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Recap: Rose was really tired from work and from her pregnancy. Dimitri broke the news to Rose that he had spoken with Lissa and they had decided that Rose was not able to continue working as a Guardian for the rest of her pregnancy for her own safety. Rose flipped out at Dimitri and got upset that her life was changing and she didn't have any control over it anymore. She has really mixed feelings about her pregnancy; she is excited about having the baby and she is looking forward to the rest of her pregnancy but she is scared about how things are changing and is worried about what it will mean for her marriage to Dimitri.
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Surprise: Chapter 8: Reality
Rose
I am now 12 weeks pregnant and today Dimitri and I have a Drs Appointment to have our first sonogram! We have been so excited about this and now the day is finally here. Over the last couple of days my stomach has begun to pop a little and I am beginning to look pregnant, Dimitri has noticed it too and he loves it. He keeps rubbing it like a Buddha belly, I do keep pointing out that rubbing my belly is not going to make his wishes come true. My bump wasn't big or really what I would call 'noticeable' but it's there and it's so cute and according to the baby book Dimitri brought, our baby is about the size of a Plum.
Dimitri does this really adorable thing every week; every week he looks in the baby book to see what size our baby is and he buys it to put in our fruit bowl in the kitchen. When I was 8 weeks pregnant he put raspberries in the bowl, at 11 weeks he put limes in the bowl and this week it is plums. It's actually a really sweet thing for him to do. I really look forward to it and it's a nice way for us to keep track of our baby and how quickly it is growing.
Dimitri had booked the whole day off so we could just enjoy this moment together and once we're sure that everything is fine, we're going to start thinking about telling our families. We know that they are going to have a lot of questions about how it happened so we've already got an explanation planned out that is easy for them to follow and not too confusing. I was excited to tell our families because I know they will be excited about it.
I know Dimitri's family especially are going to be really happy because they know how much Dimitri has always wanted to have children of his own, but if I'm being honest I am scared to tell my mother. She is not exactly what you would call a 'maternal' type of woman and although she has never said it; I feel that I was an accident and she was never supposed to have children. Janine Hathaway is career driven and her role as Guardian has always come first so I can't see her stepping up to be Grandma.
Abe and I are not what you call close but I feel that he will be excited about the prospect of becoming a Grandpa. He was very supportive when Dimitri and I got married when a lot of people frowned upon it as we are both Dhampir's and does check in on us occasionally to make sure we're both ok. He always remembers our birthdays and Christmas. He sends us a check every month in case we need money for an emergency, we've just put it aside in a savings account, and I know if push comes to shove I can rely on him to be there.
Since we have reunited he has made an effort and after hearing about his life and his business and his relationship with my mother, I understand more why he wasn't a part of my life. He has regrets about some of his past decisions but we can't turn back the time so I have allowed myself to open up to him a little.
Looking at my relationship with my parents it has made me more determined to be a better mother than what I had. I want my child to know that I love them unconditionally, I will always be there, I can be counted on and I will do everything in my power to keep my child safe. I know Dimitri will be an amazing father, there is no doubt about it but I haven't exactly had the best role model with my mother so I don't know how to be a mother. I'm scared I'm going to mess it up and my child will end up hating me and I'll be worse than my mother.
When I think about my childhood and Dimitri's, it's clear that we had very different upbringings and I am actually jealous of his upbringing. Yes, his father was awful but his family are close and they all live together. When we go to see them or they come to see us it just feels so comfortable and homely. Everyone is happy, they tell stories about their childhood, they have all of these photo albums and then I think about my childhood and it's quite sad. I was pretty much raised by the Academy and my mother had very little to do with me once I was at the Academy. I never grew up feeling loved or wanted and when me and my mother see one another it is more like talking to a distant aunt or something. We don't have photo albums, fun stories or that homely feeling.
I'm not trying to make my mother sound like a monster because we have had some good times, not many but some and I know that in a life or death situation she would come to the rescue but when Lissa and I disappeared from the Academy I was sure my mother was going to come looking for us. Dimitri was able to find us and pretty easily by the sound of it and I know my mother had the same ability, if she really wanted Lissa and I to be found she would have tried to find us but her job was more important and she couldn't pull herself away.
