Update party!
Recap: Dimitri was over the moon to discover that Rose was pregnant and he never for a moment doubted Rose or doubted that the baby was his. They had their own personal celebration and the next day they went to see Dr Henris together. They found out that Rose was around 6 weeks pregnant and her due date was December 2nd. Dr Henris gave them a leaflet with all the do's and don'ts as well as all of the stuff to avoid eating during her pregnancy. It was a lot of information for Rose to take in but Dimitri was there to support her and he asked some questions about how Rose can stay healthy during her pregnancy.
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Surprise: Chapter 6: Godparents
Rose
The hardest part of my pregnancy so far has been keeping it from Lissa, she is my best friend, more of a sister really and keeping this a secret from her has been killing me. She knows that there is something going on because I haven't been at work for over a week now and Dimitri has taken the last couple of days off too. Lissa and Christian even made a surprise visit to the apartment last night to check on us, I noticed Lissa looking me over for any kind of injuries or something telling but of course there was nothing for her to see. Christian bluntly asked what was going on and Dimitri and I decided that we wanted to tell them but we didn't tell them last night, we're going to have dinner with them tonight and tell them then, Dimitri and I have even decided that we want Lissa and Christian to be the Godparents to our baby.
Lissa is going to be so excited and I know she is going to want to throw one of those over the top gender reveal things and baby shower, any excuse for her to throw a party really. Lissa loves babies and children and I know that she can't wait to have her own one day but she has got everything planned out. There are lots of things she wants to do as Queen before she has any children and I don't think Christian is in much of a rush to share her with others yet, even if it will be his children, I think he is really content with how things are between them right now.
These past 10 days have just flown past me so quickly but it has been nice sharing the last few days with Dimitri and just enjoy the time together. He has been so attentive and sweet, he's been rubbing my belly and speaking Russian to the baby... although I'm sure the baby can't hear anything... it's just been a nice thing to experience with him. He's been dying to tell his family and I want to tell my parents but we have decided to wait until we have our first sonogram so we know that everything is ok and there are no dangers or complications. It's going to be a hard secret to keep but for now it is the best thing for everyone, we don't know what kind of complications there could be to two Dhampir's having a baby and we don't know how everything is going to turn out. Dimitri and I just want to make sure everything is good before telling everyone.
When Dr Henris told us that the first trimester was the most dangerous; Dimitri took that and ran with it. He has been doing everything he can to make sure that I am relaxed and comfortable at all times. He runs me a bubble bath every night, he's been making me all the right foods, he's been giving me foot rubs and he's been helping me work out at home without pushing myself too much. He really has been a God send to me during this and I can't thank him enough. I know he worries about me and the baby and sometimes he will share his concern but for the most part he has been keeping it to himself, I know he doesn't want to worry me but I want to take care of him too, just because I am pregnant doesn't mean that I am the only one that's important. He used to open up to me all the time but now he's more guarded and I hope as this pregnancy goes on he will start to open up to me again.
Dimitri and I have been speaking about work and Dimitri thinks that it is best I stop work. Of course I argued. He made a very valid point that when Lissa finds out that I am pregnant she is not going to want me working either, she is going to want me to be taken care of and taking it easy. I understand their worry because whilst pregnant I don't want to have to fight anyone or possibly be on the front line during a Strigoi attack. A lot of Dhampir women who become pregnant and work as Guardians leave their jobs for good and either live with their Moroi partner or go and live in a Dhampir commune, like Dimitri's family, but I don't want that. I still want to be able to do my job because I love it so I am going to plead with Lissa but if she sees how reluctant Dimitri is to let me work she might side with him.
I know that I shouldn't be complaining when I have so many people wanting to take care of me but I am not one to just sit around and do nothing. I need to be in where the action is. I do not want to be locked up in the apartment for the rest of this pregnancy because I will go crazy. I'm hoping Dimitri will be open to some kind of compromise because he knows I can't just sat around doing nothing for the rest of this year, it's still a bit of a sore subject for him so I'm going to leave it be for another week or so and then I'm going to bring it up again and let him think about it.
