Stop The Heartbreak

Happy Birthday

Christian
Anastasia yelled in my ear to get up and now because her water broke and I just thought she dropped her glass of water and told her to get another glass of water. She smacked my head and said wake up the babies are coming and they aren't waiting around for you to become alert. Suddenly a knock on the door and Jason and Gail are stoning there with EMTs and my wife is on her back and doing her breathing and timing the pains. I grab my pjs and slide them on under the blanket and hold Anastasia's hand as they check her over and then they tell me they have to deliver the babies here. No, no no no no. They are supposed to be born at the hospital. I watch and try to help Anastasia like all the books say, but she's not in a good mood. The cursing and rolling her eyes at me as her labor pains come closer together her grip gets stronger. The balls in her hands aren't helping. I am rubbing her back and finally I get behind her and help her push.

Anastasia
I can't believe that the babies have decided to arrive this early in the morning. My birthday party is going to have to be cancelled and I have a great excuse for not being there. Not that being on bed rest wasn't one. Now I will share my birthday with our twins. Finally Christian gets behind me and helps me push the first baby out. I look as a very tiny baby girl arrives and she grasping two umbilical cords neither of them are hers. The EMTs look up and Grace has finally arrived and she helps and the Dr Greene with her son have walked in. I was nearly relieved until I see their look of concern. They work together the cord tied and the other cords out of our baby girls hands. Finally they tell me to hold off pushing as they seem to both move my pregnant belly and someone is moving the babies into proper position to be delivered a ten minute excruciating experience and my son is born. I think I am done, but I am not and they have to move this baby was well. He is not cooperating at all. Finally within a hour they have literally reached inside me and pushed him into position and he is finally born. He starts screaming and waking the other babies up. Now all three are screaming. All are cleaned up and soon I am cleaned up and put on the gurney in a gown. Dr Greene and Grace are riding with the babies and dr Cheryl Greene is riding with me and Christian in the ambulance. I am fretting about our babies and what we will name them.

Grace
I can't believe I have three grandchildren and all born on Anastasia's birthday. That party will be cancelled. She really didn't want a party anyway.

Anastasia
I am with dr Cheryl Greene and Christian. Grace and Dr James Greene are with the babies. Security is hot on our trails following as safely as possible. Some were sent ahead to assure we don't get bombarded by paparazzi. I am finally taken to an exam room and the babies are taken to the NICU as a precaution.

Christian
Jason has made sure the babies are watched closely by security. There are three on me and Anastasia. I don't know what else needs doing. Mom has called everyone about the births of our children and cancelled the party as well. The food will be wrapped up and brought here. The cake will be brought here and we will have it and serve it to the family and friends along with staff. We knew about twins, but triplets were a surprise and we had no idea the sex because the sonograms were blurry. They are in the NICU right now getting checked out. They were concerned about the boys because their sister was holding onto their umbilical cords. So far they looked healthy and no oxygen or blood loss. They moved quickly to remove the cords from Carla Grace Grey's tiny clutches. It took a lot of effort to move the boys around and in position and assuring the cords didn't collapse. It was a delicate balance and all three doctors were right on top of it. Anastasia was in excruciating pain but she pushed through every pain.

Grace
The surviving babies were in need of medical treatment, but they bounced back quickly and are healthy. We have told Anastasia or Christian that there was a fourth baby, yet. After the second boy was born the fourth baby had died sometime during the last week or so. She was tiny and wouldn't have survived the birth. Her heart gave out. We have her in the hospital morgue and they did an autopsy on her. I finally had to tell Christian and he is making arrangements to get her cleaned up and dressed for photos. He wants Anastasia to say goodbye to her and name her. He wants closer for him and Anastasia. Apparently Anastasia had been having a bad feeling about one of the babies.

Anastasia
Christian and I name our dead baby Matilda Louise Grey and have photos and videos of our last moments with her. We watch as she is buried in the family cemetery and hold each other and then look at our three surviving babies. All there were released with a good bill of health. Matilda and Carla were identical twins and so were the boys. Theodore Raymond Grey and Christian jr. All are hungry little people.

Christian
I am trying to be strong, but I finally broke down and cried about Matilda. I need to be strong for my other babies and my wife and family. Anastasia says it's okay to cry about losing our baby and I am not weak from showing how much I loved my baby girl.