True Love
Part VIII
A new Beginning
We get up with the alarm. B'Elanna has a quick breakfast and heads off to engineering. I notify Chakotay that we are taking a personal day. B'Elanna comes back at 1155 from work. We eat a light lunch considering how nervous we both are.
At 1300 on the dot we enter Sick Bay. The doctor is in his office. He motions for us to enter. We enter and take a seat in the chairs provided. I take a hold of B'Elanna's hand and smile. She looks over at me and smiles as well. The Doctor looks up from his desk.
"So what can I do for you today?"
We get right to the point. "We want to have a baby." B'Elanna says.
"Oh. Well, I didn't expect you to be so blunt." He smiles. "I believe I can help you with that." I sigh with relief. "Are there any questions?"
"No" I say.
"Ok when do you want to have the implantation?"
"We were thinking maybe you could do it today? We are both ovulating so retrieving the eggs wouldn't be a problem." I say. He looks at us in surprise.
"I see you have done your homework. I see no problem in doing it today. You just need to take it easy for the next 24 hours if you want to have success." We all smile. He gets a new PADD to take notes on. "Who is going to be carrying the child?"
"I am" I say
"Very good. Have you been pregnant before?" he knows I haven't but he has to ask for the medical records.
"No."
"Ok. Are either of you on birth control?"
"No" we both answer
"Is there any history of miscarriages in your families?"
"No" B'Elanna answers.
"Umm… my mom lost a baby full term before she had me." I take B'Elanna's hand and squeeze it tight. I don't like thinking about that sort of stuff. And since this is my first pregnancy I'm worried. "They never found out how she died. My mom thinks her cord got caught between her pubic bone and the baby's head. My mom carried my sister very low during the pregnancy."
"We'll be sure to watch that during the duration of your pregnancy and do regular scans to check the cord position as the baby gets bigger. But first we have to get you pregnant, right." He smiles and we smile back. "Ok, now if you will follow me and change into surgical gowns we can begin."
We stand and follow the doctor into a more private examining area. He gets out two gowns then leaves so we can change. B'Elanna hand me my gown. I set it on the examining table and start undressing. B'Elanna comes up behind me and helps me undress. I don't really need it but I like it. She kisses my neck and shoulders as I get my shirt off. Next she reaches around and undoes my pants button and zipper for me. I lean my head back on her shoulder, close my eyes and smile. I had already kicked my shoes off. My pants slide down my legs and onto the floor. I step out of them. I am now only standing in my underwear and bra. She puts her hands on my hips and slowly runs her thumbs between the band on my underwear and my skin. I moan as she slides her hands down my hips and thighs removing my underwear. Once I am completely naked besides my bra B'Elanna grabs the gown and drapes it over my shoulders. Then wraps it around and ties the tie on my waist. Now that I am dressed she turns me around and kisses me. I wrap me arms around her neck.
"Can you believe we are doing this?" she asks me as we break our kiss.
"No I can't" I smile. Now it's my turn to help B'Elanna change. I reach for the hem of her shirt and lift it above her head. I take it and but in the pile with mine. Next I undo her pants and slide them down. I kiss along her thigh and I slide down her body. I hear her start growling. I smile. Finally I lower her underwear as well. I grab the gown and throw it over her shoulders. I tie the tie. She pulls me into a hug and I pull her closer.
The doctor comes in a few minutes later. We are still hugging. "Ok, let's make a baby." He says gleefully. B'Elanna hops up onto the examining table. He pulls out the stirrups and places B'Elanna's feet into them. I stand next to her holding her hand tight. He explains what he is doing. I feel B'Elanna squeeze my hand tighter as the doctor inserts a tube to collect an egg.
He quickly finishes and it is my turn. He does the same thing. After he has retrieved my egg, he takes it over to a microscope and combines them. There is a monitor showing us everything he is doing. I smile and look up as the doctor combines our ovum. I start crying.
"There she is. There's our daughter." I say. B'Elanna leans down and kisses me.
"Yep there she is."
"Aright. Are you ready?" I doctor asks as he turns back to us.
"Ready as ever." I say. I squeeze B'Elanna's hand as the doctor again inserts a tube to implant the embryo into my uterine lining. Once it's in place he looks up at us and hands B'Elanna a little plunger attached to the tube.
