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"Have youany pills this ht red, like I’ I hate it when that happens "I never forget I’ve always beenit"

"Have you taken any other medication lately?"

"Yes she has," Jake answers He re my nails "Tru was sick while ere on holiday She had food poisoning, and the doctor prescribed her some medication"

"Did he advise if there would be any interference with contraception fro the ain before I get the chance to "Tru was too sick to be asking or answering any questions at that ti I even considered asking the doctor The fault lies withto me in that last sentence

"There’s no fault," I whisper to hi our baby"

He smiles One of those special, reserved-for-, interrupting our moment "The medication you took, combined with the sickness, possibly will havedoctor should have advised of this"

"Will nant have har forward inthe direction of this conversation

Between the two of us, Jake and I don’t seeive our baby the best start in life

She senuine "It’s a co women, so no, I don’t think there will be any side effects froive you both total peace of mind, I’ll do a scan now and take a look at your baby toto see ht now? My heart practically pole vaults out of htens around mine either

I risk a look at him, but his face is impassive A mask The one he wears when he doesn’t want people-- andaround her desk, past us, Dr Glamazon asks, "When was the last day of your last period, Tru?"

I castin my seat, I say, "The third of October, I think"

"Okay, can you undress your lower half and hop up on the bed?" She points to the sterile-looking bed at the far side of the roo toward "You can cover yourself up with this" She places a drape on the bed

With nerves fluttering inJake in his seat Dr Gla me privacy

It’s not until I’m actually on the bed that I wonder why the hell I need oing to do an internal exa to do an internal in front of Jake I know he’s seen everything I have to offer, but I really don’t want him here while the doctor pokes around my lady bits I wonder if I could ask hi him

"All ready?" Dr Glamazon asks from behind the curtain

"Yes," I reply,back the curtain a little she walks in, followed by Jake

He looks uncoo to my lower half, which is covered by the drape, and a sexy smile flirts across his lips

Only Jake would see the sexy side of this current situation He’s such a perv But I like that no et hi up at hirins, lips pressed together He flickers a glance to Dr Gla froht now He traces his finger along my jaw

I roll my eyes at hilance to the doctor and he mouths back, expression firm and serious, Yes, you do You always do

Okay That’s me told

I smile softly at him, and then Dr Glains, while fiddling with a monitor she’s pulled over besideto do a transvaginal ultrasound"

"A what?"

"A transvaginal ultrasound I’ll place this inside you" She lifts up what can only be described as so that looks exactly like a handheld blender "It will show us your baby It’s the saoing to put that inside of s seize up for a few held breaths

"Don’t worry, it’s perfectly safe and pain-free"

I look at Jake, worried He smiles and smooths my hair back from my forehead, but I can see in his eyes that even he’s a bit freaked

"You’ll be fine," he says "Having this done et to see our baby"

Yeah, well, that’s easy for hie handheld blender stuck up his vagina Of course I want to see our baby and know it’s okay, but holy fuck, that thing looks painful

"I would norram for the first scan," Dr Glamazon explains, "but they’re done at twelve weeks As you’re so early into your pregnancy, the baby won’t show on a sonogra to be able to see the baby to check that all is okay"

Guess I don’t have a choice, then

She retrieves a pair of surgical gloves from a box and puts theoing to see your baby on this screen here" She nods in the direction of the monitor besideto seereal now

"If you could just bend your knees up forher hand againstinside ofJake’s hand

Oh, okay, actually it’s not as bad as I thought it would be