So I started this a little late (it's currently week 13), so I'm trying to rush through to get to the current date.

Another Baby

Week 1

Winry groaned as she felt Edward laying a hand on the back of her neck. She had been enjoying a nice nap at her workshop desk and was content to stay there. But it seemed her husband had other plans.

"Winry?" Ed asked. "Are you okay right now? You seem a little...off."

"I'm not off," Winry responded. "Just tired." She stood from her desk and stretched, letting out a yawn as she did so. "I guess these orders are just taking a lot out of me right now." She had just returned from Rush Valley and was doing a few orders to take back over when she had the time.

Ever since Ethan and Anthony had been born, Edward had strictly been a house-husband, completely resigning from his desk job position with the military. He wanted more time to spend with his new family. Winry had taken to paying the bills with her workshop in Rush Valley and the business she got in Resembool. There were times when her and Edward thought about leaving for Central for more business, but they hadn't made a complete decision on that just yet. After all, people in the east still needed automail and repairs for their existing automail ever since the eastern rebellion.

"You should take a break for a while," Ed spoke. "I've got dinner on the table and two boys in high chairs that really want to see their mother."

"I'm not really that hungry," Winry responded. "I'm just feeling so exhausted right now. But I'll definitely make time to see my boys."

The two left the basement and headed toward the dining table where Winry spotted her boys in their high chairs, just as Edward said. She loved her automail, but she cherished being a mother.

"How are my two boogers?" Winry cooed when she reached them. They were always excited for dinner. Ethan had been making noises lately that Pinako said meant he would start talking very soon. And Anthony was already climbing all over the place.

"They're ready for mommy to help daddy feed them," Ed said as he brought over their dinner. It was just like the dinner he made for Winry and him, only softer and in much smaller portions. They had been eating solid foods for a little while now after cutting their first teeth.

"How does daddy manage to feed them when mommy's gone?" Winry asked as she sat a chair in front of Anthony and began to help him eat the dinner. The boys were beginning to feed themselves, so they found themselves not having to help as much anymore.

"Granny helps," Ed answered sheepishly. Hell, he still couldn't tell his own sons apart half the time. "But I try and do most of it on my own."

"You should," Winry spoke. "You're their dad and granny's already raised three kids that weren't her own. She needs a break."

"Yeah." Ed smiled as he helped Ethan to eat his food. After they had finished, Winry presented the two with their small cups of milk - in child-proof cups, of course - to which the two hastily began to drink them. Ed grimaced.

"I'm so glad they're not like you in that regard," Winry joked.

"That stuff is putrid."

Week 2

Winry found herself in the bathroom, vomiting, in the middle of the night. She was trying desperately to keep herself quiet. The last thing she needed was Ed making a fuss about her taking a break from automail again. She needed to go to Rush Valley soon and deliver the pieces she had promised, and that meant they needed to be done as soon as possible.

"Winry?" Ed asked as he found his wife in the bathroom. Now he was really worried. First Winry had been taking naps in the middle of the day in the basement and now she was vomiting in the middle of the night. "What's going on?" He knelt to her and helped clean her up.

"I can think of one thing," Winry groaned out. She turned to Edward and let out a sigh - which she regretted instantly because her breath reeked.

"What is it?" Ed asked.

"I might be pregnant," Winry answered. "I don't remember being this nauseous since I was pregnant with Ethan and Anthony and I haven't had my period in a little while, but I've been expecting it this week."

"I can go get a test first thing in the morning," Ed responded.

"Good idea," Winry replied.

Edward had gone out to the market while Winry stayed home with the boys. He was terrified. Yes, he wanted more kids. He told Winry so when she was pregnant with the twins. However, he wasn't sure he wanted them so soon. Ethan and Anthony were only a year old. He had wanted to wait a little longer, maybe when they were out of diapers they would give another kid a try.

But if Winry was pregnant, he would be happy all the same.

Of course, everyone knew everyone in the little town of Resembool, so when Edward was purchasing the pregnancy test, the cashier, who turned out to be Nelly, a friend of Ed and Winry's when they were kids, immediately responded.