"Here you go B'Elanna." She takes the device. "Now when you are ready just push it slowly. And you will have hopefully impregnated your wife." She smiles. I smile at her. She leans in and kisses me. As we kiss she pushes the button down.
The process is done and hopefully in a few weeks we'll be pregnant. It takes between 7 and 10 days from fertilization to implantation and a few days after that for symptoms to start.
After we are dressed the doctor tells us what to expect in the next few weeks.
"Now you two go home and relax. Take tomorrow off." He looks straight at B'Elanna. "And I mean BOTH of you, Doctor's orders." B'Elanna rolls her eyes.
"Thank you so very much doc." I hug him. I know he's only a hologram but he just helped us start our family. He smiles.
"You are welcome. I want to see you in two weeks unless there is any emergency. You should start feeling symptoms by then if the zygote has implanted. Just take it easy the next few days then you can return to normal activities.
"Yes thank you again doctor. We'll let you know if anything happens before our appointment." B'Elanna shakes the doc's hand and we leave his office. It is almost 1600 when we leave Sick Bay. "I'm hungry do you want to go home and eat or go to the Mess Hall?"
"Let's go to the Mess Hall. Tal said she would be in there after her shift and she gets off at 1615."
"Ok sounds good." We make our way to the Mess Hall hand in hand smiling all the way.
We've been sitting there for about 30 minutes before Tal enters. She sees us sitting on the far side. Smiling and talking and laughing with each other. She gets some supper and comes and joins us.
"So what are you two so happy about?" Tal asks as she plops down in the chair across from me.
"Oh nothing." B'Elanna smirks.
"Oh yes there is. Tell me. Please" Tal pouts
"Ok ok. We just came from Sick Bay." I say.
"And?"
"And we'll know in a few weeks if I'm pregnant." I smile and look at B'Elanna who smiles just as big.
"By the Prophets. Are you serious?" She jumps up out of her seat and shouts. Everybody in the room looks over at us. She blushes and sits back down. "You can't be serious? You just decided this."
"Well we did Auntie Tal." I say.
"What? Auntie Tal? Are you pulling my leg?"
"No we are not pulling your leg." B'Elanna says.
"Eeeek!"
"Don't even start." I say.
A week goes by, nothing yet, just a few cramps the day after the procedure. The doctor said that would be normal. We are getting so nervous. We wish we could know right now.
Another week goes by. I haven't been showing any signs yet. We start thinking that it didn't take. I should be starting my cycle in a few days.
The day before our appointment B'Elanna decides to wake me with a little tender love making. She starts by kissing my cheeks then jaw line then down my neck. She stops on a certain spot that just drives me crazy. I am fully awake but I can't open my eyes. I moan and start to squirm under the caresses. I feel her hand slowly slide up my stomach and ribs before she starts to knead my breast. She now crawls on top of me and is straddling me. Her mouth has worked its way down to my chest. She sucks and licks one breast while using her hand to rub and tease the other. After doing that for a few more minutes I feel her mouth start to slowly move down my body. She stops at my navel and licks in and around it. She stops and whispers something. I can't hear what she has said but I know she is talking to the baby that is hopefully growing in my womb. She starts moving down again, then suddenly a rush of nausea washes over me.
I push B'Elanna off of me and run to the bathroom. I reach the toilet just in time. B'Elanna is there as soon as I start tossing my cookies. She grabs my robe and places it over my shoulders as I heave again. She sits next to me and holds my hair out of my way while she gently rubs my back. Soon I am done and can breathe normally. I sit up and lean against B'Elanna.
"Was my love making that bad?" she jokes. I laugh.
"No I'm sorry. It was great." Then it hits us both. This could be morning sickness. "Oh my."
"I know I just thought of it." She gets a huge grin on her face. "Do you want to go see the doctor?"
"No we're going to be seeing him tomorrow but if I feel worse later on I will."
"Ok. Are you ok?"
"Fine right now but I need to brush my teeth before I can kiss you."
She laughs. "Ok I'll go get your uniform and some crackers and ginger ale." She kisses my forehead and helps me up. I smile and grab my toothbrush and toothpaste and start brushing. After that I take a quick sonic shower. I come out of the bathroom and see my uniform on the bed for me. I get dressed and leave the bedroom. I see B'Elanna getting me some crackers and soda. I come up from behind her and hug her.
