Built On Trust

And babies make 5.

It's been the longest 12 hours ever. Shay is at Brad's parents and Brad and I are in the hospital. I've been in labor 12 hours and it's so much worse than with Shay. The last time they checked me they said I'm at 6, and hopefully will have them by sometime tonight. Brad keeps doing what he can to help me with the pain and I've been sleeping off and on but there isn't much helping.

Court knocks on the door to my room and walks in "Hey, I was on my way home and I figured I'd stop by, I hope you don't mind."

"Not at all, I need some kind of entertainment." I sit up a little so I can see her and Brad better.

She walks over and sits in the empty chair next to Brad "So, how are you?"

I turn towards them and take the flowers from her that she brought for me "Good, a lot better since I slept. Thanks for these, they're beautiful."

"Welcome. I can't wait to meet them." She puts her hand on my stomach where she can feel them kicking "They're going to be so cute."

"Of course they are, they're Jen's kids, any she has are cute." Brad says like he and Court are pointing out the obvious "That's really bad for me."

"You're going to have them so spoiled!" She tells Brad "So, when do we all get to find out the names? Am I going to have to wait until I get a chance to meet them like I did Shay?"

I look at Brad and he nods I agreement "We were planning on telling you early, but, you have to agree to something first."

He jumps in to finish what I was about to say "John and Shannon are Shay's God parents, so we were hoping maybe you and David would like to be the twins."

She practically screams yes out of excitement "I was really hoping you guys would pick us, of course we will!"

"Okay, then I guess you can know, but you can't tell anybody." I tell her being serious "One is Alyssa Rachel and the other is Jessica Mae."

"I love those! They're so cute." She says as the nurse walks in to check me again "Do you want me to leave?"

I tell her it doesn't matter so she stays and the nurse checks me to see how far I am and tells me that I'm a little more than 7. She tells me that I should be going a little faster now and that she'll be back in about an hour. Court decides she should probably leave so Brad and I can be alone so we thank her for coming and she leaves.

Brad moves a little closer to me and holds my hand "You're doing really good so far. I know if were you after no sleep last night then 12 hours I wouldn't be very happy."

"Well, the sleep helped a lot and since I still don't have terrible contractions yet it's not too bad. I'm just excited to finally meet them, that's all that's keeping me from being completely miserable." I lay on my side a little so I can see him better while he's talking to me "I hope it isn't too much longer."

"Me too, but they said it shouldn't be." He strokes my hand with his thumb "Do you need/want anything?"

"No, I'm good for now." I start to fall asleep a little and I'm woken up by some pain letting me know the contractions are starting to get worse.

Brad can see that I'm awake and in pain so he rubs my back trying to help "You slept for a while, hopefully it isn't too much longer now."

The nurse walks in just as the contraction ends "Did you sleep good?"

"Yeah." I lay on my back so she can check me.

She does what she needs to and then writes it down in my chart "You're at 9 now, almost 10. I'm going to tell your doctor to see what she wants to do, but hopefully you'll have them soon."

About half an hour later the doctor walks in and she checks me telling me that once the nurses get here I can start to push. We wait for what seems like forever for like 10 nurses to get to the room and Brad stands next to me holding my hand as I start to push.

"The head is crowning, you're almost done." The doctor tells me after I've been pushing for what feels like forever. I take a break to catch my breath and then start again but stop right away when the burning gets too bad. She tells me to wait for my next contraction then try again and the first baby should be here within minutes. When my next contraction comes I push as hard as I can and completely crush Brad's hand, but I can feel the doctor slowly start to pull the baby out. I take a break and at the next contraction I try my hardest and push through the pain until I feel the doctor pull her our all the way and place her on my chest.

I pick her up and look at a her and all I can see is that she's perfect. Brad's eyes, my natural hair, and her face looks like me. I start to feel contractions again and the nurses take Alyssa to go weigh and measure her and the doctor tells me to start as soon as I can.

The pain is almost unbearable and I'm screaming from it as I push but don't get any where. I keep trying, but don't feel anything so I try to give up, but Brad won't let me.

He moves my hair out of my face and squeezes my hand a little trying to convince me not to give up "You've been doing so good and you're almost done, you can do this."

With my next contraction I push even harder and start to feel some movement. The doctor tells me after a few more pushes that the head is crowning and it shouldn't be much longer. Thank God, I just want this all over. I keep pushing until I feel her pull the second baby out and put her on my chest. Just as perfect as the first. I lay there for a minute trying to relax before they place both girls on my chest for Brad and I to see.

Brad picks up the first baby, Alyssa and stares at her for a while "She's so beautiful, just like you." He then switches me for Jessica and does the same with her "She looks like me."

"They're both so cute." I play with Alyssa's fingers "I love them so much."

The nurses take them to make sure that they're both doing okay and tells us they'll bring them back to us shortly. The doctor finishes what she needs to then walks up to us with birth certificate information "Do you guys have names picked out for them?"

Brad hands her the papers she needs and answers her "The first one is Alyssa Rachel Pitt, and the second is Jessica Mae Pitt."

"Those are very cute!" She smiles at us as she fills them out then walks towards the door "Let me know if you need anything, and congratulations!"

Brad sits in the chair next to my bed and leans over towards me kissing me "I love you so much."

"I love you too."

So, I don't think I'm going to write about them bringing the twins home and all that because I never really know how to go about it, but I'm not going to skip too much. The next part will be Shay's second birthday party, and the twins will be a month old.

Alyssa Rachel Pitt, and Jessica Mae Pitt.