight work. It kept him active and not so bored, but he still had to have an afternoon nap, as he did tire easily too.

He was still anxious about what his children would look like. Would they look like him, or the possible father that he didn't remember?

Ollie thought it was time that he begin to also get prepared for what it would be like to have the babies. She bought some monster dolls and some diapers and had him practice holding a baby and diapering a baby. She also got some books for him to read about baby care.

As Randall read, some of the care sounded easy, while other parts seemed so scary or complicated, such as the crying. Would he know what the children wanted when they cried? Crying could indicate a number of things: hunger, need changing, tired, wanting attention, and even pain. It concerned him, and he would have three children to take care of.

Rambo also came home one day with an incubator. Randall was ever so grateful.

When he read one of the pregnancy books, he did come upon a section of where it was about the reptile monsters and reptile males were just as capable as the females to get pregnant. But it was the temperature during incubation of eggs that determined gender.

But he did wonder, would he be able to lay eggs naturally? What if one was too big? And would his eggs survive the incubation? It was always possible for any to die.

Incubating reptile eggs took a certain temperature for sex determination and humidity. And they couldn't be turned.

With all the things he read of complications, Randall wondered why he couldn't just carry them full term inside him, until he got to that part too. If eggs were to hatch or rupture in the parent, it was a medical emergency.

That made him gulp. He just hoped all of his eggs made it to laying time.

But the book also said that he should be able to lay the eggs with little to no medical assistance usually. It could be a home birth. And the healthy eggs would hatch in the incubator at home.

It also read that the pregnancy would usually last around five or six months, with the additional three months of incubation.

Randall had had enough of medical procedures lately anyway. But just for concerns, his new family was going to make sure he was monitored regularly.

In the evenings, Adrian liked to talk to Randall's stomach, just so the babies could hear his voice. Randall thought it funny and cute. He let the boy do it. Though he did wonder if the babies could hear any voices right now.

Adrian hoped there would be at least one boy among them.

Ollie hoped for at least one girl. She had never had daughters. A little girl would be interesting.

Randall didn't really care what they were as long they were just healthy.
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From the book, Ollie saw that it was a good idea to set the incubator temperature to at least 87 degrees when it would be time. It would influence both genders. She thought it was only fair for either sex to emerge.

Over the next few months, things went on normal at the farm. Alex was still part of the family, though while Rambo and Ollie watched the lizard carefully should any dangerous behavior come out. They never saw any, but the changing colors kept up and Alex also learned he could climb walls and trees with little no effort with just his bare hands and feet.

Randall did have some more memories come out. He remembered Fungus and his ex-boss, Waternoose. The Nicks thought it possible that maybe the crab could have been the father. Who knows? And there were even memories about the fraternity that he had back in college. And there were even crab looking monsters among them.

And more memories of the blue furball and his green friend came up too. Him and the green one eye monster had apparently been friends once too.

Randall hoped these weren't hurtful memories if he should ever meet these monsters again. But for now, he wanted to concentrate on his pregnancy.

Rambo and Ollie helped to buy everything the babies needed. They knew since they had gone through it years ago. The name book was the best thing of all. Alex was grateful for all the help, but he wanted to name his children.

With every sonogram that he had, the babies and the egg shells were growing. His belly had really swelled out.

"Are all the eggs where they are supposed to be?" Randall asked.

The doctor checked. "Yes. They are all just fine and where they are supposed to be. You could have them anytime."

"But is his pelvis big enough?" Ollie asked.

Randall wasn't too crazy for that exam, but the doctor had to do it. "Yes, I think it's big enough that he could deliver at home. But if you think there's an emergency, bring him in and we'll get it solved."

"Thank you." Ollie said.

After carrying his eggs for over five months and learning as much as he could from reading, he felt ready to have the eggs now. Though he couldn't help but worry about the pain that would come.

The doctor and Ollie told him that all parents to be worried about that. But the pain was quickly forgotten after the baby was born. Though it would be ingrained in the memory forever afterward. They just didn't let it consume their thoughts. Taking care of the new baby or babies was more important.

They went home and the waiting began. The doctor wanted to see Alex every week now until the laying happened.