"You are too good to me. You know?" I whisper into her ear.
"I know." She turns and kisses me. "Mmm, minty." I laugh and go to lie on the couch. She brings over the food then sits next to me moving my feet and placing them in her lap.
"I'm sorry." I say as I take a small sip of ginger ale.
"No don't be. It's not your fault." She reaches and puts her hand on my stomach and smiles. I put my hand on hers and smile.
Soon it is time to go to work. We leave together but have to go our separate ways at the turbolift. I kiss her good bye and I'll see her at home tonight. She tells me to take it easy and call her if I get sick again.
The next morning I wake up and run to the bathroom again. B'Elanna is there with me. We have a staff meeting before we go see the doctor. We arrive 10 minutes late and everyone glares at us as we walk in besides Janeway. I look pale and she can tell what is going on. All the others minus the doc think we were wasting time doing something else. Anyway the meeting is over in no time and we go to Sick Bay. The doctor has everything ready for us when we arrive.
"Well good morning." He says as we walk into his office. "Let's get started shall we." He stands from his desk and takes us to a normal bio bed. "How have you been feeling?"
"Fine except yesterday morning I threw up and again this morning."
"Well let's see if I can tell you if it is morning sickness or not." I lie down and he runs a scanner over my abdomen. There is a beeping and he smiles. "Congratulations you are pregnant Lieutenant." B'Elanna leans down and kisses me. I smile into our kiss, I can't help it. I'm going to be smiling all day now and so is B'Elanna.
"Now the first couple months are crucial and you are going to have to avoid any unnecessary stress. You need to eat regularly even with the morning sickness you need to eat. And sleep more. If you can, try and take a 15-30 minute nap every so often." I nod.
"Oh I'll take good care of my girls." B'Elanna says and helps me off of the bed.
"Ok you need to take these prenatal vitamins every day." He hands me a bottle of pills. "They work better in pill form than in a hypospray." He says because we aren't use to taking pills out here. "You are good to go unless you have any more questions."
"Nope not right now. Thanks Doc." I say. B'Elanna takes my hand and we leave Sick Bay. I can hear her growling in joy. She has a huge grin on her face. I think she scares a few crewmen as we walk by them in the hall way. They're not use to hearing their chief engineer growling unless she is angry. She walks me all the way to the aeroponics bay which is completely in the opposite direction of engineering. I kiss her good bye and she heads off to work.
B'Elanna arrives at engineering and is swamped with work. She barely has time to breath before she is bombarded with questions. Her smile soon disappears. After working non-stop for nearly 7 hours, Tal comes over to her.
"Hey Lanna, you ok?"
"Huh? What?" B'Elanna looks up from her desk.
"Is everything alright?"
"Yea sure that's great." B'Elanna isn't really listening as she goes back to work. Tal reaches over the desk and grabs the PADD out of B'Elanna's hand.
"Hey what are you doing?" B'Elanna sort of shouts at Tal.
"I'm trying to get your attention."
"Well you have it. What do you want?"
"You've been working for 7 hours now without a break. You should have gone home 2 hours ago. Won't Anna be worrying?"
"No she knows I have a lot of work. And I have to get this stuff done now because soon I won't be able to." B'Elanna grabs the PADD back and gets back to work.
"What do you mean you won't be able to?" then it hits Tal like a ton of bricks. "Is Anna pregnant?" B'Elanna just nods and continues looking down. "Well you shouldn't be here you should be at home taking care of her." Tal moves around the desk and turns B'Elanna away from her work. "You need to be with her. The beginning of a pregnancy is the worst and she's going to need you. Her body is going through a lot of changes and her hormones are raging. You need to go home now." Tal shouts and pulls B'Elanna out of her chair.
"You're right thanks I needed a good swift kick I guess. You want to come and have dinner with us?"
"I would love to." B'Elanna goes to grab a couple of PADDS so she can work at home. "No I don't think so; you are not taking home work tonight." B'Elanna sighs and follows Tal out of her office.
"Vorik, I'm going home. Take care of things until Carey gets back." He nods and she and Tal leave engineering.
