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Warning Chapter 8 contains smut, please do not read, skip to chapter 9, if you may be offended by this.

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Dead Bodies and New Life Chapter 7 – Dr Freyer

Sara had spent the rest of the night sleeping and reading, Hank had stayed with her until he got up and trotted off down stairs, as she rose from the bed, to head to the bathroom to take her morning shower. The warm water, mixed with her vanilla scented shampoo awakened her senses, and made her a lot more alert to the world. All the sitting and lying around had starting to get to her. Now she had more energy, than she had yesterday, and she had no intention of doing the same all day today. On that thought she headed back to the bedroom and went to the closet to retrieve her cloths for the day, a pair of black low slung jeans, that she knew Gil liked, a white tank top, and her favorite light green silk blouse left unbuttoned. A pair of green Crocs and a fine leather choker with a crystal entwined on it, finished of the ensemble.

During the morning she had fed and walked Hank down to the local park and sat for a while just watching him run about, sniff bushes and approach the occasional other smaller dogs that were there. The mail was collected on their way back in the house, nothing interesting looking, mostly stuff for Gil, but 2 magazines for herself, all left on the hall table. Then she spent some time in the kitchen preparing something for herself to eat, and plated up leftover vegetable Lasagna, for Gil to have when he got home, no doubt she thought, he wouldn't have eaten much while he was at work. Then she made her way back upstairs, stripped and remade the bed, tidied the room, cleaned the bathroom and collected the dirty cloths from the hamper, to put in the washing machine.

Whilst she was settled at the computer desk on-line shopping, looking for some books to order for her and Gil to read, about pregnancy, child rearing and baby naming, there was a knock at the door. Sara glanced at the time on her computer which read 12.45, as she got up to answer the door. Thinking who could it be, and a bit surprised at Hank not barking, she opened the door to a delivery girl holding a clipboard, and a fancy plastic wrapped plant that she could make it out to be.

"Sara Sidle" the girl asked. Sara nodded "please sign here" as she handed over the clipboard for her to sign.

"thanks" Sara said, as she handed the clipboard back, accepted the plant and closed the door.

Walking through to the kitchen, she located and opened the enclosed card, and placed the plant on the worktop. The card read.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of

another person is essential to your own

Robert Heinlein

Love Gil

x

A lump formed in her throat as tears sprang to her eyes at Gil' thoughtfulness, and the sentiment on the card. Her sentiments regarding him, were the same as his, in her own mind. She pulled back gently, some of the wrapping on the plant, above a big purple bow, to reveal a beautiful purple and white variegated orchid, her favorite species of plants. Lost in her thoughts of Gil, she heard the front door open and the unmistakable noise of the the man in her thoughts, dropping his keys on the hall table.

"Sara honey" Gil called out as he walked down the hall toward the kitchen.

"Gil, in the kitchen" called to him,

Gil walked up to her, kissed her slowly on the lips and enfolded her in warm comforting hug, he pulled back slightly to look at her glossy eyes "i see you got the plant that i sent" he smiled widely.

"the plant is beautiful Gil, thank you" she emphasized with another kiss "but it was the quote on the card, that nearly set me off crying"

He squeezed her and pecked her lips, before resting his forehead on hers "i missed you, and was thinking about you" he sighed " i just wanted you to know, that i really love you, and want you to be happy, because you being happy, makes me happy" he kissed her for longer until the kiss began to deepen.

Sara pulled back slowly "yeah, and it was kissing me like that, that got us into this situation" she chuckled, as she patted her tummy "come on lover-boy, don't start something, that we don't have time to finish, you need to eat, shower and change before we go to the appointment in one hour"

Gil hugged her a little tighter and whispered in her ear "i could use my back scrubbing, wanna volunteer" and kissed her neck at her pulse point.

She pulled away reluctantly from him, to retrieve his food to place in the microwave, when she looked at him again, he was pouting a little, as if someone had taken his favorite toy off him, he looked adorable and she nearly fell for it. "come, sit down and eat your food, then go get a shower, we will have time for that later, we don't want to be late for our first appointment, do we" he chuckled "no, I suppose not" and started to eat his food.

An hour later they were sitting nervously, in Dr Freyer's waiting room, waiting to be called in. A kind looking nurse came into the room, "Sara Sidle" Sara motioned to the nurse "my name is Rachel, could you follow me please, Dr Freyer will see you now, oh and your husband can come to" she said.

