Kirsten sat in the waiting room of Dr. Abigail McDonald; the OB/GYN Dr. Williams had referred her to, a specialist in high-risk pregnancies. When Kirsten had heard the words high-risk during her first appointment she had panicked until Dr. Williams explained that her pregnancy was immediately deemed high-risk because of her age and that nothing at all was wrong.

She nervously intertwined her fingers before placing her hands over her growing belly, smiling slightly when the baby responded with a firm kick, over the last month the baby's movements had become both increasingly frequent and much stronger, not much like butterflies anymore, more like the baby had a soccer ball in there with it, not that it bothered her, she found the sensation more comforting than anything else, as long as it kept moving she knew everything was okay.

Today they were getting the results of her amniocentesis, and she was beginning to panic slightly, she could feel her heartrate increasing with each passing minute despite her attempts to calm herself down knowing that her having a panic attack wasn't going to do her or the baby any good, Sandy wasn't there yet, they were meeting at Dr. McDonald's office during their lunch hours, she silently prayed for him to show up as her hands started to shake.

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Sandy breezed into the waiting room 10 minutes later than he had intended too but he was actually in trial right now so he couldn't leave the court until it was adjourned and then of course, today the traffic had to be a total nightmare. 'How the hell did Newport even have traffic jams, the population is only 70,000' he thought to himself hoping he hadn't missed the appointment altogether.

He caught sight of Kirsten sitting in the corner of the room as soon as he entered and could tell even at a distance 20 feet that her hands were shaking, he rushed over to her and placed a kiss on her forehead before sitting down next to her and placing his hands over her own in an effort to calm her.

"It's gonna be okay." He whispers over and over again in her ear until he feels her hands relax and her heartrate slow.

Kirsten mumbles something that sounds a lot like "How the hell do you know?" in reply to his proclamations that things will be okay, he is about to ask her to repeat what she said when the perky blonde nurse calls their names, he helps Kirsten up and wraps his arm around her shoulder steadying her as they walk into the office.

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Dr. McDonald's smile is warm as she greets Sandy and Kirsten; she can see the fear in Kirsten's eyes as the Cohen's sit opposite her so she decides to give them the results before going over Kirsten's standard checks for the week, blood pressure which will probably be through the roof due to her nervousness, blood sugar, measurements.

"How are you feeling?" she asks as she sits at the desk facing the Cohen's.

"Not so great right now." Kirsten admits blushing slightly, "I was panicking a little bit out there."

Dr. McDonald smiles as she watches Sandy put a comforting hand on Kirsten's shoulder.

"We have your results..." she started.

"And?" Sandy butted in nervously before she could finish speaking.

"Everything is normal." She finished.

She watched as relief washed over Sandy's face and Kirsten's eyes welled up with tears of relief and joy, she let Sandy wipe the tears away from his wife's eyes before standing up and gently placing a blood pressure cuff around Kirsten's upper arm.

"130/85, a little high but not unexpected considering your nervousness." She said out loud as the machine beeped to tell her it was done.

Kirsten expectantly held out her hand to have her finger pricked for the blood sugar test.

Dr. McDonald laughed slightly as she pricked Kirsten's finger and placed the drop of blood onto a test strip.

"Alright let's do your measurements." She said indicating that Kirsten should lie on the examination table.

"You're right on schedule and your blood sugar is great." She announced a few minutes later, "I'll see you in two weeks"

"Thankyou." Sandy replied grinning as he and Kirsten left the room.

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Kirsten managed to keep herself composed until they got to the parking lot, Sandy had leaned in to kiss her goodbye when her tears of relief finally overflowed, she buried her head into his shoulder unable to wipe the grin from her face but unable to stop crying either, this was probably the thing she liked least about pregnancy, she found it very difficult to control her emotions, she always felt like crying and laughing at the same time.

"Shhh," Sandy whispered "Everything is okay."

"I know," she sobbed, "I'm just so happy and relieved and..." she trailed off unable to finish her train of thought.

"Me too," Sandy said quietly, "I was scared today."

"I know you were, I can always tell." she smiled pulling away from him.

"I need to go." Sandy said placing a hand over her belly as if to say goodbye to the baby. "I love you, both of you."

"Both of us love you too." Kirsten said heading for her car.