One Week Later
"What ya doin' Wilma?" I ask Will as he ran around the apratment in a total tizz about something.
"Looking for the Mullally file. I need it for a depostion this afternoon." Will replied breathlessly.
"You want a hand honey?" I ask him getting off the sofa.
"What? Whoa, I can't believe you said that, pregnancy has done some strange things to you!" Will excliamed.
I hit Will over the back of the head. Although I had the urge to be more helpful than usual, the main reason I had offered to help him was because I desperatly needed to keep busy, I needed to take my mind off waiting to find out the results of the amniosinthesis, to see if my baby was ok. So I threw myself into work and helped clean the apartment, tried to cook, read books, anything to keep my mind off things. It worked during the day but at night when I was lying in bed trying to sleep it was all I could think about.
"Do you have any idea where you left it Wilma?" I ask Will as I look through a pile of papers that had been left on the coffee table.
"Would I be trying to find the damn file if I knew where I left it." Will replied sarcasticly.
"Is this it?" I ask holding up a manila folder with the name "Mullally" neatly printed along the edge.
"Yes!" exclaimed Will as he ran over and kissed me on the cheek, "Thankyou Karen."
"No trouble." I reply sitting down on the couch.
"I've gotta to go to work, Grace will be back later." Will said running out the door.
"Seeya." I replied waving after him.
I kick my legs up onto the lounge and lift my shirt up so that my tummy is showing, I draw all over it with my fingers, tracing every bump and curve of it.
Suddenly I feel the *strangest* sensation in my tummy, kind of like butterflies but different, "Honey, what was that?" I say out loud to no one in particular, than it happens again, a little fluttering sensation. I remember that the doctor told me at my appointment a few days ago that I would feel the baby move soon, I begin wondering if that is what I am feeling.
Interupting my thoughts Jack barges in to the apartment sheriking at the top of his lungs,
"Will you stupid peice of crap you stole my boyfriend!"
"Jackie, honey you broke up with Danny 3 months ago." I reminded him as he calmed a little and sat on the other end of the couch.
"Oh, yeah, I remember now, but still he shouldn't be *dating* him!" Jack replied.
"What's doing Kare?" Jack asked me smiling.
"I think I just felt the baby kick, it's given me the funniest feeling, like being drunk only I haven't been drinking honey! I think I'm getting to like this pregnancy thing, especially if this keeps happening!" I giggled.
"Oh Kare, I'm so happy for you!" Jack said leaping up and hugging me tight.
"I've gotta go, the Gym is calling! See ya later Kare!" Jack said bounding out of the apartment.
I thought about how much my life had changed over the last 4 months, my husband had effictively left me, I was pregnant and I have no idea of how to look after a kid but I'm still strangely happy, that is until the phone rings and the caller ID tell me that my OB is calling, all of a sudden reality hits and I'm fighting back tears againg as I answer the phone, I knew that she would be calling with the results of the amino I had had the week call was going to change my life weather it be for better or worse.
"What ya doin' Wilma?" I ask Will as he ran around the apratment in a total tizz about something.
"Looking for the Mullally file. I need it for a depostion this afternoon." Will replied breathlessly.
"You want a hand honey?" I ask him getting off the sofa.
"What? Whoa, I can't believe you said that, pregnancy has done some strange things to you!" Will excliamed.
I hit Will over the back of the head. Although I had the urge to be more helpful than usual, the main reason I had offered to help him was because I desperatly needed to keep busy, I needed to take my mind off waiting to find out the results of the amniosinthesis, to see if my baby was ok. So I threw myself into work and helped clean the apartment, tried to cook, read books, anything to keep my mind off things. It worked during the day but at night when I was lying in bed trying to sleep it was all I could think about.
"Do you have any idea where you left it Wilma?" I ask Will as I look through a pile of papers that had been left on the coffee table.
"Would I be trying to find the damn file if I knew where I left it." Will replied sarcasticly.
"Is this it?" I ask holding up a manila folder with the name "Mullally" neatly printed along the edge.
"Yes!" exclaimed Will as he ran over and kissed me on the cheek, "Thankyou Karen."
"No trouble." I reply sitting down on the couch.
"I've gotta to go to work, Grace will be back later." Will said running out the door.
"Seeya." I replied waving after him.
I kick my legs up onto the lounge and lift my shirt up so that my tummy is showing, I draw all over it with my fingers, tracing every bump and curve of it.
Suddenly I feel the *strangest* sensation in my tummy, kind of like butterflies but different, "Honey, what was that?" I say out loud to no one in particular, than it happens again, a little fluttering sensation. I remember that the doctor told me at my appointment a few days ago that I would feel the baby move soon, I begin wondering if that is what I am feeling.
Interupting my thoughts Jack barges in to the apartment sheriking at the top of his lungs,
"Will you stupid peice of crap you stole my boyfriend!"
"Jackie, honey you broke up with Danny 3 months ago." I reminded him as he calmed a little and sat on the other end of the couch.
"Oh, yeah, I remember now, but still he shouldn't be *dating* him!" Jack replied.
"What's doing Kare?" Jack asked me smiling.
"I think I just felt the baby kick, it's given me the funniest feeling, like being drunk only I haven't been drinking honey! I think I'm getting to like this pregnancy thing, especially if this keeps happening!" I giggled.
"Oh Kare, I'm so happy for you!" Jack said leaping up and hugging me tight.
"I've gotta go, the Gym is calling! See ya later Kare!" Jack said bounding out of the apartment.
I thought about how much my life had changed over the last 4 months, my husband had effictively left me, I was pregnant and I have no idea of how to look after a kid but I'm still strangely happy, that is until the phone rings and the caller ID tell me that my OB is calling, all of a sudden reality hits and I'm fighting back tears againg as I answer the phone, I knew that she would be calling with the results of the amino I had had the week call was going to change my life weather it be for better or worse.