She didn't even really want to find out why Lissa and I disappeared and it was a hindrance to her when we spoke about it. Maybe one day we will be able to really clear the air between us and become close, maybe this baby will bring us closer, maybe it will drive us further apart; I don't know but what I do know is that I am going to do my best the be the best mother I can possibly be.
Dimitri and I walked hand in hand into the Drs Office and I noticed that we were the only ones here. I gave my name to the receptionist who smiled and told us to take a seat. I hated sitting in the Drs Office waiting room, it always made me anxious. Dimitri was usually cool and calm but he seemed a little nervous now too and I know why.
He confessed last night that he is worried the baby could have some kind of issue or the pregnancy could be problematic because of us both being Dhampir's and I admit the thought has occurred to me, this has never happened before that we know of so we have no idea what to expect. There is a reason Dhampir's can't procreate together whether it be because of blood or whatever else, there is that fear that something could go wrong but I am doing my best not to think about it.
"Rose, you can go on back now"
Dimitri and I stood from our seats and he led the way into Dr Henris' room. I clutched onto his hand as he opened the door and we walked in, I noticed the hospital looking bed and a large machine with what looked like a computer screen on it. Dr Henris was sat in the chair at her desk and greeted us with a warm smile and indicated for me to sit on the hospital bed. Dimitri helped me on and then let go of my hand as he sat down in the chair next to the bed.
"Hi Rose. How are you?" Dr Henris asked.
"I'm good thank you" I replied.
"She has been very tired and is still getting a lot of morning sickness" Dimitri stated.
"That's pretty normal and you should see the morning sickness subside over the next couple of weeks. The tiredness is something that might last a little bit longer, your body is working really hard right now to make sure you and your baby are healthy," Dr Henris answered "As your stomach starts to grown you may feel some discomfort and growing pains but that is normal and nothing to worry about" She added.
"I told you I was fine" I muttered to Dimitri and he rolled his eyes at me.
Dimitri was worried about the morning sickness because it is still quite a lot and it goes on until just before lunchtime. I told him that I was fine and it was normal but he said he wanted to mention it to Dr Henris just to hear from her that everything was ok.
This pregnancy really has him on edge and although he has always been protective, he has been on protective overdrive. He worries about every little thing and reading that pregnancy book he brought hasn't been helping him and neither has his online research about pregnancy and childbirth.
"Ok Rose what we're going to do is have you lay down on the bed, raise your right arm behind your head and lift your top up then I'll put some jelly on your stomach, it might be a little bit cold then we'll be able to see your baby on the screen and we will be able to hear your baby's heartbeat too. After we've done that I will take your height, weight and blood pressure just so that we can keep track of everything throughout your pregnancy" Dr Henris explained.
I did what she asked and shuffled back so that I was lying back on the bed, I lifted my shirt up to just under my bra and pulled my leggings down a little further so my whole stomach was exposed and put my right hand behind my head. Dimitri stood from his chair and grabbed my hand as Dr Henris prepared the monitor and such.
I smiled at Dimitri and Dr Henris picked up a bottle that had a light blue jelly like substance in and she squirted it around my stomach, I sucked in a breath at the jelly because it was cold.
Dr Henris moved a wand thing around my stomach spreading the jelly around and tapped on some buttons on the sonogram machines. Dimitri and I held our breaths as we waited for our baby to appear on the screen.
There it was.
"Oh my God" Dimitri muttered to himself.
"There is your baby" Dr Henris said happily as she moved the screen so Dimitri and I could see it more "There's the head, legs and arms" She said pointing at the screen "And there is the heart, you can see it beating away strongly" She added. She pressed a couple more buttons and the sound of our baby's heartbeat filled the room. Dr Henris was right, it was a strong heartbeat.
"There's actually a baby in there" I stated.
I can't believe it. A very small part of me was still expecting this to not be real. There is really a baby in my stomach right now... a baby that Dimitri and I made together out of love. We were going to have a baby. I can't actually believe it.
"Yes Rose, there is actually a baby in there" Dimitri chuckled.
A tear slipped down my cheek and Dimitri wiped it away with the pad of his thumb.
Sorry for the slightly late post guy, I had the LONGEST day at work yesterday and it just drained me! I have separated this chapter into 2 because it just got so long... so make sure that you all come back next week to get the other half of this chapter!
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