Gladiolus flowers, also called "sword lilies," are the birth flower for the month of August! Because of their association with gladiators, the flower represents strength and moral integrity. They also mean faithfulness, remembrance, and mysteriousness.
One Week Later
April 4th; 2024
Taylor Swift's Point of View
The babies are supposedly the size of bananas and now I'm strangely craving a banana. Does that make me a cannibal? I don't know...anytime I look at or mention a food, the first thing I think of is just eating it. We decided to go forward with learning the sex of the babies. We aren't going to have some huge gender reveal party. We want it to just be us because it honestly feels more special that way. My bump though, is super noticeable. The only way I could hide it is if I was wearing an extremely oversized hoodie. I've started to rely on maternity clothes and I do need help putting them on sometimes with drives me up the fucking walls. It's mostly socks. Fucking. Socks. We also decided that if the ultrasound goes well, we will finally announce the pregnancy. I am a little excited to see everyone lose their shit. We have some videos and cute selfies from my camera roll I think that everyone would die over. I recorded the cats' reactions to me telling them I was pregnant I couple of weeks ago. None of them cared but Benji made the cutest face. I think I'm in over overwhelming part of the pregnancy where I document everything and think it's all adorable. What's not adorable is how long I've been waiting for my OB/GYN. Does this woman not realize my bladder doesn't last long?
The door opens and I see the doctor finally walk in. "Sorry about the wait!"
"Oh, it's fine." Little does she know I would stab her if I could...okay damn maybe these pregnancy hormones are getting to me.
"And I see we have Dad here as well." She gestures over to Joe who is sitting on a chair by the wall.
"Today we can find out the sexes?"
"As long as I get a good image, then you'll find out what you'll be having. If you could pull up your shirt that would be great and then I'm gonna put this gel on you."
I pull up my shirt and she squirts some of the gel on my stomach which is chillier than expected. Joe stands up and walks over to me. He grabs one of my hands and kisses it. He puts my hand back down but he continues to hold it.
"Okay, I'm going to start up the ultrasound." The doctor begins to start the machine and puts the transducer on my stomach. The waves of black and grey lines start to appear on the screen. This time, it looks much different. I could actually see what seemed to be the form of a baby and not a small peanut-looking dot.
"Joe, look at them. They've grown so much." It's common sense but I'm still so excited.
"Both have good sounding hearts. Both are good length, I'm liking the bone structure...no brain abnormalities. As of now, they seem to be developing well. You got two perfectly healthy babies on you. I'm guessing you wanna know the sexes?"
"Yes, yes." I cheer a bit. Joe simply nods, actually keeping his chill.
"Okay, so baby A is...a girl."
"A girl? Oh my god, a girl. That's amazing! We're gonna have another girl!" I exclaim in excitement looking at Joe.
"Hun, calm down. I'm excited too but take it down a notch." He smiles and we both turn back to the screen.
"Baby B is also a girl. You got yourself a pair of baby girls."
"They're both girls?" Joe asks doing a double check.
"Yep. I'm absolutely positive of it."
"That's amazing!" Joe finally joins in with my excitement and kisses me.
"The two of them are sharing one placenta. The fact both of them are girls is telling me there's a good chance they're identical but we won't know until we run a DNA test after they're born."
"Oh god, how are we going to tell them apart?" I start to freak out a bit. I can't control my hormones.
"Then we'll figure it out like we always do."
"We are gonna have three girls, that's a lot, Joe." My mind is losing its emotional stability.
"August, Benjamin, and I are going to be severely outnumbered."
I look back at the ultrasound with the two girls and grin. My two healthy daughters. I never thought I'd have the day when I could see my own baby like this. I thought I missed my shot.
"I'll leave you two alone." The doctor leaves up the video for us and we can hear the heartbeat, and look at our AMA after party sex from too many cocktails. Oh, how beautiful.
"I'm so happy we got drunk and had sex in a closet," I tell Joe looking at the ultrasound.
"Me too. I'm happy I forgot protection."
"Like we would have used it."
"Two wonderful kids because of way too many pints and old fashioned's." The two of us giggle a bit and listen to the heartbeats.
"I love you."
"I love you too"
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I lay on the couch as Joe massages my dead feet. I hate using them. The last couple of weeks they've started to get swollen and it's been making my life a bit more hellish let's say. I'm scrolling through my phone to see which photos and videos I should post tonight. I think I settled on them. I want to post a selfie of me with my positive pregnancy test where I was making a bit of a concerned face and a video of me asking my cats how they feel. Also this video from a couple of days ago. One of the babies was moving and I swear you could see it from the outside. It has Joe in it too. Lastly a selfie of all of us. I'm in the middle holding the sonogram picture, Joe is on my left, cursed with holding Meredith and Olivia, and Ivy is to my right, with August and Benjamin. I'm just as impressed we managed to get this photo by the way.