Gil was just about to correct the nurses assumption that they were married, but looked to Sara, who didn't seem bothered about the nurses slip, so he thought better of it, but it did make him think, and not for the first time, about asking Sara to become his wife. Marriage was a subject that had only been discussed at work, surrounding one of the case they had. He wasn't sure about Sara's views on the subject, he knew she wasn't totally in favor of it, especially due to her own parents failed marriage. This was a subject that would need some investigation on his part, if he wanted to propose to her with the ring he had hidden, and for it to be what she wanted and for it to be perfect to them both.

Rachel led them in to the doctors room, and asked them to take a seat, telling them Dr Freyer would be right in to see them. Gil looked at Sara who looked quite nervous, so he reached for her hand and entwined their fingers, squeezing hers softly in support. "it's okay Sara, I am here with you, there is nothing to worry about"

The door opened and a petite, blond haired woman entered "hello, you must be Sara and Gil, I am Dr Fiona Freyer, you may call me Fiona, Al spoke to me on the phone, he told me a lot about you both"she said extending her hand fist to Sara and then to Gil.

"all good I hope" Sara replied, Gill nodded his agreement.

"yes, he spoke very highly of you both" she said, as she opened the file in front of her. "Sara, Al brought me up to speed with your pregnancy results, and how you have been health wise, but i will need to examine you today, and run a few tests, is that okay"

Sara looked at Gil a bit worriedly "yes that is okay, but what sort of tests do you need t...t...to run" she finished on a bit of a stutter, her nerves showing. Gil softly squeezed her hand again.

Fiona could see that Sara was particularly nervous, so tried to ease her nervousness "i would like to do an ultrasound to establish how far pregnant you are, then i need to take some blood to check for anemia, i will also need a urine sample to check for sugar and protein, really just standard prenatal checks for now okay"

"yes, that should be fine" Sara said looking more confident now.

"could you go lie on the couch, and get comfortable, if you undo your jeans button and pull your top up slightly, i will have a technician bring in the ultrasound equipment so we can proceed" she smiled at Sara then picked her phone, and spoke to someone to bring the things required.

Gil rose with Sara and helped her get comfortable then stood to the side and held her hand "you okay" he said and pecked her on the cheek "yeah"

A technician came in and set the equipment up for the doctor, then Fiona put some paper towels on to protect Sara's cloths "the gel will be a little cold,sorry" she said as she applied some to Sara's tummy. Fiona passed the ultrasound wand over the gel, and a rapid noise could be heard in the room, "that is your babies heartbeat that you can hear, which is normal" she said concentrating whilst looking at the screen "it will take me a couple of minutes to do some measurements, then i will let you see the screen and talk you through it okay"

Gil and Sara were looking deeply into each others eyes, in shock at hearing their babies heartbeat for the first time, neither could speak let alone register the doctor had just spoke to them. Both came out of their trance at the Fiona calling Sara softly.

The screen had now been turned round so they could see the image on the screen "here is your babies head, the heart, the spine and there you can see a leg and an arm, here is the placenta and the umbilical cord" she said all this, as she repeatedly moved the wand to get a better picture.

The couple looked on in awe and didn't utter a sound in fascination, just nodded now and then. Al had told her that they were both scientists so she knew they would be interested from a scientific point of view as well as impending parents.

"would you like a couple of photographs to keep of this occasion" both nodded and said "yes" enthusiastically. So she printed of 4 pictures and handed them to Gil.

Sara and Gil looked stunned at what they had just seen on the screen, but smiled widely at each other.

"Sara if you would like to clean up and do a sample of urine for me, there is a bathroom through that door" she pointed to a door in the office. "then we can have a chat when you are finished" Gil sat in front of the desk and waited for Sara to return. Which she did five minutes later, handing her sample to Fiona, and sat next to him and grasped his hand again.

"Sara if you could just roll up your sleeve, so i can take a blood sample" Fiona said to Sara and proceeded to take the blood test.

"right, Sara my measurements show you are 11 weeks pregnant, just coming to the end of your first trimester, which puts your due date st June 18th 2008. I know you have suffered some tiredness and morning sickness, how long have you had these symptoms"

"only yesterday really with the morning sickness, which was really severe, but i have been feeling more tired for a while now, I put it down to stress" she said sheepishly as she looked at Gil as she spoke to Fiona.

