Disclaimer: I don't own Third Watch, I do own the baby and Dr. Reed

Chapter 5: Baby Stuff

Week 20

Cruz punched Bosco in the shoulder, hard. He woke up with a jolt "Yeah?" She sat up "I'm hungry" Bosco nodded rolling over again. Cruz pinched him "Bosco, get me food, now." He jumped as she pinched him "Fine, what do you want?" Cruz thought a minute "Pickles and cheese…and tuna" Bosco swallowed hard to keep from gagging "That all?" She nodded.

He pulled himself out of the bed and went to the kitchen to fix her "buffet", sometimes he wondered whether this pregnancy was harder on Cruz or himself and with 4 months left, he didn't know what he was going to do. He brought the food up to Cruz and she devoured it quickly, before falling back to sleep. Bosco watched her sleep a while; this was going to be a long 4 months.

Cruz sat at the desk watching the woman in front of her. She had three kids in tow, two of which were trying to do what looked like kill each other. The woman had just come in to help in the identification of a suspect, why she had brought her kids was beyond Cruz.

She watched as the older boy taunted his sister and she wondered what heck she had gotten herself into. She placed her arms over her stomach; as if maybe she kept the noise out her baby wouldn't pick up on it.

She pursed her lips as the woman left, her child was never, ever going to act like that she decided. Those children were demon spawn or something! As she got back to work she smiled softly to herself, only a mother's love would put up with that.

Week 22

Cruz pushed her hair up into a ponytail. She walked into the bedroom and leaned over kissing Bosco awake "Hey you, I want you to feel something." She took his hand and gently placed it on her warm, bare belly. He felt a firm push against his hand and almost jerked it away "What was that?" Cruz grinned "The baby, it's kicking a lot!" He smiled; placing a kiss on her stomach "It must know that we're having an appointment today" Cruz caressed her stomach slightly "Well, we have to go soon so hurry up and get ready!"

Cruz scanned through the headlines of the magazine, Jennifer and Brad Pitt broke up, fashion tips, Coco Arquette. She closed it, moving aside, she couldn't stand waiting, besides they were going to go baby shopping after this.

Finally the nurse came out and ushered them in. Dr. Reed checked everything over and did the ultrasound, pronouncing the baby to be perfectly healthy. As Cruz wiped the gel off of her stomach and pulled her top down the doctor sat down again

"There is one thing I want to talk to you about though"

Cruz's heart raced, this didn't sound good. "Ok, Maritza, you have a very small structure all around, which means that your pelvic structure is quite small too. As the baby grows it's going to put a lot of pressure on your pelvis. When you reach around 32 0r 33 weeks we'll need you to come in for weekly check ups. The pressure could force you into premature labor, or if we need to we may need to start your labor early. The chances of you hemorrhaging are also slightly higher than that of a larger woman. We just need to keep a close eye on you, make sure that you and the baby are ok."

Cruz nodded; she got the jest of it. The doctor smiled "Alright, everything should be fine, call with any concerns. "Alright thanks Dr. Reed" Cruz said as Bosco helped her out of the office.

Cruz fingered the fabric between her fingers, it was gorgeous and it would match amazingly with the cherry wood crib they had already bought. The set came with a sheet, comforter and slip. It was a pale green, but rich with color.

They had also bought a change table and shelf for the room. The comforter had pictures of little bears all over it. The room was starting to look somewhat, old fashioned Victorian. They purchased the set, along with some baby blankets, jumpers and a stuffed bear. Cruz grinned widely as they loaded it all into the car, it would be perfect.

As she settled into the car she put a hand on her stomach, the baby was jerking slightly and it shocked Cruz for a moment until she realized what it was. "Hey Bosco, put your hand on my stomach again." He did and looked up at her "What is that? Are you ok? Is the baby ok?" Cruz nodded "Hiccups, it has hiccups!" Bosco looked at her in disbelief "Hiccups?" Cruz nodded and Bosco shook his head "If you say so!"

TBC….