CHAPTER 7
AN: As a guest reviewer so 'kindly' pointed out I fucked up on how preeclampsia is diagnosed, but in all fairness this is my first story. I have fixed it slightly, so you can re-read chapter 6, but it's not a huge change. I do this for fun and I appreciate constructive criticism, but I have no intentions of becoming a writer. Sorry for the rant! I assume this person knows a lot about pregnancies and medical procedures. I am an interior designer not a doctor so excuse my errors. Now back to my story. I have time jumped.
Another time jump is coming in the next chapter too. And I have added a few pics to pinterest.
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I have a request for someone. I have drafted out a story line for a fanfiction I would like to write, but I have terrible grammar and don't want to butcher it. It's a medical drama with Ana and Christian starting as little kids and meeting again later in life. If someone is interested in taking my plot and making it their own PM me and I can send you my vision for it.
Sorry for the wait!
26 Weeks
My Husband is causing me anxiety and making me claustrophobic. At 25 Weeks I am on the verge of feeling like a whale. Christian has been trying to be the best father. He has started house hunting and constantly asking my opinion on what I like about each house. He is so picky each house isn't worthy for me to see them. He is waiting for the perfect place to drag me out of the house. I hope this happens soon!
We have been feeling the baby kick and move around in there. My back is so achy, Thank you baby for stretching out my uterus. I can't wait to meet her. I feel so young to be having a baby, but I guess it all happens for a reason.
We have started to determine a birthing plan. I have decided to try to have as normal a birth as I can. I want to try for an all-natural birth without the drugs; I'm a little freaked out about the possibility of the damage that can come with the epidural. I have only read a blurb online recently that talked about what happened for the weeks, months and years after giving birth while having an epidural and it sounds horrible. I know most people share their crazy horror stories more so than the normal happy stories, but I'm still nervous. I need to get off the internet…
"Hunny" Christian yells from the front entry way of Escala. "Where are you?"
Christian just got home from work. Today I stayed home since I was having a rough morning feeling dizzy and nauseous. "Babe, I'm in the library working"
He comes sauntering in, looking like a sexy Greek god. Man I love this man. We've had our differences, but I'm happy he has been working so hard with Dr. Flynn.
He comes up behind me and starts rubbing my shoulders "How long have you been working in here?"
I look up at him over my shoulder, "I only started about 2 hours ago. I wanted to look over a couple manuscripts and come up with a game plan."
My mind is so scattered right now. I have been thinking about changing careers or just taking a step back from the publishing world. I think it's just my hormones making me second guess everything, or maybe I've hit an impasse in my life. Everything is changing, especially once I have the baby, I may want to stay at home for a while. But maybe I'll get bored. So far I have backup plan A, B and C. Each one has something I want to try in life, some things a few years from now once my little one is older.
"Come downstairs, I have a couple properties I want to show you. If you like the pictures I think we should go take a look at them."
"Okay, let me just save my place and shut down for the day."
Christian stands behind me as I shut my computer down. He takes my hand and we walk downstairs together. When we get to the bottom he stops and rubs my belly, talking to little squirt. "Hey little missy, its daddy, sorry I didn't stop to talk as soon as I got home. I love you peanut. Your mommy and I are so excited for you to come. I'm going to spoil you rotten" I just smile down at him knowing he already has.
My back is starting to cramp again; as usual I walk down towards the couch and pull out the portable blood pressure machine to make sure it's in the range needed. We try to do it twice or three times a day and write it down for the doctor when we see her every week. He follows me to the couch and rubs his hand over my tummy.
"What do you want for dinner babe?" The machine beeps and it's verging on too high. He looks at me a bit concerned, but tries to hide it. He gets up from the couch and grabs his MacBook and a couple papers that were sitting by his computer.
"Let's have mac and cheese, I think I need some comfort food right now. I'll go start it once I write this number down."
Christian holds out his hand to stop me "Gail will make us dinner. You shouldn't be on your feet with your blood pressure that high and I want to show you these properties."
He opens up his laptop and hands me the corresponding paper to the house I'm seeing on the screen. It's a huge Victorian style home. Needs a lot of work interior, but it has so much potential. The pool in the backyard is huge, it needs to be worked on but the style is kinda beachy with lots of curved edges. Down by the water is a cabin and fire pit right on a beach area; it backs on to the sound. 8 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms and a separate 2 storey house with 4 bedrooms perfect for Gail, Taylor and little Sophie. The house is surrounded by a meadow and trees. It has a long drive way and lots of room to build a huge garage for my husband's toys. The best part is it's near Grace and Carrick's. Just 4 houses down.
The next house he shows me is a modern 6 bedroom in a suburban area. White picket fence neighbourhood, like something you'd see on desperate housewives or one of those tacky housewives shows. The back yard has a pool and is quite the large back yard. Completely surround by forest in the back, it's at the end of the cul-de-sac. It's cute, but doesn't have the extra place for Gail and Taylor and too modern for our tastes.
The third house is much like the first, but better upkeep. It's in a nice neighbourhood, not on the water which kinda turns me off it, but I do like the look of the house. It has a 7 car garage, 10 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, guesthouse, pool house, tree house and huge square pool with a waterslide.
"Hon, I think I wanna take a look at the first one and third one. I want to see the layout inside. You can't really tell how it looks inside by the pictures. I sure wish they had floor plans."
"I'll call Jay, our real estate agent, and let him know. Let's go see how dinners coming along."
I get up from the couch, grabbing to the edge of the couch due to a little dizziness. I try to not show it or he'll insist on taking me to the hospital.
After dinner we're cuddling in bed talking about our birth plan, thinking of names and just generally talking about our day. I Love day's like today that is just a simple day.
