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He really wished she would stop with the Mom and Dad stuff because it made them sound like her parents He could tell by the s

Beth took a deep breath as Mindy inserted the probe He quickly averted his gaze "Okay, Moe of the uterus I’et so Beth’s uterus to be perfect, she continued "Now, here is the yolk sac and the fetal pole I’et an estie"

Confused, Nick asked, "What are a yolk sac and a fetal pole? Where is the baby?"

"The baby gets nourishment from the yolk sac at this point The fetal pole is another word for the baby right now They go through several different stages in the pregnancy If we are lucky today, ill see the heartbeat as well"

Nick watched the screen in fascination as Mindy made her measure to give her the reassurance that she looked in desperate need of

"Okay, Mom and Dad, let’s see if we can find the heartbeat You should see a little fluttering on the screen"

Suddenly, Nick saw a flickering on the screen and the roo sound He looked at Beth and she had tears running down her face as they looked at their baby’s heart beating "Oh, yeah, there it is," Mindy said "I thought so, but I wasn’t sure until now"

"There what is?" Beth de with the baby?"

"Oh, no, Mom, the babies both look just fine"

"The babies?" Beth choked out "You ht?"

"No, there are two babies in there I thought I sao yolk sacs, and there are definitely two heartbeats, see there?" She pointed to the two areas flicking on the screen "Congratulations, you’re having twins How exciting!"

Nick didn’t think it was possible for soreen as Beth did at that moment He should know because he felt the same way she looked Twins? Heaven help them

Oh my God! What have we done? How can we possibly handle twins? One baby kicked our ass last night This can’t be happening I’ll be huge Oh, crap, I cannot believe I’ picture; you are having twins, with Nick!

"Princess, are you okay?" Nick’s voice pulled her out of the fog that had descended over her after the declaration of twins She looked around, realizing that Nick and Mindy were staring at her, waiting for a reaction I wonder what they would think if I passed out right here?

"II’ at Nick, she continued, "Woins, right?" Why does he look so unruffled and cool? I a mess and he looks like Mr Hot Father-to-be Mindy can’t take her eyes off hiar, he’s with me

Suddenly all business, Mindy handed them their first picture of the baby--or babies--and helped Beth up froet dressed and thenroom now and the nurse will call you back for your first appointht about it, Beth blurted out, "Oh, God, there’s ave her a motherly pat on the shoulder and opened the door for the rooave Nick a not-so-motherly look of female appreciation

They settled back into their seats in the waiting room It seemed to Beth like every eye in the rooure out why Most of the irlfriends were just Average Joes Nick, on the other hand, looked like he could pose for Playgirl azine She hated to ad I airls anymore I have a man beside me that they would all love to have Score one for all of the former fatties in the world!

Nick wrapped his hand around hers and brought it to his lips "You know that everything will be okay, right? I know this is a lot to take in, but we can handle it We need to look for a bigger place soon and we can hire some help if we need to Claire and Jason will be happy to let us use Chrissy forHow about some of those baby classes, too?"

Beth finally put her hand over hisI appreciate the reassurances, but I really want tothat isn’t going to happen"

"But--"