Hey guys, things are starting to get serious aren't they? I hope you like this chapter. Much love RSD xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox.

*Mal's POV*

A couple of weeks had passed and it now meant one thing - it was the day for my first scan; and to say that Ben was excited was an understatement! I woke up at four o'clock in the morning and he was awake and he told me that he couldn't sleep. I couldn't help but chuckle as I pulled him into a cuddle and we talked before we both slipped into a peaceful slumber.

It was now half ten and me and Ben had walked into my midwife's office, we both sat down and I smiled at Ben as he slid his hand into mine before we both looked at the midwife.

"Hello Mal, your majesty" a brown haired, blue eyed lady greeted us as she sat down at her desk in front of us.

"My name is Emma and I am going to be your midwife throughout your pregnancy" she advised.

"So you will be there at the birth as well?" Ben asked.

"Yes" she replied.

"Sorry he's inquisitive" I advised as I nodded towards Ben.

"Oi!" Ben said as he looked hurt.

"It's ok" Emma said which made us both look at her.

"Most first time fathers are" she added with a small smile.

"Yes your majesty" she directed at Ben.

"I will be there, but I also do appointments in the community to watch over Mal's and the baby's condition" she explained.

"Ok" Ben replied as he nodded.

"Right" Emma said as she opened a blue folder that was in front of her.

"As Doctor Cameron will have already mentioned" she started.

"This first visit will be roughly two hours long" she added.

"This is only due to the fact that we have a lot to discuss so I can paint a picture of how you want your pregnancy and birth to go" she said as she picked a pen up.

"Ok" I replied.

"What about the other appointments?" I asked.

"As this is your first baby you will have ten appointments but they won't be as long unless you have something that you really want to discuss in depth" Emma answered.

"Ok" I repeated.

"When do we make them?" Ben asked eagerly.

"Because I want to make sure that I am there" he stated.

"You make them at the end of each session" she stated.

"Ok" Ben said and I watched him start to get nervous.

"Ben calm down" I said as I took his hand in both of mine and started to squeeze it

"Sorry" he apologised as he looked at me.

"I just want you both to be ok" he said sadly.

"And we will be" I said confidently.

"Most pregnancies go without a hitch your majesty" Emma added.

"So you all are perfectly safe with me, I have been a midwife for twelve years" she said proudly.

"Let's get started" Emma said.

"This is your maturity pack; inside of this we will document you and baby's progress" she said as she tapped the blue folder in front of her.

"It also has numbers in case you need to talk to anyone; day or night" she explained.

"For the both of you" she said looking from me to Ben.

"Ok" we both said together as we both started to try to get to grips on everything.

So after a very lengthy conversation (which Ben wrote most of it down) things seemed a lot more real now. I now had to take folic acid and vitamin d supplements and watch everything that I was now eating as it could be harmful to the baby. I felt a little bit bad when she told me this as I knew that some of the things that she had told me that I had to watch out for I had already been eating. However Emma assured me that the baby will be fine as long as I keep a closer eye on it now.

My lifestyle was also looked at as well as I now had to watch what I was doing; I could still go swimming, take photos, paint and draw but apparently I now couldn't lift things or do anything that would put strain on my body as it could affect the baby. Ben then confidently told Emma that he would make sure that we were both ok and that he would make sure that I didn't lift a finger. I threw him a look and shook my head - this was something that we would need to discuss. There was no way that I could just sit idle until the baby was born.

I had got my blood test results back and Emma said that me and the baby was perfectly normal; which made me and Ben both sigh with relief as we had both been worried. I also received more information on staying healthy; and I was also given fact sheets with general exercises that I would need to do like pelvic floor exercises.

Emma also went into a full explanation of how our baby would develop throughout my pregnancy; and of course Ben had loads of questions. I just let him ask them all; some of the questions I wanted to ask as well but I let Ben be the excited and eager father. However I couldn't resist laughing at him when he pulled a notepad out of his pocket with questions. He simply told me that he didn't want to forget anything.

It was also explained how antenatal classes and breastfeeding workshops worked and we booked the first couple in of sessions in; of course so Ben could be there. I smiled at Ben when he told Emma that he didn't want to miss anything.

I decided that I wanted to have my baby at home; it wasn't anything to do with people watching us or anything like that. I just wanted it to be private and intimate; I knew that the world would be waiting with bated breath when then knew that I was in labour. So it sounded nice just to be able to have the moment of our child coming into the world without the pressure of knowing that everyone was watching and listening.

I had a bit of an awkward moment at the later stage of the appointment when Emma started asking about my periods in front of Ben; this didn't last for very long. I knew that I had nothing to hide from Ben; I just didn't really speak about how, when and how long my periods normally go on for or when the last day of my first period was. Thankfully Ben dealt with this with tact as he seemed to start to read some notes in his notebook when he sensed that I was embarrassed.

I actually was quite proud of Ben; yes he had only found out recently that he was going to be a father; but he had taken to it really well and he was making sure that he knew everything so he could support me. This made me love him even more and made me realise that I did in fact make the right decision to stay with him. I don't know how I would have got through this without Ben; I needed him just as much as he needed me.