April 18
Inuyasha and I have literally been on cloud nine since we found out we're having a baby.
We spent the entire day yesterday talking about it: about what it will be like when the baby is born, how I can't wait to carry it around everywhere and give it lots of hugs and love, and how Inuyasha wants to teach it how to be a strong fighter. We also tried to pinpoint when we may have conceived the baby. I had to have been pregnant the entire time we were looking for Rin so it must have been before then, probably during our romantic getaway to the mountains.
This morning, I woke up to Inuyasha laying next to me with his hand on my stomach and a thoughtful look on his face.
"Good morning, beautiful," he said when he noticed I was awake.
"Good morning, my love," I replied with a content smile. I like the feeling of his hand on my stomach. It was always kind of comforting before but now, knowing that our baby is there, it has a whole new meaning. "What are you thinking of?"
"Lots of things. How incredible it's going to be when the baby is born," he replied. "How much I love you and wouldn't want this with anyone else but you. How you're going to be an amazing mother."
I was smiling from ear to ear. "I'm so lucky you have you." I took his face in my hands and kissed him. "Our baby is going to have such an amazing father."
I kissed him again and before long we started really getting into it. Our breathing picked up and we were moaning with desire for each other. I reached into his underwear and ran my hand along the length of his growing erection, satisfied by how much my husband wanted me.
As much as I wanted him too, my body had different plans. I started to feel incredibly nauseous all of a sudden.
"Inuyasha," I said as he started to kiss my neck.
"Yes, baby?" he said as he continued to kiss me.
The feeling of his lips on me and his hand drifting up my leg to squeeze my butt felt so good. As much as I wanted nothing more than to have him inside me, I also didn't want to throw up all over him.
I pulled out of his embrace. "I'm sorry, love. I need to go puke," I said as I got out of bed and went to go throw up my guts.
To my relief, when I got back Inuyasha wasn't upset about the interruption. He was more concerned than anything else. "You okay?" he said when I got back in bed.
He wrapped his arms around me and I rested my head on his shoulder. "I hope you'll understand if I'm too nauseous to have sex."
"Of course I understand," he said as he kissed the top of my head. "I just feel bad that you have to be so sick all the time while I'm perfectly fine."
"It's a worth it sacrifice I guess."
Luckily the nausea subsided long enough for me to bring herbs to a few people in the village. A few people I spoke to while I was out commented on how happy I looked and said that I was glowing. I was so overjoyed by my pregnancy that I kind of wanted to shout it from the rooftops.
I also went to Kaede's house. She made me some tea and we sat down to talk first about general miko things but our conversation quickly shifted to other things.
"How did Inuyasha react to the news?" Kaede asked.
"He was so happy, Kaede." Just the thought of Inuyasha's reaction when I first told him made me smile every time. "It's all he's been talking about. He's really excited."
Kaede laughed a bit. "That's wonderful. I knew without a doubt that Inuyasha would be thrilled once you told him. How have you been feeling? Have the symptoms been progressing?"
I sighed in frustration. "It's been so hard, Kaede. I've been so tired all the time and the morning sickness is so bad. It's so frustrating when Inuyasha and I are trying to…" I stopped myself realizing that I was sharing too much.
But Kaede just smiled. "When you and Inuyasha are trying to have an intimate moment, right?"
"Yes," I said, although my face was now burning as hot as my tea.
Kaede laughed a bit. "In most cases, the morning sickness tends to trickle off by the end of the first trimester. Although the other two trimesters bring in a whole new set of challenges."
"So I guess I should just get used to it right?"
"Unfortunately, yes."
"Well, that's alright. It's going to be worth it in the end when Inuyasha and I are holding our baby."
"Did I hear you say baby?" Rin said when she came through the door. "You and Inuyasha are having a baby?"
I giggled at Rin's obvious excitement. "Yes, we are."
"That's so exciting!" Rin exclaimed as she sat down to join us. Kaede poured her the rest of the tea while she went on. "How long have you been pregnant?"
"Maybe a few weeks. We just realized it a couple of days ago."
"Have you come up with a name yet? Do you think it's a boy or girl? Have you bought any new clothes or toys for it yet?"
Kaede laughed. "Calm down, Rin."
"I'm sorry, I just love babies so much! And now I'm going to have another baby to take care of and this one will have dog ears!"
I laughed as well. "Hope so. We haven't really gotten to talking about names or anything. We're still kind of processing it."
We spent some more time talking about the baby then I went home eager to spend time with my husband.
When I got there he was sitting on the front porch with Miroku. Nico was laying on the porch railing as well.
"Hi you guys," I said. Once I sat next to Inuyasha, he pulled me in for a hug and kiss which I gladly returned.
"I've heard the good news," Miroku said. "Congratulations."
"Thanks!"
"I was just telling Inuyasha what to expect up until the baby is born," Miroku said. He chuckled a bit. "You've got your work cut out for you, my friend."
Inuyasha shoved his arm a bit. "I'll be fine. It's her I'm worried about."
I kissed Inuyasha's cheek. "What are you telling him, Miroku? I hope you're not trying to make him more worried than he already is."
"Not at all! Just telling him what to look out for like the cravings and mood swings. Sango threw up on me before the morning sickness phase was over with the twins."
"We had to lock up the hiraikotsu both times," Inuyasha said, laughing at the memory.
"Hopefully Kagome won't try to purify you," Miroku said, laughing as well.
"I would never!"
"We'll see about that."
By now I've settled down for the night and I'm writing. Inuyasha has been laying in bed playing with Nico the entire time. It's hard to believe that in nine months our house will be filled with the sounds of our baby.
All of this is so new and exciting. It's also very scary. I know intellectually a lot of what to expect during pregnancy, but since I've never experienced this before, the fear of the unknown is very daunting. There are going to be a lot of changes for us in the coming months but I wouldn't want to do this with anyone else. I'm so incredibly grateful to have Inuyasha by my side to face all of it together.
