September 16th 2004
"Are you sure your up for spending the whole day at the beach babe? You're 37 weeks pregnant, won't that be too much for you?"
Jen and Brad are preparing to leave to go to the beach. They are meeting up with Drea, Courteney, David and baby Coco and Lisa and Julian. Jen is packing the kids' stuff and Brad is in charge of packing everything into the car.
"I'll be fine honey. I feel fine today, so that's a bonus and before you say it, I know I threw up last night but I'm still positive it was from the pizza I ate"
Brad knows she's not going to back down so he just goes ahead and starts to load up the car. Soon, everyone's buckled in and they are on their way.
"Mommy, I go potty" Pollyanna says bouncing around in her car seat
"Pee pee or poo poo?"
"Poo poo"
"Hold it in for a minute baby. Let daddy find a place to pull over and I'll come and help you"
Brad manages to pull over and Jen gets out of the car and goes to the back. She gets Pollyanna out of her car seat and places her on the potty that they keep in the car for bathroom emergencies just like this.
"Tell me when you've finished"
"Finished mommy" Pollyanna says a few minutes later and goes to stand up
"Don't stand up yet princess, let mommy wipe you" Jen gets out a few baby wipes and cleans her off before putting her back in her car seat, buckling her up tightly
"Brad, do we have any of Normans poop bags?"
"Yeah, hold on" Brad passes Jen a bag and she cleans everything up and they set off again
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(Jen's P.O.V)
We have finally arrived at the beach, an hour late but we're here. We had to make three more pit stops on the way here, one for Ophelia who decided that 10 minutes after we stopped for Polly, that she also needed to go to the toilet, one stop for Brad to change River's diaper and then one stop for me as I got a bit sick.
I'm holding Rivers hands and walking behind him as he waddles his way to the sand with Brad and the girls running in front of us.
"Come on mommy" The girls call
"I'm coming as fast as I can babies"
"Here they are" Court says as we set up our chairs beside hers
"Here we are. Sorry we're late. Three toilet stops on the way and one vomit stop later. I think Brad's getting used to stopping the car for me to throw up" We all laugh as the girls and Julian are already making sandcastles
"Oh let me hold little Coco" I pick Coco up from Courteney's lap and cradle her in my arms
"It won't be too long before you've got another one" Drea says, rubbing her hand over my stomach
"I know, only 3 weeks to go"
"Are you nervous or excited?"
"I'm a bit of both. So excited to have another baby but nervous about the labour and having to raise four children but we'll be fine, won't we babe?" I turn to Brad, who nods his head as River's burying Brad's feet in the sand
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(Brad's P.O.V)
It's finally time for us to make our way home. It's almost 5pm and we are all so exhausted. River fell asleep on Lisa and the girls both fell asleep on Dreas' lap.
I'm now driving us home, with three children and one adult snoring. I put the radio on low so I have something to listen to since no one is conscious to have a conversation with me.
"Brad..." Jen startles me by calling my name
"What's the matter?" I look over to see a worried look on Jens face
"Either I've just peed myself... or my waters are starting to slowly leak"
"Oh shit, okay. Give me two seconds to pull over" I pull over to the side of the road and the kids have all decided to wake up at the same time. I quickly throw some toys in the back of the car for the kids to play with whilst I see to Jen
"Can you tell if it's pee or not? Does it smell like pee?"
"Geez, I don't know Brad... I'm not exactly in the position to bend over and smell my own crotch now am I?" She replies with slight sarcasm and attitude but I know she's just stressing about it all
"I'll do that for you" I go to lean over to her but she stops me
"Brad... what? No, that's gross" She pushes me back up in my seat
"Well this is the only way we're going to find out if you've peed yourself or if it's your waters"
"Yeah sure... let me just let my husband sniff his way down my crotch and potentially smell my piss"
"Come on, it's not a big deal. Plus, I've already smelt your pee before and I've probably had it all over me anyway... y'know, sometimes sex can get a bit-"
"Brad! Shut up, the kids are in the back"
"Oh relax, they won't know what I'm talking about"
"Ugh, fine, do it but make it quick"
I lean over Jen and she inches her butt closer to the edge of the seat. I take a quick smell and sit back up.
"Baby, that's not pee... it's your waters"
"Fuck, I'm only 37 weeks. I shouldn't be due for another three weeks. What if the baby's not big enough?" Before I could say anything, Ophelia leans forward in her car seat, looking between mine and Jens seats
"Daddy... why you by mommy's foofie?"
"I... I um- daddy was just seeing if the baby is coming" I look over at Jen and see that she's about to die from laughter
"Oh, okay daddy. You check see if baby coming out of my foofie" She tries to start pulling her pants down but I quickly stop her
"No. No baby, you don't have a baby in your belly"
"Ophelia, sit back in your car seat missy. Let's get you home Jen, I'll call Drea to say we are going to need her on standby and then I'll phone your OB"
Hey everyone!
How exciting! The baby is coming, yay! I can't wait to revel the name and the gender to you all... stay tuned for a very exciting next chapter. Would you like to put your name and gender predictions in the comments?
As usual, I really hope you enjoyed.
Love you all🕊