I have been waiting at home. I am lying on the couch reading. I guess I fell asleep. I hear the door open but figure I am only dreaming. I know B'Elanna is really busy right now. Suddenly I feel myself being lifted up. I feel warmth all around me. I sigh with content. Its B'Elanna, she's carrying me to our bedroom.
"I love you." I murmur sleepily.
"I love you too. Now go back to sleep." She lies my on our bed and covers me with a blanket.
"Stay with me." I whisper as she leans down and kisses my forehead.
"Not right now. Tal came over and I'm going to cook us some dinner. Do you want anything in particular?"
"Pizza."
"Ok what kind?"
"Hamburger and black olive."
"Ok I'll make that for you. Now go back to sleep I'll come wake you when it's ready."
"Ok" I roll over and fall back asleep. B'Elanna giggles, and leaves the bedroom.
About 45 minutes later B'Elanna comes back and wakes me up. I smile and stretch. Then rub the sleep from my eyes.
"Hey sleepy head. Did you have a nice nap?" B'Elanna asks.
"Yes but I wish you would have joined me."
"I know I'm sorry but I invited Tal over and I couldn't just leave her alone. You know she's a trouble maker when you leave her alone for too long."
"I heard that." Tal shouts from the living room.
We laugh. "Now come on and get up I made you dinner." B'Elanna tosses the blanket off of me. I shiver as cooler air rushes over me. I start to sit up but feel light headed and lay back down. "You ok?"
"Fine, just tried to sit up to fast. Help me." I pout and reach my hands out to B'Elanna.
"Always." She grabs my hands and slowly pulls me out of bed. Once I'm standing she pulls me into a hug and kiss then takes me around my waist and walks me out of the room.
I see Tal sitting at the table and a big pizza in the center. B'Elanna leads me to my chair. I catch a whiff of something that makes my stomach churn. I cover my nose with my hand.
"What is that smell?" I ask.
"Its pizza with hamburger and black olives on half and ham and pineapple on the other." Tal says.
"Pineapple? Did you say pineapple?" I choke back the bile that is rising in my throat.
"Yes is that ok?" Tal is concerned as well as B'Elanna. I catch another whiff but can't hold back. I dash towards the bathroom. B'Elanna chases after me. Again I am hunched over the commode losing my lunch.
"Oh sweetie I'm sorry. I didn't know. I know it says that your sense of smell is more sensitive but I didn't know it would make you sick." B'Elanna gets a cool wash cloth and places it on my neck. Tal comes in a few minutes after she hears me stop.
"Are you ok do you need me to help you to the doctor?" she's worried.
"No I'll be fine. But can you please get rid of the pizza. I can't leave this room if I know it's still out there." I dry heave just thinking about it.
"Yeah, sure. I'll take it back to my place for me and Seven." She covers her mouth. B'Elanna and I are in shock.
"What was that?" I ask.
"Um nothing I didn't say anything." She turns and leaves the room. I nod to B'Elanna to give chase.
"Tal, wait! Do you want to talk about it?" Tal stops midway across the living room.
"I don't know. We were trying to keep it secret but it just slipped out." B'Elanna covers the Pizza so I can join them and not want to throw up.
"You know you can tell us. We trust you with our secret. You can trust us." I say as I enter the scene.
"I know. We've only been seeing each other for a little over month. She is very sensitive about her private life. I want to shout it to the world but she's just not ready."
"You know that we'll always be here for you. And when you two finally want to come out about your relationship we'll be right there supporting you." I smile.
"Thanks you guys. You're the best friends I've ever had." She comes over and hugs us. "Oh I forgot. Congratulations." She pulls me into a tighter hug.
"Thanks Tal. But can you let go I can't breathe" I say choking of air.
"Oh yeah, sure. I guess I better get the P-I-Z-Z-A out of here." I nod in urgency. "Take it easy I'll see you two tomorrow." She grabs the pizza and leaves.
"Sorry about dinner you want something else?" B'Elanna turns to me and asks.
"I think just some crackers and water for now." I smile.
"Ok." B'Elanna is such a good wife. She spoils me rotten. I don't know what I would do without her. She is absolutely perfect.
For the next week we get into a routine, I puke every morning then pig out at lunch. We go to bed early and repeat. Life what can you do.