Now that I have had some time to wrap my head around this pregnancy, I am feeling a little better about it, I'm more excited. I've been online and been looking up things to expect during pregnancy and birth so that I mentally prepared for what I'm putting myself through and although some of the birth stories I've read are completely horrific, hearing how every mother said it was the best day of their lives and how magical it was... it's gotten me excited. Everyone has said how amazing it feels to see and hold your baby for the first time and I know I have got a long way to go until then but it has got me thinking about that moment and how it will be. I know Dimitri will cry, I can see it already, he is emotional as it is about this pregnancy and becoming a father but seeing his baby for the first time is going to floor him and there are going to be a lot of tears.
It's such a weird feeling to know that right now there is a baby, a baby Dimitri and I made together, growing in my stomach. Every time I think about it I get this feeling of butterflies fluttering around in my stomach and it makes me smile. I keep resting my hand on my stomach expecting to feel something... anything... but it's too early. I've even been checking myself in the mirror every day waiting for there to be a bump but there still isn't a bump and my stomach looked as it did last week before I found out I was pregnant. Looking at me you couldn't tell I was pregnant and after looking at things online, I probably won't notice any changes for another few weeks. I'm actually really excited to get one of the cute pregnancy bumps.
Dinner with Lissa and Christian was in an hour and I'm starting to feel nervous but I don't know why. I know they're going to be so excited and happy for me and Dimitri but... I don't know it's a weird feeling sharing our news with other people, it makes it just that little bit more real I guess. So far Dimitri and I have just been in this little bubble of happiness together celebrating this pregnancy and now we were about to let outsiders in. It's weird to think of Lissa and Christian as outsiders but right now, that is what they are, it's daunting knowing that more people are going to know. It sounds silly because of how close the four of us are. We know every detail about each other's lives, down to their bathroom habits and what mug they like to drink their tea out of the most and now they're going to know something so private and personal about us, it's just strange.
Oh my God that dinner was amazing! I didn't realise how hungry I was until I got to Lissa's and could smell the food waiting for us. It was just a simple chicken dish but it was so good and judging by the smile on Dimitri's face when he saw my empty plate, it was a good thing that I had eaten all of it. I thought I was full but then dessert arrived, cheesecake, my favourite! Of course I ate the whole thing like an animal but no one batted an eyelid because everyone knows how much I love my food and very rarely do I leave food on my plate. Dimitri is the same. The two of us have such big appetites because we're always burning energy and working out so Lissa and Christian always made sure that we had plenty of food on our plates. Lissa also very kindly got leftovers for us prepared to bring home that we could have for lunch or dinner tomorrow.
Now that we had finished eating it was time to tell them. I know they have been itching to find out what is going on but they haven't asked since we got here, they have let us take this at our own pace and I appreciate that. The butterflies started going wild in my stomach as I thought about telling them. Dimitri must have sensed or seen how worried I was because he held my hand under the table and used his thumb to trace patterns on the back of my hand.
"So Lissa" I started and both she and Christian turned their attention to me "I know you have been worried about me for the last few days and I appreciate that, I promise that there is nothing wrong but Dimitri and I have some exciting news to share with you" I told them.
"What's going on?" Lissa asked.
"I'm scared" Christian muttered.
"Don't be scared, it's amazing" Dimitri said.
"Spill!" Lissa exclaimed impatiently.
"I'm pregnant" I stated.
"What?"
"How?"
"It's all thanks to Lissa actually" Dimitri said and they both looked very confused "It was Lissa's Spirit magic that saved us both; Rose in the car accident and me when I was Strigoi. Rose and I have some kind of connection because of it and it has allowed us to have a child" He explained.
"Oh my God... this is amazing news!" She stated as she got up from her chair "Congratulations, I am so happy for both of you" She approached me and I stood, she wrapped her arms around me in tight embrace.
"Thank you Lissa. If it wasn't for you saving us then none of this would be possible" I replied.
Lissa pulled away from the embrace and gave Dimitri a hug; he hugged her back for a moment before she released him. Christian looked at us both in disbelief but followed Lissa's lead and he hugged me. I hugged him back for a moment and then he shook Dimitri's hand, I don't think the news had sunk in for him yet and I think it might take some time for him to really get what was going on.
I turned to Dimitri and gave him a brief nod and he smiled.
"Rose and I were talking and we would be honoured if the two of you would be the Godparents to our baby" He said to them as we all sat back down.
"Yes! Of course!" Lissa exclaimed.
"The honour is mine" Christian replied.
"I wish you could drink so we could celebrate with champagne!" Lissa stated.