"Another baby?" Nelly asked with excitement in her eyes. She had baby fever ever since Winry had announced she was pregnant with the boys, but she had yet to marry and was adamant about not having a baby until then. "You just can't give her a break, can you?"

"Yeah," Ed responded with a little laugh. He was still nervous about a possible pregnancy, but it was pretty funny. He and Winry had just finally figured out how to be together with kids needing them. It was actually pretty nice. "We'll see," he said.

Winry groaned as she sat at home with the boys. She was sitting on the sofa rubbing at her tender breasts while the boys were playing with their toys on the floor. They had a few toy trucks that they liked to play with, and Winry would never understand their fascination with the objects. She remembered Alphonse being the same way when he was a toddler.

She looked up when Edward walked through the door holding the brown paper bag that's contents would tell her whether or not she was carrying another human being.

Winry took the paper bag in her hands and headed toward the bathroom. When she noticed Edward following her, she stopped short.

"Um, did you want to watch?" Winry asked. "I thought you were watching the boys."

"Yeah, okay; you go take care of this," Ed said, staying where he was when Winry finished walking to the bathroom. He didn't know how the whole pregnancy test thing worked. When they found out about the boys, it was just Winry finding out from the doctor in Rush Valley.

Winry returned a few moments later and placed the test on the counter.

"Well?" Ed asked.

"It takes two minutes," Winry responded. She sat down on the sofa once more and continued to rub her breasts. "But I think it's gonna come up positive."

"What makes you think that?" Ed asked.

"My breasts are sore now," Winry answered. "And I was throwing up last night, so I don't see another explanation for those two things occurring at the same time."

And when two minutes had finally passed, the two headed toward the counter.

"Oh wow," Winry spoke. "This is...news."

"Yeah, this is gonna take me a day or two to process this time," Ed replied. "I mean, I'm happy. I just...I'm in shock."

"Me too," Winry responded. "Don't worry, I was like this last time, it just took a couple days before I got home."

"So I'm just the one who's different this time," Ed commented.

"Don't worry, Ed, you take your time," Winry replied. "I know I will."

"Holy shi-"

"Not in front of the boys!"

Week 3

"Another one, huh?" Granny asked the married couple. The three still lived together with Ed and Winry's growing family. Now they were seriously considering finding their own place. They didn't like to bother Pinako with their screaming children. She said she didn't mind, but Winry felt like she was imposing. "I'm so glad you two didn't realize your feelings for each other until you were adults."

"Well, yeah, we're having another baby," Winry responded. "And I was wondering if you would handle my pregnancy again."

"Are you sure?" Pinako asked. "I seem to remember someone thinking I was too old."

"Let it go." Ed frowned.

"I'm sure," Winry answered. "If you'd be my midwife, I would be very grateful. I know that if you were to take care of my pregnancy that I would be in good hands."

"Well, how about I take a look at that baby before we decide," Pinako suggested. "I'll pull out the old ultrasound machine in the patients' cottage and you can get ready to see your baby." She paused for a moment. "Or babies."

"Please don't make that joke," Ed requested.

Pinako headed toward the room she kept medical equipment in while Ed and Winry went to their room. There, Winry undressed and changed into a long skirt before they headed back to the patients' cottage, where Winry set herself up on the bed while Pinako had been wheeling in the machine.

After everything was set up, Pinako was quick to do the ultrasound to get more information about the pregnancy.

"Well, judging by the size, it seems that you're about three weeks along," Pinako explained. "I'd judge your due date to be around April. Do you know when you conceived?"

"July 28th," Winry answered. Her and Edward weren't as intimate as they used to be, so Winry could pretty much pinpoint the dates they were.

"Then your due date should be April 20th," Pinako responded. "I think you two will be very pleased to know that you're only having one baby."

"Thank God," Ed groaned out. He loved his boys, but he would really like to avoid another pair of twins.

"Thanks for this, granny," Winry thanked. "Knowing this, will you be my midwife?"

"Of course."