40th Week

Yi Seo was humming while she is editing her video for her youtube blog, she has been happy and glad since meeting her father, that was a great week! They catch up together and it has been three consecutive weeks since her father is coming to their place for the weekend. She even convinces him to stay overnight so he will not drive far going back to his place one night.  She can feel that her father and mother are still attracted to each other, although her mother is always putting makeup every time she will work or they will have visitors, during the time her father will visit she will prepare herself with extra effort. One time she saw her mom smiling and giggling on her smartphone, she thought her mother was just watching comedy series when she glances at her phone it was a series of text messages, and she even saw different kinds of icons and gifs that she is using. She smiles at the thought that if just in case her father and mother will rekindle their relationship she will support them a hundred percent.


While she was busy editing, she felt her stomach pains. She takes a deep breath and talks to the babies, "why are you both coming out now?" as if hearing her, her tummy feel a sudden turn. She called Ajumma, but she remembers that she sends her to the market buys some items for dinner later, while her mom had an emergency meeting in her company. They just went to the doctor yesterday and they said that she will be due after 1-2 weeks, but Dr. Kim said if the babies decided to come out they don't have a choice.


She calms herself down by taking a deep breath, but she can feel that she can't move anymore. Her phone rings and thanks to God it is her husband. She answers it immediately biting her lower lips.


"Hi! My love! How are you? I have a surprise for you! I'm off early today, and I'm in the grocery, at the corner of our street would you like something?"


"O-Oppa! H-help!" she said in a painful voice. Saeroyi whole body becomes tense after hearing his wife's voice. He chooses to calm himself too, he learned it in their maternity class.


"Yi Seo, is your tummy right now is contracting?" he asked, while he apologizes to the crew to return the small items he takes. He runs to his car and starts the short drive towards his house.


"A while ago it did, I-I think our babies are too excited to meet us," she jokes and felt another contraction, suddenly she felt her water breaks wet liquid pour down her legs. She grips the table accidentally knocking the keyboard, she didn't know that she open the live streaming of her channel because she was closing her eyes in pain, and the volume of her computer is low.


"Oppa! I think my water broke!" she exclaims, Saeroyi has never been fast in his life, he called 991 and their ob-gyn. In two minutes he was running through their door, he kept on talking to her. They are oblivious of their youtube channel is open in the desktop because Yi Seo always turns off the notification of her blog on her phone. The view is becoming millions of views, even though Yi Seo is out in the screen frame they can hear their conversation.


"Yi Seo how are you feeling?" he asked his wife as soon as he arrived in the study room, removes his coat, and put his phone on the loudspeaker mode while he was talking to their doctor. "What are we going to do doctor?" he asked. "I'm here now with my wife." Kneeling beside her wife, she was sitting on the office chair with wheels.


"Count how many minutes is the interval of the contraction, if it's two minutes apart it means that she is ready to deliver.... But wait, Yi Seo can you hear me?" the doctor asked.


"Yes doc, I can hear you loud and clear." She said, she still bearing the pain of her lower part of the body.


"I know you are a smart and strong woman, but can you please do that for me count the interval of your contraction? because I have another task to your husband," the doctor encourages her.


"Yes doc, I will do that," she said bravely now that she will become a mother of twins soon.


"Mr. Park, is there a sofa in the room that you are staying in? If there is none, I wanted you to get a clean comforter, blankets, towel, string, hot water and rubbing alcohol or hand sanitizer just to get ready because if her water is broken already it will come soon, you called the ambulance but we never knew what time they will arrive and we must prepare." The doctor instructed.


Saeroyi runs their closet area upstairs and gathers all the things that the doctor said, he plans to put his wife to the reclining chair in the room, it will be easier for her. He runs back and carrying all the stuff and dumps it on the sofa, and he quickly runs to the kitchen and boils some water in the electric kettle and when he came back, Yi Seo is already sweating and crying in pain.


"Doctor I'm back," Saeroyi informed the doctor on the phone, "I got all that we need"


"Mr. Park I need you to hurry up because I think she is going to give birth now, I need to see her cervix and how many centimeters wide it is. Lay her down on the most comfortable make-shift bed that you can make"


He quickens his action as he put a thick blanket to the reclining chair, he moves her chair near it and slowly transfers her to the make shift-bed.


"Mr. Park please open your video,  I wanted to see your wife" he doctor instructed, he opens the video and the doctor asks him to position her legs, good thing there is an armrest in the chair so that Yi Seo can hold on to it. Before he removes her underwear he disinfects his hands first with hand sanitizer and showed the doctor what she wanted to see.


"It's time, Mr. Park you will be the one who will help your wife to bring out your babies into this world, I will be here guiding you until the ambulance comes, understood?" the doctor said.