I put all the photos and videos together and add a caption.
I've been waiting SO LONG to tell you guys this! The Swift-Alwyn family is growing their collection once again! We're going from 7 to 9 which is insane. (Hehe it's twins) I decided to finally share it with you! Also, a rare Ivy photo for you 😉 Also thought I'd include my grandson. (I'm gonna make him into a swiftie guys don't worry) Lots of love from a future mom of two more babies!
I press post and eventually, the post goes live on all my platforms. Millions of people begin to like and comment. Some of the responses are absolutely hilarious. Most are completely loving and supportive and it's so exciting.
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD I'M SOBBING MY BABIES ARE HAVING BABIES 😭
I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU BUT WHERE IS TS 10 GIRLIE?
I CAN'T HANDLE THIS. IF I DIE, YOU'LL KNOW WHY!
All the comments are making me almost cry. They're so cute and oh my god hormones. I start to cry because everyone is being way too sweet and everyone is adorable.
"Taylor, are you okay?" Joe looks up at me concerned.
"I posted that I'm pregnant and everyone is saying such nice things. My fans are so excited and it's making me a little emotional." I weep and wipe tears away in the process.
"Why are you crying over that?"
"I HAVE STARTED CRYING OVER A LOT OF STUPID SHIT RECENTLY. Olivia clawed me and I broke down in a sob."
"I know. I was there. I had to convince you that the cats weren't planning to turn on you." He sighs and grabs my hand.
"I'm sorry that you'll be putting up with this for 16 more weeks." I finally wipe the last of my tears away as I finish crying.
"It's okay, love. It's probably a lot harder for you than it is for me. Can I get you anything?"
"Butter pecan ice cream." I hate butter pecan ice cream but being pregnant has made me love it. It pisses me off eating it, knowing that it tastes gross. Joe gets up and walks over to the kitchen, getting me a bowl of ice cream. He walks back a moment later and hands it to me.
"Are you excited for when you can finally throw that stuff out?"
"Yes. I really am."
"Your hatred for butter pecan ice cream seems real personal." He comments looking at me with a spoonful of ice cream.
"Why would you put pecans in perfectly good ice cream!? It doesn't make sense! God this is stupid."
Joe chuckles and moves up next to me. I adjust myself so I'm leaning against him and he puts his hand over my stomach. I guess a form of intimacy. "Have you been thinking of what to name them?"
"I haven't really thought of the names completely but I was thinking of maybe a theme?"
"Like what?"
"Well, we have Ivy and that's a plant obviously so I was thinking we could name the babies after plants too. Like flowers or something."
"So we're stepping away from the film industry?"
"Screw you."
"I'm joking, I'm joking. I like the idea though. What if we name them after someone? Like your grandmother."
"Hm...maybe. Hey, look at us! Not fighting." I realize neither of us has snapped or tried to kill one another.
"Aye, I'm so proud of us." The two of us smile and he gives me a light peck on the cheek.
"Do you think it'll all be fixed before they come? I don't want them to be unhappy or have parents who hate one another."
"I don't know. We're trying our best though aren't we?"
"Yeah, I guess...I love you, Joe." I feel like I haven't said it in forever. It's something I know I feel but I never say it anymore.
"I love you too, Taylor." He pulls me in and kisses the top of my head.
"Do you ever think of our track record of having sex at award show after parties?"
"It has become a habit."
"Name the best time on 3. 3, 2, 1."
"2021 Grammy's the two of us say simultaneously."
"Hell yeah." I laugh and we high-five. Out of nowhere one of the twins kicks strongly.
"God, does this baby think she's a world champion soccer player?! I know I'm only 20 weeks pregnant so you probably can't feel this but seriously." I take Joe's hand and place it on the bottom left of my stomach. After a moment of waiting, I see a face of shock come across his face.
"Did you feel it?" I ask him.
"I did! Make her do it again." He begins to get excited but also loses logic.
"I can't make her do it again!" She kicks a couple more times and I see Joe's eyes light up.
"Ivy! Come here!" Joe yells. Ivy shortly comes over and sees the situation.
"What is happening?" She looks completely lost.
"One of the babies is kicking," I explain to her.
"OOOH. I WANNA SEE. Move, move!" Ivy runs over and shoves Joe's hand out of the way.
"Oh my god! That's so amazing! It's going to be so funny to try and see you guys raise them." We both give her a confused/offended look and she slowly backs off. The two of us giggle and kiss as Ivy sits a few feet away. These were the family moments I dreamed of. When I thought of our happy family, I dreamed of things like this. Not all the fights and screaming. At this moment right now, I wish I could be in it forever because then I would never need anything ever again.
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Author's Note
When you're writing a book about drug addiction and your doctor prescribes you an addictive medication 💀
Taylor is a girl mom UwU