40 Weeks
Hola! Three things: 1. Thanks for all the reviews. They make me want to write more. 2. Please keep reviewing. 3. This is week 8, and I think it is only going to be one chapter, as opposed to what I sometimes do, making several chapters for one week.
A/N I don't own Grey's Anatomy. End of story. No Addison.
Week 8
Derek turned to find Meredith. He had just been with her a few minutes ago, they were making rounds. Derek excused himself from the presence of the Chief and Burke, and walked down the hall. He saw Cristina.
"Hey, Cristina."
"Dr. Shepered."
"What happened to Derek?"
"Fine, Derek."
"Have you seen Meredith?"
"No, I expect, she is probably either in the bathroom puking her major organs out, or with you."
"Thanks."
Cristina rolled her eyes and walked over to Burke.
Continuing down the hall, Derek knocked on the women's bathroom door. "Meredith? Are you in there?" He called quietly.
A moan answered him.
Opening the door slowly, he found Meredith on the floor, sitting over the toilet.
Derek grabbed a wet paper towel, and wiped her mouth for her.
"Are you okay Mer?"
"Yeah. I'm just dizzy, and I have really bad morning sickness."
"Well, our prenatal appointment is in twenty minutes. Do you want to just go on down there?" Derek asked while rubbing her back gently.
"Yeah."
"Okay, let me help you up."
Meredith took Derek's hand and he pulled her up.
Meredith tried to stay balanced, but she was rocking back and forth really bad. Derek scooped her up into his arms, and carried her out of the bathroom.
Meredith giggled as she rested her head on Derek's shoulder.
"Dr. Sheperd, where are you taking your intern?" The chief stopped them about halfway to the OBGYN's office.
"We are going to our prenatal appointment!" Derek said excitedly.
"And you are carrying her, because?"
"She was really nauseated."
"Oh. Well, carry on then."
Derek continued until they were right down the hall from the OBGYN's office.
"I think I can walk now handsome."
"Okay" Derek said placing Meredith gently onto the floor.
Walking hand in hand, they walked into the office. Meredith signed on the clipboard that she had arrived and then went to sit back down by Derek.
"Nervous?" he asked gently.
"Yeah. Are you?"
"Yeah. I mean, its our baby."
"Our baby. That has such a nice ring to it." She commented.
"It really does. You, Me, and the baby."
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"Meredith Grey?" The nurse called.
Meredith grabbed her bag, and Derek's hand.
"That would be me."
"Okay, Meredith, uh, Dr. Sheperd, I recognize you. I am Nurse Campbell, and I will be giving you a blood test and urine test, and then the doctor will be in to see you soon."
"Alrighty." Meredith said.
After being weighed, her temperature taken, blood pressure, urine test, and blood test, Meredith was led to a room to wait with Derek.
"Well, isn't this just awesome." Meredith commented on the very sterile looking room.
"You would think, for pregnancy, it would be a little warmer."
"We're surgeons. We're used to sterile rooms, in fact, we love sterile rooms." Meredith commented. "But when I'm going to become a mother, I want a more comfortable environment."
Derek nodded. "I agree. It makes me think that there is going to be bad news, that's just the atmosphere."
Meredith let out a shiver, and Derek kissed her cheek.
"But don't worry Meredith."
"I'm not worried, if you are not worried." She kissed him back.
Derek moved into a sitting position on the bed that was placed in the room. Pushing Mereidth's hair out of her eyes, he deepened the kiss, and Meredith laid her back down onto the bed, as Derek pulled himself on top of her with passionate kissees.
The door handle jiggled and a doctor walked in as Derek hurried to sit up.
"Well hello there." The woman spoke softly.
Derek and Meredith both blushed as they separated a bit. Derek's arm was still around Meredith protectively.
"I am Doctor Marvella Warner." She said holding out her hand for each of them to shake.
Shaking hands, they both introduced themselves, and she took a seat on the chair next to the bed.
"Well, Dr. Grey. Your results came back, there is nothing abnormal in your blood, and you are officially definitely pregnant."
Meredith nodded. "So, you have three options as of right now. You can keep the baby, give it up for adoption, and there is always termination since it is still early in the pregnancy. You may need some time to think about this-"
"We're keeping it." Meredith and Derek said in unison.
Dr. Warner nodded with a large smile spreading across her face.
Meredith giggled nervously, and Derek squeezed her hand tighter.
"So, in that case, we are going to need to do a pelvic exam ,and some other tests, and then we can sit down and talk more details."
Meredith nodded. "Stay with me?" She asked Derek.
Derek nodded. "Absolutely."
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"Alright Meredith, Derek." Dr. Warner said sitting down behind her desk.
"So, I have to ask you a few questions." She continued.
