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Chapter 5
First Appointment
November 1, 2005
Kaoru sat anxiously in the waiting room of the clean office. Flipping through the pages of a Lady's Home Journal magazine, she swung one leg over the other. She looked up to see Kenshin grading math tests from yesterday. Kaoru smiled. He had been so wonderful through everything the last several weeks and remembered his words in the park that day.
'You're not alone' he said.
'I don't feel alone, Kenshin. Not any more.'
Kaoru looked back down at her magazine as Kenshin finished the last of his papers.
15 Minutes Later
"Kaoru Kamiya."
Kaoru stood up along with Kenshin and walked over to the pretty nurse.
"Follow me."
The two followed her and went to a room. Kaoru sat on the comfy exam chair and Kenshin sat and a vacant sitting chair and put his briefcase next to him.
"The doctor will be right with you."
She then left the room. Kaoru observed everything in it. The white walls, the sonogram, and the pictures of pregnant women and developing babies.
"Nervous."
Kaoru looked at Kenshin and shook her head.
Kenshin smiled, "That's good. No reason to be nervous."
"That's easy for you to say. You're not the one who's pregnant."
They both laughed.
"So is this doctor good?"
"The doctor that took my annual said she was the best."
The door opened and the doctor walked in. She was pretty. Her waist long hair was black, her eyes were dark, and her lips red. Kaoru looked down and saw a diamond ring on her left ring finger showing that she was probably engaged.
"Hi, I'm Dr. Takani and you must be Kaoru."
Kaoru smiled, "Yes."
The girl turned to see Kenshin and looked at Kaoru, "Husband?"
"Friend."
Takani smiled not wanting to push anything. She sat at her rolling chair and looked at Kaoru's file. "Your annual seems good. No hemophilia, no down syndrome. Clean bill of health."
"That's good news."
"Yes. Now when was exact conception?"
Kaoru blushed at this but answered, "Umm...I believe it was September 23."
"That means your about six weeks."
"Yes I didn't find out till two weeks ago."
"Okay. Then judging by conception and the annual. You're going to be due May 15th it appears."
Kenshin then spoke, "How long does it take to have a baby?"
Takani looked at him, "Mostly about 36-40 weeks. Although sometimes women can be early."
Kenshin nodded, "I see." 'This is going to be a long 34 weeks.'
Takani stood up and looked at Kaoru, "Ready for your sonogram?"
"Um, yeah."
"Okay, all you have to do is lie down and lift your shirt up. I'll put some jelly on your abdomen and we'll see your baby."
"Alright."
Kaoru lay down and lifted her shirt up to reveal her still flat belly. Kenshin had moved over to her side and held her hand. They looked at each other and smiled. Takani rubbed the jelly on Kaoru's stomach and turned the sonogram on. She put the medal camera on the jellied belly and moved it around. A picture appeared on the screen.
"That's what's inside of me?" Kaoru said.
Takani answered, "Yes. We just need have to go around and find where the baby is and you'll hear the heartbeat."
"Look Kaoru, there's the baby" Kenshin exclaimed pointing to the screen.
Suddenly a fast moving beat ran rapid.
"And there's the heartbeat."
"He's got a good heart that he does."
"Or she" Kaoru said smiling.
"It's a bit early to find the gender but eventually we'll find out if you'd like. Now there's the head and the little body."
Kenshin looked at the screen, "Tiny."
"Well, it's developing. Right now we call the baby an embryo. We call the infant a fetus from the 9th week on."
Kenshin looked at Kaoru to see she was smiling and saw a slight tear roll down her cheek. He smiled and wiped it away with his thumb.
Sadly, I was unable to get chapter 6 up, writer's block a conversation in it. Hopefully, I'll get it up by this week.
Next update will be My True Love?, due out next week.
Again, I am so so so so so so so so so sorry about this long update. I'll do better this time.
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