I laughed at her "You three should enjoy the champagne. I can't expect everyone to not drink because I am pregnant" I told her.
"I don't want any" Dimitri shrugged.
"Just have some" I said with a roll of my eyes.
Phew! I am glad that was over with. I knew Lissa would be excited and I was right. I could practically see the cogs turning in her brain as she planned my baby shower and gender reveal in her mind... I hadn't even spoken to Dimitri about having a baby shower of if we want to know the gender of the baby before it is born. Maybe I need to have a word with Lissa and make sure she understands that I'm not one for big over the top parties anyway but she also has to run things by us before planning them.
Dimitri
I still can't believe that I am going to be a father; I never thought it was going to happen for me and Rose, it's crazy. I had come to terms with the fact that I was never going to be a father like I had hoped. I was ok with it because I had Roza and that is more than most people had so I had made my peace but now everything was going to change and for the better. Knowing that my baby was growing inside Roza's stomach was a feeling like no other; I cannot put into words how happy I am that this is happening for us. It has made me love Roza even more, if that is even possible.
I'm glad that we decided to tell Lissa and Christian about this because I don't know how much longer I could have kept it to myself. I have wanted to scream it from the rooftops since Roza told me. I really am the luckiest man in the entire world and I owe everything to my dear Roza.
I know Roza was so scared when she found out she was pregnant; she was scared about telling me, what others might think, about becoming a mother and finding out how it had been made possible for us. After we went to see Dr Henris and she told us how the first trimester was the most dangerous because most miscarriages happen within the first 12 weeks it scared Roza even more and for a day or two after the appointment she was freaking out about things going wrong but I promised her that everything was going to be ok and I couldn't help but feel a little upset with Dr Henris for scaring both of us so much but, of course, I understand her reasons for it.
She had calmed down now and was more excited about everything and she has been online researching pregnancy and she was in contact with Oksana and Mark who were doing what they could to find out if there is anything we need to be worried about. So far everything was fine and the pregnancy was healthy but there is always that small worry in the back of your mind that something is going to go wrong or there is going to be a complication, we just don't know what to expect because this has never happened before that we know of so everything is new. I've been making notes about everything happening just for future references and maybe one day another Dhampir couple will be able to experience this and we could help them through it.
Tonight was such a big night for us both and as soon as we had gotten back to the apartment Roza went straight to bed, she is very tired now but that is a normal thing to happen, so Dr Henris has told us. She said that it won't last the whole pregnancy but it sometimes lasts until 12-14 weeks so Roza will feel like this for another few weeks yet but on a positive note I'm glad she ate all that she did tonight. The past three days she hasn't eaten much and she has been suffering from morning sickness, when she got up this morning I made breakfast but she said she couldn't stomach it and she was sick. I'm glad she ate dinner and dessert and was able to keep it all down. I think Lissa and Christian would have been very concerned if Roza hadn't eaten because let's be honest, we all know how much she enjoys her food, especially desserts like Cheesecake which was her favourite.
Roza was asleep and watching her was one of my favourite things. She was lying on her back, naked apart from her underwear, I watched her chest as she breathed and then I looked at her stomach. In there right now is my baby... our baby... it's just crazy! I know it is real and I know it is happening but it still feels like a dream in so many ways. I just really cannot believe that we have been allowed this miracle and we really do owe all of it to Queen Vasilissa Dragomir-Ozera. She is the best Queen we have ever had, she really cares about people and wants to help them and she has helped me more than she can ever know.
I placed my hand over Roza's stomach, she shifted slightly in her sleep but didn't wake up, I moved my head from my pillow onto Roza's hip and after placing a kiss on her stomach I shut my eyes and went to sleep.
I know for a pregnancy reveal to Lissa and Christian we didn't see much of them but I wanted to show them being excited and happy and have Rose and Dimitri ask them to be the Godparents... to be honest, they weren't going to ask anyone else were they?! I also wanted to do another bit of the story from Dimitri's POV to show what he is going through and feeling too. Isn't it so nice to see him so happy about this? Rose had nothing to be worried about after all!
Thank you for reading! I hoped you enjoyed this sweet chapter. I am very excited about the next chapter, we are going to see some of Rose's pregnancy hormones first hand and just how both her and Dimitri deal with them... mainly poor Dimitri. So please make sure you come back next week to find out what happens next.
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