Meredith nodded, dreading what was coming. She hated going through her medical history.
"When was the first day of your last period?"
"March 7th." Meredith answered.
"Okay. This is going to put your due date around, December 12th. You are around 8 weeks pregnant. Congratulations."
Meredith nodded.
"A winter baby." Derek said with a smile.
After a few more questions, she got around to talking about the family history.
"So, did you bring any family history with you?"
"I did. My mom and dad's files, and my own." Derek said.
"I have mine, and my mother's. I don't, uh, really know much about my dad."
Derek gazed into Meredith's eyes, and squeezed her hand again.
The doctor gave them a sympathetic look, and continued.
"So, I will just work with what I have." She said with a smile that comforted the two.
"Do you have any history of reproductive problems in your family?"
Meredith looked at Derek. "Well, I don't. All my sisters have at least two children. But, my mom did miscarry once before she had me."
Dr. Warner then turned to Meredith. "My mom miscarried a lot. Around five times I think before I was born, and twice afterwards."
Dr. Warner nodded.
"What does that mean for Meredith?" Derek asked with a lot of fear in his voice. He hadn't known about Meredith's mother having such reproductive problems. Now he was more scared than before. But, she was healthy, and she had made it through the first two months.
"It could mean anything from not affecting her, to having the same affect. There are many possibilities, but since she shows no signs of health problems now, I think she will probably be fine for the time being. However, Meredith, no more running, or strenuous physical activities, and if there are any concerns, call me at anytime."
Meredith nodded and rested her head on Derek's shoulder.
"Should we be scared?"
"Cautious. Not scared. The more stress you are under, the more likely it will be to happen."
Meredith nodded. "You do know, that I am a surgical intern, it is a stressful life I lead."
Dr. Warner nodded. "Well, you are going to need to be extra careful. Any signs of anything out of the ordinary, take a few days off. I'm serious Meredith, Derek. You run the higher risk of miscarrying, so take everything seriously."
Meredith nodded. "The child comes first." She said.
"Alright then. Do you smoke, or drink?"
Derek burst out laughing when Meredith made a face. "I drink sometimes."
"Okay. That's fine. Many women do, but while you are pregnant, you don't want to be around smoking or drinking. It can raise the rate of deformations or miscarriage."
Meredith nodded. "Trust me, all I'll drink is water, milk, and applejuice."
Dr. Warner laughed. "Try to stay away from caffeine if at all possible, you don't want to be drinking anymore coffee, or any of that."
Derek nodded. "Trust me, Meredith is all for the safety of our baby. She's gonna do everything she can to make sure that it is okay."
Dr. Warner nodded. "I'm sure that you two will make great parents."
"Okay. Continuing, Meredith, you cant skip meals anymore. You need to have three well balanced meals a day and I will be prescribing prenatal vitamins. These are important so that your baby will get everything that it needs to grow healthily."
Meredith nodded once again. "I can definitely do that."
"Okay, good. Now, I have another question. Who have you told about your pregnancy?"
Meredith looked at Derek and furrowed her brow.
Derek answered, "Our Chief of Surgery, another attending, um, a resident, and one of my sisters."
"And two of my friends." Meredith added. "Izzie and Cristina."
Derek nodded. "Yeah, I forgot about them."
"Okay. That's good that you have told your boss. If there is anyone else you need to tell, now would be a good time because I am labeling this pregnancy as high risk, because we are not sure if you could miscarry or not. Your mother had a lot of miscarriages, and if I remember correctly, her job could have had something to do with it. You need to be extremely cautious, and the more people who do know, friend wise, the more people who could help you if you had an emergency."
Meredith agreed with her. "I guess we're gioing to have to tell George."
Derek laughed. "George is pretty good with kids. We have to tell my sisters, and we can go see your mom and tell her if you want to." Derek added with a smile.
Meredith nodded.
"Okay, this pregnancy risk will probably drop in a month or two, so, don't worry about it for too long."
Thirty minutes and many more questions later
"Now, that's about all. Do you have any questions for me?"
"Yes. When will my morning sickness get better? Its been awful these past couple of weeks. All day, and throwing up, not just nausea."
"Oh. I am very sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but besides drinking lots of fluids, and eating a little in bed before you get out, there is not too much you can do to cure that."
Meredith groaned.
"I know. And I'm sorry."
"Well, that is all the time we have for today. Meredith, you can call and schedule your next appointment for two weeks. Since you are high risk, I want you in here more often than not. Feel free to call me with any more questions you may have, and do plenty of research on the computer. You'll be surprised what you can find."
Meredith and Derek nodded, and returned to the surgical wing of the hospital.
"The only person we still have to tell is George." Meredith said breaking into a fit of laughter.
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