At family dinner, i said: “i’m about to give birth…

tag said. Brin helped me onto the bed. Let’s get you hooked up to the monitors, she said gently. We need to see how the babies are doing. Two belts around my belly. Two monitors. Two heartbeats. Fast. Too fast. Brin’s face changed. “I’m paging Dr. Romano,” she said. “Don’t move.” Okay.

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