"well I think you have been lucky with your symptoms so far, and the morning sickness should ease off now you are going into your second trimester, but i can prescribe something for if it, if it gets really bad" she made a note to the file as she said this.

"you are a vegetarian, am i correct" yes" Sara answered frowning "you will need to increase you calorie intake, to take into a count, of you being underweight and the added nourishment that the baby will need, i would also recommend protein shakes to improve your protein intake too"

"you skip meals a lot Sara" Gil said, as Sara glared at him annoyed.

"do not" she said to him, letting him know not to continue this line of conversation.

"do too" he replied but avoided her gaze.

Fiona smiled at the comical couple, and reached into a drawer and pulled out leaflets and a small booklet and handed them to Sara "there is a lot of useful information in them to help you, but you can always call if you need any information, but you really do need to eat well Sara" She paused briefly before she continued, knowing the next thing she was going to tell them would make them anxious.

"Sara, the reason you continued to bleed slightly, misleading you in to thinking you were not pregnant, is because the baby is attached very low in your womb, the placenta is near your cervix, the stress you have been under lately hasn't helped, and that you are normally a very active person, taking on a lot of extra stress and little sleep, and eating poorly" she paused letting them absorb the information.

Gil decided to speak up "is this pregnancy going to be dangerous to Sara's health" he looked worriedly at Sara.

"no, not if Sara makes the right adjustments to her lifestyle, but potentially it could be a high risk pregnancy, there are also small surgical procedure that can be carried out to prevent future complications" she said to the now worried couple in front of her.

"what sort of surgical procedure" asked a now slightly panicky Sara

"under local anesthetic, a stitch is placed in the neck of the cervix, to prevent further pressure on that part of the womb, the stitch is cut either prior to labor, during labor or whilst a cesarean section takes place" she smiled at Sara to try and reassure her, then continued "this can probably be prevented it you take my advice"

Sara nodded along with Gil, and both said "yes, we will do that"

"Sara you will need to cut down on your working hours, you wont be able to work out in the field, there are too many risk factors. You will need to take care with what chemicals you work with, i can advise on that. You will have to eat and sleep more normally, and rest frequently, maybe learn some relaxation techniques, to reduce your stress levels, and i think some prenatal vitamins will help you. Also you will need to visit me every two weeks for now, to check everything is going okay and you are gaining enough weight" Fiona finished looking at them now both thinking.

Sara and Gil nodded again at Fiona.

Sara said unconvincingly to Gil,s ears "non of that should be a problem for me" she smiled at Fiona and then at Gil, with a squeeze to his hand.

Gil looked at Sara with an astonished look on his face, but then sighed, because he knew it would be tough for her to adjust to a totally almost new lifestyle, and he knew he was in for a very bumpy ride. He could just see Jim Brass's face, and imagine the teasing he would get from him. That thought aside he was very concerned for both the health and welfare of Sara and the baby, and thought he would do some research on the computer, to see if there was anything he could do to help. He also thought that he and Sara would have to talk once they got home, to discuss their options regarding work, telling the team, and the changes they would have to make.

"if you could make an appointment with the receptionist, for 2 weeks time, that would be great. I will ring you in the meantime if the test reveal anything okay, and don't hesitate to call if you have any worries" she finished standing up and warmly shaking each of their hands, and handing Sara a prescription.

"Thank you" both replied.

On leaving the doctors office, they decided to head home and discuss some of the things that needed to be covered. Both were comfortably silent in thought, as Gil drove their navy blue Mercedes, and held Sara's hand in his lap.

Gil thought that he needed a few hours to talk with Sara, but had said to Catherine and the guys that he would be back for 4pm He needed to call Catherine and see if they could manage without him for a few more hours, he didn't want to rush or push Sara into discussing things as soon as they walked through the door. On a quiet sigh, so Sara wouldn't hear, he decided that he would call Catherine, then run Sara a relaxing bath with her vanilla oil, and that would give them more time to think, and him a little time on the computer, to do some research. They both, often needed short periods of time on their own, to absorb information and think things through, and they both accepted each others need to do this, so this would be a good thing to do before their discussion.

Note: If anyone has any suggestions for gifts, from the characters to give to the couple for their baby shower, i would really appreciate it, as i am British, and i know some of the baby paraphernalia are named differently over here, so it would be really helpful for me to use in a future chapter.

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