I am SOOOOO sorry this is so late. Without going into too much detail, spring has been kicking my ass.

Also for this chapter, I know that historically in the 1920s they did not have ultrasound machines. For the sake of simplicity and the story, I included ultrasound stuff. I am not sure if there were prenatal vitamins at that time but same thing.

I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist

Mustang's point of View

I sat with Eden inside the waiting room as we were waiting to be brought to a room. She said she was fine with me going in the room with her. The nervousness was making me uneasy. While there were not many other people there waiting, I could sense their looks. I know for a fact Ed knew they were looking at us. By the way, she had her shoulders slightly hunched; she was uncomfortable. We were sitting directly next to a trash bin just in case she threw up while we were waiting. I pulled out my pocket watch to check the time. We ended up arriving ten minutes early. I looked around for something to pass the time with. A short distance away was a table with a bunch of magazines. I went over, grabbed a random one, and returned to my seat. I just started to look for an interesting article when I felt Eden's eyes on me. I looked over at her to see her giving me an odd look. I raised an eyebrow and shrugged.

Returning to the magazine, I flipped to one about the importance of prenatal vitamins. Ed leaned closer to me and began reading over my shoulder. Either she finished before me or got bored because she stopped leaning towards me and relaxed in her chair after some time. Once I finished the article, I turned to her.

"Have you been taking these?" I asked gesturing to the magazine.

"Magazines or the vitamins?"

"Vitamins."

"Of course I have." She responded as though I was an idiot.

"I was just asking. You have a history of neglecting your health."

She looked down at her lap.

"Yeah well, it isn't my health that I am trying to take care of."

Right.

"Eden Elric?" a woman's voice called.

We both turned in the direction of the nurse and stood. I returned the magazine and followed the two females to where Ed's vitals were taken. We were then brought to an exam room where Ed was handed a gown. The nurse gave me a lingering look before she left. I think she meant for me to go with her. Really there was no need. There was a restroom attached to the room that Ed went into to change. When she came out, she had her clothes in her automail arm and was using the other to hold the back of the gown closed. When she walked past me, I could see that the bag had ties, but she had not tied them.

"Do they not like it when you do the ties?" I asked.

She blushed.

"I can't get to them since they are in the back. My automail doesn't go that way well."

"If you can't reach the back then how do you manage to get your bras on?"

She blushed harder.

"They all clip in the front."

Made sense.

"Do you want me to tie the gown?"

Looking away from me, she nodded. I moved behind her and tied it so she didn't have to hold her paper gown.

Stepping away, I looked at her. To say the gown was big would be an understatement. She was being swallowed by the paper gown. A smirk tugged at my lips. She glared knowing where my mind was heading and growled.

"Mustang—"

"I won't say a word. Now, do you need help getting on the table in that?"

"Who are you calling-!"

There was a sudden knock on the door. Eden glared at me one last time before hopping up on the examination table with less difficulty that I had thought. She beckoned the person knocking to enter and the nurse walked back in with some supplies.

"I need to take a blood sample." She said.

Ed nodded while I felt needles hit my heart. A blood sample? Why?

Ed simply followed the nurses instructions with a pale face. She turned away as the needle came closer to her arm. Her right hand formed a fist.

"Remember to breathe." The nurse said.

Ed had been holding her breath. I hesitantly rubbed her back trying to get her to calm down. Her eyes met mine and I tried to look comforting. Without her even being aware, the blood was taken and the needle removed. The nurse told her to apply pressure to the puncture site with the gauze to Eden's surprise.

"You are getting better. I remember your first appointment we had to restrain you to get the sample."

I snickered and Ed hit me upside the head. I swore and rubbed the spot.

"The doctor will be right with you."

The nurse said as she left."

Once again we were left alone. This time was much shorter and before we could even start a conversation, the doctor knocked and entered the room.

"Oh, I see you brought someone knew. Hi, I am Dr. Trina." She introduced herself.

I shook her hand.

"Roy Mustang."

"A military man I see. I take it that is how you know Eden?"

"Yes, it is."

"Well, it is nice to see someone here with Eden. Usually she doesn't like to bring people. Only when something happens does she let other people in the room. So, that brings us to why you are here today." She directed her attention to Ed. "What is the issue?"

"My morning sickness keeps getting worse. It is getting hard to function."

"I see. Have you still been working?"

"She has, and I am responsible for that. From this day forward she will no longer be reporting in until able." I answered.

"That is good. I don't care about the details but see to it that she doesn't overwork herself. A little bit of work is fine, but nothing too strenuous."

"Understood."

"Okay, for the prolonged morning sickness there are a few possible reasons that it is not getting better. I had the nurse take a blood sample to check your estrogen levels. If they are on the higher end, this would explain the worsening morning sickness. Other than that, there are a few other possible reasons. Ultimately it could boil down to the fact that every pregnancy is different. Some women experience morning sickness throughout their entire pregnancy. I can give you recommendations to help reduce it, but other than that there may not be much we can do about it." The doctor explained.

"What could cause her estrogen levels to be raised?" I asked.

"Well, she is pregnant so her body is producing more estrogen. However, when women are having more than one baby their estrogen levels are higher than those only having one. So far on the ultrasounds I have not spotted a second fetus. I will look again today specifically to try and spot a second fetus, but it can be hard to see the second child in cases of twins."

Twins… As in more than one.

I think both Ed and I were thinking the same thing since we both slouched down and buried our heads in one hand. Dr. Trina looked at the both of us.

"Before we move onto the ultrasound though we should talk about the father."

I looked at her.

"That would be me." I admitted.

"I was starting to figure that. I need to know your family medical history. Eden already explained everything so there is no need to delve into that."

I began to go into my medical history as well as what I knew about my family's. She wrote everything down and once I was finished read over it all.

"Do you know if there have been any identical twins in your family?" she asked.

"I don't."

"Alright. That is fine."

From there on she asked Eden questions about how she was feeling and what was going on since her last appointment.

Eden's Point of View

After going over the past few weeks, it was time for the ultrasound. I lied back on the table and she pulled my gown up. She started the machine, rubbed the jelly on my stomach, and began to press the wand to my stomach. She moved it around for a bit before finding the right angle that she wanted. Next to me I felt a sudden change with Mustang. I looked at him and found him looking at the screen with wide eyes. I had sort of forgotten that he hadn't seen an image of the baby yet. While it always mystified me, I had sort of gotten used to it. He was new to this.

"The baby's legs are wide open. I can tell you the gender if you would like." Dr. Trina said.

My eyes snapped to her.

Know the gender…

"I… I…" My breathing started to pick up. Immediately, Mustang's attention was on me. He started ordering me to take deep breaths. His commanding voice helped and as soon as it has picked up, my breathing was back to normal.

"I don't know if I want to know just yet." I managed to get out.

"If you would like, I don't have to tell you know. I can let you know later on. Or, if you would like, I can write it down and put it in an envelope. When you feel you are ready you can open it."

I nodded and turned to Mustang.

"With the envelope thing you can open it if you want. Just don't give it away to anyone until I am ready."

He nodded.

Dr. Trina said she would write it down after the examination. She moved the wand around for a while. Periodically she took pictures and enlarged the image. She looked around to try and see if she could find a second fetus but could not say definitively If she succeeded. She indicated to a blob that seemed a bit out of place.

"There is a chance that this belongs to baby number two. It does not appear to be attached to baby number one. If it is though, it will be an… uh… extra body part."

My heart froze. Extra. Body part.

"I never thought I would hope for twins," Mustang said.

I couldn't help but agree.