"Morning Janet" Rachael said as she appeared from behind the back door coming back inside looking as pale as ever.
"God you look awful Rach are you ok?" exclaimed Janet.
"Morning sickness I'll be ok in a bit" assured Rachael.
"Well don't rush yourself into work, take it easy" said Janet. Janet walked away to get her girls ready for school as soon she had left she walked back. "Rach where are the girls?"
"Ade took them in early on Taisie had some work to sort out or something like that" replied Rachael.
"Ok thanks" said Janet "oh Rach I'm driving today you are not setting foot behind the wheel in this state" stated Janet.
"Alright I'm not in the mood to argue against you today" said Rachael and she left quickly running upstairs. Janet could here Rachael throwing up in the toilet upstairs and Janet shook her head at the thought that she was going to let Rachael go to work.
Rachael walks into the office fifteen minutes later after Janet.
Gill squawked from her office "Rachael get your backside in her" Rachael heavily plodded towards Gill's office and suddenly turns round to Janet who was about to speak up.
"What does she want?" questioned Janet.
"I have no idea Janet" replied Rachael.
"Rachael in her now unless you want your P45" shouted Gill impatiently. Rachael walks into Gill's office and calmly closes the door behind you. "Sit down Rachael" insisted Gill.
"What's this about M'am I need to be getting on with my work I'm late as it is" said Rachael.
"Two things Rachael, firstly why were you late?"
"Morning sickness sorry" apologised Rachael.
"I know it can't be helped and secondly when's this baby due I need to know to book your time off" said Gill.
"Oh I'm not sure hang on let me look at the calendar" said Rachael. Rachael gets up and opens the door and looks at the calendar attached to the door and studies it carefully with intense concentration on her face. "Due on the 24th of October" replies Rachael to Gill with a slightly louder voice so that Gill could hear her answer.
"Ok thanks you can get back to work now" said Gill. Rachael sits down at her desk opposite Janet, Janet's stare unnerved Rachael.
"What" said Rachael.
"Oh Rachael you look really pale maybe you should go home and get some rest" replied Janet.
"Do I, I feel much better now thought" insisted Rachael.
"You look worse than before Rach honestly are you sure you're okay?" questioned Janet.
"I think so I might just go and get some fresh air tell Godzilla if she asked" said Rachael and she left the office promptly and goes outside for a breather.
5 weeks later
"Rachael we really need to get a move on" shouted Janet up the stairs.
"Okay I'm coming" replied Rachael as she ran down the stairs and chased after Janet down the path to the car.
"God you really can tell" exclaimed Janet
"Tell what" questioned Rachael.
"The bump" said Janet as her eyes met Rachael's.
"Oh yeah" said Rachael, then Rachael hops into the car.
"Good luck in this meeting with Godzilla" Rachael said.
"Going to need it Rach Gill's been on and on about it the past week and about how much it means to the whole department talk about putting pressure on me" said Janet.
"You'll be fine you only have to say a few things just to convince that we deserve higher credit and better funding I've heard your comments and they are great so don't worry" assured Rachael.
"Yea I suppose oh can you make sure that the report on our latest case is finished and up to date I've emailed it over to you so just normal checks and add anything when you're done send it over to Gill" said Janet.
"Sure Janet, good luck" said Rachael. Janet and Rachael part their ways and Janet heads to her meeting and Rachael heads to the office.
Rachael gets on the with the task in hand once finished she left the office and goes to the toilets.
Janet and Gill's meeting was nearly over and they were just wrapping it up when one of the chief commanders got called away and the meeting was adjourned until another day Janet and Gill leave the meeting. Rachael was in the toilets and she had stomach cramps and some minor bleeding she walked out of the cubicle and looked in the mirror at her pale pasty face which came out of focus as the room spinning and her head banged as the room became blurred and totally unfocused Rachael collapsed on the floor and was overcome and she fell unconscious.
Janet and Gill walked into the toilets deep in conversation until they stumbled across Rachael sprawled across the floor unconscious.
"Oh my god Rachael" screamed Janet and Janet fell to her knees beside Rachael shaking her vigorously trying to wake her up, "Rachael open your eyes" Shrieked Janet.
"Janet I'll phone an ambulance how many weeks is she?" questioned Gill.
"Urmm 18 weeks I think" replied Janet "oh come on Rachael don't do this to me" shouted Janet.
Gill on the phone to emergency services answered the endless questions and blurted commands to Janet. "Janet has she been bleeding, has she had any pain?" asked Gill.
"I really don't know Gill" replied Janet. Janet quickly got up and went into the cubicle noticing specks of blood around the toilet and on the walls Janet quickly comes back out and gently moves Rachael on to her side and into the recovery position propping up Rachael's legs on her lap.
"What are you doing Janet?" questioned Gill.
"She's bleeding Gill she's bleeding" replied Janet.
"Okay" said Gill and Gill passed on the information over the phone and put her phone on the side. "Ok the ambulance will be here shortly Janet they said to keep her in the recovery position until they get here" said Gill.
"I hope she's not losing the baby" said Janet.
"Me too" replied Gill.
Rachael began to come round and tries to move out of the recovery position.
"Janet uhh" moaned Rachael.
"Kid you need to stay still until the ambulance gets here ok" insisted Janet.
"I had cramp and I was bleeding" cried Rachael.
"I know you really need to calm down now love" Janet comforted Rachael by holding her hand and gently patting Rachael's shoulder.
"Hi there I'm Ollie I'm a paramedic what's her name" said the paramedic calmly as the knelt beside Rachael in order to treat her.
"It's Rachael she's eighteen weeks pregnant she's had some cramping and bleeding" said Janet.
"Ok Rachael honey do you still have the pain sweetheart?" questioned the young paramedic with a sense of urgency in his voice.
"It's easing now" replied Rachael.
"Okay I'm just going to take your pulse, blood pressure and oxygen saturations then I will get you into the ambulance with the help of my colleague penny."
"Okay" said Rachael. The paramedic did all the necessary checks on Rachael before getting her on to a trolley and taking her into the ambulance. "Janet I don't want to go on my own" cried Rachael.
"You can come with her Janet" exclaimed the paramedic.
"Okay I'm going to go with you Rach" said Janet looking at Gill and Gill nodded to agree to Janet's proposal.
"That's fine I'll be over soon once I have done the briefing Rachael stay calm I'll be with you as soon as I can" said Gill.
As the ambulance doors closed behind Janet and Rachael Gill rushed back inside to get the briefing over and done with so that she could get to the hospital to support her colleague.
"This briefing will be short and sweet can we all make sure that the work we left of yesterday is finished and use initiative in doing so please I will not be around to answer your petty questions, on a sadder note I am afraid Rachael collapsed shortly after my meeting was adjourned she has been rushed to hospital I don't know anything yet but what I do know is she is very ill so let's get to work I will be at the hospital if anyone needs me thank you" said Gill.
"M'am is it the baby?" asked Kevin.
"Most likely" replied Gill. Gill left almost immediately after answering Kevin's question and got into her car and headed off to the hospital.