Lucy's POV
After a long and painful nine hours of labor, Caitlin, the midwife informed me that I was ready to start pushing.
I looked over at Ian with worry in my eyes.
"Babe, it's okay. Squeeze my hand as tight as you can, okay?" Ian said soothingly.
I nodded and tightened my grip on Ian's hand as I started pushing.
I was screaming in pain as I was pushing the first baby out.
"The baby's crowning." The midwife informed me. "Lucy, three big pushes and the first baby will be here."
"I'm so proud of you, Lucy." Ian whispered to me as I pushed. "I love you so much."
"I love you too." I managed to say before I screamed again.
My grip on Ian's hand tightened again as I pushed a second time.
"Come on, Lucy, one more big push." Caitlin said to me.
"One more push, come on, babe." Ian encouraged me as he kissed my forehead.
I took a deep breath before I pushed one more time, screaming and squeezing Ian's hand again.
The cry of Ian's and my first born child filled the room.
"It's a boy." Caitlin's informed Ian and I as she held him up and showed him to us.
I smiled and cried tears of joy the second I laid my eyes on my newborn son.
"Ian, he's perfect." I said in awe as I stared at my first born child.
"Yes he is." Ian agreed as he placed a soft loving kiss on my lips.
"Ian, would you like to cut the umbilical cord?" Caitlin asked Ian.
Ian nodded and walked over to her.
"Will it hurt Lucy or the baby?" He asked her.
"No, it won't hurt either of them." Caitlin informed him.
I watched as Ian clamped and cut the umbilical cord. He stared at our son for a few seconds before wiping tears away from his eyes.
"Lucy, he's so beautiful." Ian said as he walked over to me. "I'm so proud of you."
He kissed me gently and took my hand again.
"You need to start pushing again, Lucy." Caitlin instructed me.
I nodded fast before gripping Ian's hand tighter as I started pushing.
Not long after, the cry of our second child filled the hospital room.
"It's a girl." The midwife said as she held our daughter up for Ian and I to see her.
"She's perfect." I said with adoration in my voice and tears in my eyes.
"Yeah she is." Ian said as more tears formed in his eyes.
Again, Caitlin offered Ian to cut the umbilical cord and he did before returning to the bed beside me.
"They're perfect, Lucy." Ian said in awe before he kissed me softly.
"Yeah they are." I whispered as we pulled away from our sweet kiss.
Caitlin and the nurse stood in front of Ian and I, they were holding our babies.
Our little girl was wrapped in a pink blanket and our son was in a blue one.
Caitlin handed our daughter to me as the nurse handed out son to Ian.
"Hi baby girl." I whispered to our daughter with tears in my eyes. "Mommy loves you so much."
"Hello little prince, I'm your daddy." Ian spoke soothingly to our son. "I love you very much."
I watched as Ian kissed our son's forehead and I did the same to our daughter.
"Ian?" I said quietly.
"Yes, honey?" He answered.
"Do you want to hold your daughter?" I offered him.
"I would love to." Ian replied with a big smile on his face.
I carefully handed our daughter to Ian as he handed our son to me.
As soon as Ian had our daughter in his arms he planted a gentle kiss on her forehead and I did the same to our son.
"Hello, little princess." Ian spoke quietly to our baby girl. "I'm your daddy and I love you so so much."
"It's so wonderful to meet you, baby boy," I whispered to our son. "I love you."
I kissed his forehead again and looked over at Ian. He was smiling down at our daughter with tears in his eyes.
"Do you have any name ideas yet?" Ian asked me as he looked up at me.
I nodded and smiled as I looked back down at the innocent baby boy in my arms.
"Dustin." I spoke quietly. "Dustin Matthew Harding."
I looked back over to Ian and he was still smiling.
"Dustin means brave fighter. Matthew means gift from God." I explained.
"Dustin Matthew Harding. I love it." He said. "But are you sure you want them to have my last name?"
"Of course I want them to have your last name." I reassured him. "I love you and you're their father."
"I love you too." Ian replied.
I looked at the beautiful baby girl in Ian's arms.
"Do you have any name ideas for her?"
"I really like the name Dahlia." Ian said as he looked at our daughter. "It means dweller in the valley."
"It's beautiful." I replied with a smile.
"I don't know about a middle name though." Ian added.
"How about Abigail?" I suggested. "It means father's joy."
"It's perfect." Ian agreed.
Ian smiled as he stood up with our son in his arms and placed a gentle kiss on my lips.
"Dustin Matthew Harding and Dahlia Abigail Harding." I repeated their names as I looked from our son to our daughter.
Ian tilted my chin so I was looking at him again.
"Thank you." I whispered.
"What for?" He asked me, he looked confused.
"For giving them to me." I replied as I looked back at our babies.
"Hey," Ian started with a quiet voice. "We both made them together, so thank you."
Ian kissed me once again and I kissed him back. This kiss was sweet and gentle, filled with love. It was heated or rushed.
Ian kept his eyes locked on mine as we slowly pulled away.
"I love you so much." He said quietly, almost in a whisper.
"I love you so much, too." I replied with a smile.
Ian gently pressed his lips against mine and we shared another sweet, loving kiss.
Once we pulled away again, we looked back at our beautiful babies who were starting to fall asleep.
I was filled with an overwhelming amount of happiness and love as I watched our beautiful, innocent babies, I couldn't help but cry more tears of joy.
This, by far, was the happiest day of my life.
The day I gave birth to Ian and I's twins. Our son and daughter. Dustin and Dahlia Harding.
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Here's the next chapter, I really hope you like it.
Again, I'm really sorry that it's taken so long. I'm really busy lately and I go to an anxiety support group and I go to therapy on Mondays.
Thank you to all of my patient readers who are still sticking with me and thank you to everyone who helped me choose names for the twins.
It's my birthday today so I most likely won't be able to add little parts on to my other stories but I'll get back to writing as soon as I can.
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Thank you, I love you.
- Chloe