Zoe & Max had been together for nearly 3 years now. They had been living together for about a year.
Zoe rolled over and looked at Max fast asleep, she smiled and stoked his hair. He stirred and slowly opened his eyes.
"Morning beautiful" he smiled leaning in to kiss Zoe.
"Morning gorgeous" she replied, "Coffee?"
Max smiled and nodded like a happy child. Zoe got out of bed & went into the kitchen & made coffee. The smell hit her and made her nauseous. 'Thats weird' she thought but put it to the back of her mind and took the two cups back up to bed.
She got comfy cuddled next Max and yawned.
"You still feeling tired baby?"
"Yeah, it's probably nothing, could just be iron levels. I'll get Tess to do some tests for me."
They both got ready for work & set off. Zoe was no longer clinical lead and enjoyed doing what she did best which was being a great doctor. She loved being on the front line of emergency medicine.
On her break she spoke to Tess who did a finger prick test & her Iron levels came back normal.
"11.5" Tess said, "that's fine, we can check for an infection of some kind just in case." Tess handed her a small pot & Zoe went to the toilet. She came out with the pot wrapped in tissue to keep her dignity & went straight back to Tess.
"This shows how good our friendship is when you're looking at a pot of my own pee" Zoe joked. Tess pulled out a strip and dipped it. Everything came back normal, " a few leukocytes but nothing to worry about." Tess paused for a moment. "Zoe have you done a pregnancy test?"
"No, I'm on the pill anyway so I couldn't be, all I've been feeling is really tired, nothing else apart from the odd sicky feeling." Zoe's eyes shot open wide, "No!"
Tess did a test and it came back positive. Zoe sat there is a daze.
"How are you feeling?" Tess asked
"Just give me a minute" Zoe replied holding her finger up. "I need to talk to Max, I mean neither of us wanted kids, that's why we got the cats!" Zoe sat thinking what to do.
"Well can I have a feel of your stomach and see if I can tell you a rough time?"
"Okay" she replied still in her own world. Zoe laid back on the bed as Tess examined her.
"I'd say anything from 8-12 weeks"
"WHAT?!"