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My head snapped at Linsey. “What?”
“I can feel him!” Linsey cried, hugging her swollen stomach. “He’s coming!”
Men came running towards me, as Vicious dropped to his knees. “Baby. I’m here.”
“Change of plans,” I said, taking charge.
My former worries forgotten.
“How is he, August?” I asked, looking at the man standing beside me as he leaned over the table, listening to the infant’s heartbeat.
“He’s perfect. Ten toes. Ten fingers and a full head of black hair. Poor kid looks like his father.”
I chuckled before turning back to Linsey. “Alright sweetie. One more push!”
With all her might, Linsey screamed out as she pushed one more time.
Smiling, I helped to pull the second baby from her mother.
Grabbing the suction ball, I cleared the screaming infant’s nose. She did not like that one bit. Reaching for the clamps, I secured them to her umbilical cord before grabbing the scissors. I stood and handed them to her father. “Ready to cut your daughter’s cord, Vicious?”
“I have a daughter?” the man looked mesmerized at the squalling infant in my hands.
“And she’s not happy, dad. So, hurry up so we can get her cleaned up.”
Vicious took the scissors and with shaky hands, he cut his daughter’s cord. Turning, I walked over to the table and laid the little girl down next to her brother. August had the little boy wrapped up, snug as a bug, sleeping.
Reaching for my stethoscope, I listened to the little girl’s heartbeat before checking her reflexes.
“She’s smaller,” August noted quietly.
I nodded. “She also has a murmur.”
“Let me check.”
Stepping aside, we switched places as I looked over at her brother.
August was right. He was perfect.
“It’s probably nothing, but I want her checked out by a specialist.”
I concurred.
Picking up the little boy, I turned and placed him in his mother’s arms, while August cleaned and wrapped the little girl. Linsey and Vicious cooed at the little man as August walked over with their daughter. Handing her to Vicious, he said, “I don’t want to alarm you, but your daughter has a slight murmur. It’s probably nothing, but I want both babies to be seen by a pediatric specialist as soon as we get you all to the hospital.”
“Vicious,” Linsey whispered, grabbing for him.
“Is it serious?” the new dad asked, looking at his small daughter.
“No,” I spoke up. “It happens a lot with twins. Especially when one is bigger than the other. All it means is she might need a little more time in the hospital to get bigger. Most of these murmurs resolve themselves in the first few months.”
“You said most,” Linsey stated, worried.
“In some cases, the murmur sticks with the child as they grow. If that happens, your daughter will need to see a cardiac specialist once a year to monitor the situation. Listen Linsey. You have two healthy babies. Kids born with these murmurs grow up and live healthy, normal lives. August and I are just erring on caution. Okay?”
Linsey nodded, tears running down her face.
“Now, who wants to tell the peanut gallery outside that the Soulless Sinners have a new Prince and Princess?” I asked.