"Yes doctor," bracing himself, he willing to do this for the sake of his family, how many times he cheated death, this situation is noting from what he experienced. He placed his smartphone on the desk leaning it on the desk clock so that the doctor can see them.


"Yi Seo, just follow my voice understood?" the doctor reminded her, "we have two babies on the way, so be strong"


"Yes, I'm ready for what all it takes." Yi Seo said in determination. The viewers that were listening on the live stream are also excited, their comments are flooding. Hyeon Yi and Seung Kwon are having a meeting in the office when his secretary runs in the meeting room and announced that madam Yi Seo is on labor and ready to give birth. Hyeon Yi asks how did he know and he showed his phone about the live stream and they can hear Yi Seo pushing all her best while their boss's voice soothed her.


"My gosh, they didn't even know they are on live stream!" Seung Kwon said, he takes the hand of his girlfriend and said, "let's go we have to be there for them!"


"Push!" the doctor in said, and Yi Seo gave a scream and push hard, her knuckles are turning white in gripping the armrest, while her husband eyes went wide and said, "My love it's coming! Doctor, I can see the head!" he exclaimed.


"Support the head, Mr. Park, there that's good,"  the slimy baby just naturally falls into his hands and cry her lungs out. Saeroyi can't help himself but cry together with her tiny daughter, he can believe this tiny creature is in his hands.


"Our girl is very healthy!" he wails, he said in blur tears while Yi Seo is the same.


"Excellent, Omma! You're a mother now! Appa, get the clean string and tie it to the umbilical cord and wrap her in a blanket," he did what was instructed as if he was doing this long time back when he is about to put down her daughter the paramedics came.


"Annyohasesso, we are here now. What is the situation please?" the leader said he was carrying his first aid kit and saw the umbilical cord still not yet cut, he gave medical scissors to Saeroyi to cut it when he is done he held her in his arms and goes beside his wife.


"There is still one more baby to come!" the doctor reminded them, the medical team already get in their position as Yi Seo pushed, the baby came out from her and cries loudly, and the team cheers. Saeroyi was given a chance to cut his son's cord and was wrapped in a blanket and give the baby to its mother.


"Good job, Yi Seo! Thank you, my love!" the new parent's tears of happiness can't stop from falling, even the team eyes was blurry too, there is nothing more joyful than bringing new life into this world. There are oblivious of millions of people cheers at them behind their electronic gadgets where ever they are, even the father of Yi Seo was crying, he was watching it together with his costumer in the coffee shop, while Seung Kwon and Hyeon Yi came running to their house,  and saw their state Seung Kwon was rooted on the ground while Hyeon Yi comes to her senses and turn off the live stream.


"Bring them here in the hospital, we need to make sure that the babies are alright" Doctor Kim said on the phone.


Saeroyi and Yi Seo are in a glorious mess! His suite is a ruin with blood while his wife is drenched with sweat, both of them exert too much effort, but this is the best day of their life!


Epilogue


Seo Ro and Seo Ri were patiently waiting for their father to give them their tray of food for breakfast, the adorable 26 months twins are wearing their favorite shirt that their mom made for them. They were seated in the high chair in the dining table, having a small conversation with each other. It's weekend and it's his turn to take care of the kids if he is off from work. His wife decided to become a full-time mother to their children until they will enroll in preschool, Yi Seo's mother instinct kick in her, she wanted to be with her children on each of development milestones in their early years. She doesn't want to miss their first step, first tooth, first words, etc. She didn't forget to record everything and share it with her channel.


Their family becomes popular after the twins birth, they are well known in each house-hold both local and global, they are the national treasure of South Korea, they were treated like royal family everywhere they go. Saeroyi doesn't mind all the attention, he was just happy that his life is being fulfilled.


"Good morning, my babies!" Yi Seo exclaimed, she emerges from their bedroom, she already washes her face, brushes her teeth, and comb her hair. She kisses each of them on their lips inhaling their baby scent,


"How about daddy? Where is my kiss?" Saeroyi pouted, placing two trays on the table. Yi Seo smiles and approached her husband and give him a quick kiss on the lips, but her husband wanted more so he said animatedly said to the twins "Woah! look at the birds outside the windows!" the small heads turn to look outside making an opportunity to kiss his wife deeply. Yi Seo giggles and pinch him breaking their kiss while the twins asked, "where? Where?" they chorus.


"Oh sorry, both of you miss it, it just flies away" Saeroyi lied, wink at his wife. "Mommy, can you bring our tray of food it's in the kitchen so that we can eat together." Yi Seo gets their food and Saeroyi places the twin's food in front of them. The adults position themselves besides their kids and together they start their breakfast thanking God for the food.


The End






That's all folks! Thank you all very much for giving so much love in this book! The final chapter of Saeroyi and Yi Seo has ended and they live happily ever after!


Next up SeoDami story will unveil this evening! See You all!

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