Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled novel Chapter 376

"I know you won't spill the beans to him. It would just add fuel to the fire." I said with a grin. "Dr. Karina, I know you're swamped, so I won't chew your ear off anymore."

Karina caught my drift that I wanted her to hit the road. Without a word, she turned on her heel and left the room.

She was a sharp cookie. She knew my relationship with Neil was a can of worms. Since she then knew that I was carrying Russel's kids, she probably wasn’t going to spill the tea about me to Neil.

Her end game was to marry Neil to make up for lost time. Since the position of Neil's wife was then up for grabs, and she and Neil even had a kid together, everything was going swimmingly.

No one would have rocked the boat at that point.

After Karina split, the doctor came in and did some basic checks on me. Just then, I felt a warmth down below, as if something was leaking out.

While the doctor was still blabbing, I interrupted him with a puzzled look, "Doctor, can pregnant women with twins have incontinence?"

"There could be some; why do you ask?" he queried me.

"Just a little? I feel like I've wet the bed," I said, embarrassed but also certain that it was something different.

Russel was at the door of the ward. Since no one else could be in the room during the check-up, I didn't have to beat around the bush.

The doctor instantly checked under my covers, and upon seeing the wet spot on my bed, he blurted out, "Your water broke!"

I freaked out; my water broke already?

Earlier than I expected.

The doctor had told me that the longer the babies stayed in the womb, the better they would have developed. I didn't expect those two to be in such a rush.

"What... what should I do now?" I stammered.

"Are you feeling any contractions?" the doctor asked me. "Like stomach pain."

"Just a tiny bit of pain, very mild," I replied honestly.

"You're not bleeding, it's just the water breaking. Don't move; just lie down and rest. I'll run another check on you." he instructed me.

After another check, it was confirmed that my amniotic fluid was still okay, just a bit lost.

However, it would have been better if I could give birth in the next couple of days, as the decrease or cloudiness of the amniotic fluid could have caused problems for the babies.

Then the doctor brought in my mom and Russel. The hospital wasn't too clued up on my situation, so the doctor mistook Russel for my husband and filled him in on my condition first.

My condition meant that I had to be induced in the next couple of days. My twins were on the small side, but I had been really good with my nutrition during pregnancy and had gained a bit of weight, so they wanted to give natural birth a shot first. If that failed, then a c-section would have been considered.

If it were a natural birth, it would have first involved induction and contractions. I was so excited about the arrival of my babies that I overlooked the intense pain that could come with giving birth. I had seen some of that in pregnancy videos but never paid much attention.

Then it was my turn to experience all that firsthand, and I had to deliver two babies. I was a nervous wreck and feeling a bit scared.

Russel and my mom were also on edge. Mom even called dad over, and the three of them gathered around me, waiting for my contractions to kick in.

"I'm going grab her some food. She needs to keep her strength up. Giving birth can be a real energy drainer," Russel suggested out of the blue.