Hello all, thanks again for all of the lovely feedback it means the world to me, I love to write fanfiction and getting positive feedback makes it so much more enjoyable. One more chapter till we find out what the sex of the baby will be, so if you guys want too you can PM me your opinions or suggestions and I will take them into account. Enjoy this chapter!
Eighteen weeks pregnant sure doesn't seem like much to Rachel, seeing as days pass slowly when she's alone. However, it is very close to the halfway point so that's a relief. She and Finn are very, very anxious to find out the gender of the baby so that isn't exactly helping. Fortunately, the baby seems to be healthy, which gives Finn and Rachel so much relief., especially considering the fact that it took them so long to conceive. They already conceive their baby to be their own little great miracle. Every day Rachel waits for her baby to kick because she wants to feel so she finally knows how healthy the baby really is.
"Rachel, are you alright, you're awfully quiet?" Finn says
"Yeah, I'm fine I'm just getting a little concerned because the baby really doesn't move that much." Rachel says sighing
"The baby is fine, the doctor told us the baby is going to be on the small side, so things may happen slower, Remember?"
"Oh yeah, that's right, I'm sorry, I just, I can't help but worry a lot."
"I know, it's your maternal instincts."
"I just wish I could stop worrying so much."
"It' okay to be worried Rachel, really it is, just don't stress yourself out so much."
"I'll try not to, I promise."
"Good, I really don't like to see you so stressed, you know."
"I know."
Rachel feels her stomach flutter the next day, so she thinks it may mean the baby is going to start kicking soon.
"Come on Sweetie, don't you want to kick for Mommy? Don't you want to show Mommy and Daddy how healthy and strong you are? I know you do, You're a strong, healthy baby, I know you are." Rachel whispers smiling and staring down at her now definitely visible baby bump. She really wants to meet her baby and to see how beautiful its little face is. Also, she's really getting tired of calling her baby 'it' , she wants to know if she and Finn are going to have a son, or a daughter, whether the nursery will be pink or blue, whether they will be buying baby dresses or little baby suits. Rachel just wants to know.
"Hey Rach, do you think we should find out the sex of the baby early?" Finn asks.
"No, the doctor says the earliest that it's pretty accurate is twenty weeks." Rachel says.
"Okay, you are the boss, so we'll wait."
"I still think it's a boy."
"Yeah, me too."
"At least I have a really, really strong feeling it's a boy."
"You are the one who is carrying the baby so you should be the one who knows best."
"Yeah, I should."
"I think you're right. I have a good feeling that it's a boy too."
"Finn.." Rachel says, wide eyed.
"What's the matter Rach, are you okay?"
"Yeah Finn, I'm fine… it's the baby… the baby just kicked… oh my god, the baby just kicked."
"May I feel?"
"Of course you can."
"Oh my god that's… amazing."
"I know, isn't it wonderful? That's our baby moving. It all seems so much more real now."
"I know, and our kid is going to be the cutest, sweetest baby all of the world has ever seen."
"I hope the baby doesn't get my nose."
"So what if the baby gets your nose, your nose is beautiful."
"You really know how to make me smile, you know that?"
"I know you always tell me that, but I was just being honest."
"I know, that's why it made me smile so much."
"God, I swear, I could never get tired of feeling this baby kick, it's the most amazing feeling."
"I bet you're so relieved, you were really worried that the baby wasn't healthy because it wasn't moving very much."
"I feel this even deeper connection to the baby now."
"You love this baby so much, and personally, I think it is the most adorable thing that I have ever seen."
"I have been talking to the baby quite a bit."
"I know, you're just trying to take good care of our child already."
"I love our baby."
"I know, and so do I."
"You ready to be a daddy yet?"
"I totally am. Are you ready to be a Mommy yet?"
"Oh yes, I am very, very ready."
"Good."
Rachel sits on the couch, feeling her baby kick. She smiles.
"I knew you would start out a strong and healthy baby. I just knew you would be. Mommy loves you, Mommy loves you so much Sweetie."
"I still think this feels really weird." She tells Finn
"Yeah, I bet it does."
To Rachel, being pregnant is both the most wonderful thing and annoying at the same time. She hates being tired and having swollen feet all the time, but on the other hand, she loves being able to feel the baby kick and move around inside or, it's the most amazing feeling.
"Hey Rach?" Finn says to Rachel when he gets home from work.
"Yes Finn?"
"Would you be opposed to my mom coming to stay with us and help out once the baby is born?"
"No, I wouldn't mind that at all, I love your mom, why are you asking me this though?
"She called me at work this morning and made this proposition, I think she's an overly excited grandma-to-be."
"Well tell your mom that we are very open to this idea."
"She's going to be so excited."
"Yeah your mom is definitely going to be the type of grandma to spoil her grandchild then send it home."
"Yeah, tell me about it. She's going to spoil our kid rotten."
"Yeah, and so will Kurt."
"Oh my god, I know right."
"If it's a boy i'm going to be so excited."
"I'm actually kind of surprised that you've wanted a boy all this time. I always thought you would hope our first child would be a girl. So you could, you know do her hair, buy her clothes, and paint her nails and stuff."
"No, I want a boy because I have a feeling if we have a little boy, he will look so much like you."
"What would be so wrong about our son looking like you, you are very beautiful."
"Nothing's wrong with that Finn, I've just always thought that if we ever have a son he look just like you."
"Oh, I see but I have always thought that our kid would look just like you."
"Oh, well in that case, maybe our child will be the perfect mix of the two of us."
"That sounds perfect, so are you still set on Liam for a boy?"
"Yeah, I am, I love the name Liam, it's so cute and simple."
"I really like that name too."
"The baby has been kicking so much lately, apparently we are going to have quite an active child on our hands."
"Yeah, maybe we'll have a kid who start crawling early and all that jazz."
"Oh goodness."
"Yeah, it's a good thing we are both pretty active, this kid is going to keep us on our toes."
"At least that will make the kid much happier."
"Happy babies are good babies."
"Yeah and we are definitely going to have a happy baby, aren't we?"
"Well we don't know for sure but I think we will."
"Yeah, we will because the most happy babies are the ones who are the most loved babies, and we know that our baby is going to be brought into this world with so much love surrounding it."
"Of course, or baby is going to be pretty lucky, that's for sure."
That night Rachel doesn't really sleep that well because the baby just won't stop kicking. It gets kind of tiring after a little bit. She knows that it's only going to get even stronger the further along she gets into the pregnancy. After a while of tossing and turning, Rachel decides maybe she should talk to the baby."
"Hey Honey, I know you like being active and all but maybe you could just let your mommy sleep. You know, I need to get good sleep so I can help you to be extra healthy, and also I need sleep because once you are finally here with your daddy and I, you'll be waking us up crying because you are hungry or you need to get your diaper changed, so the I won't get much sleep and neither will your daddy, and your daddy gets very grumpy without his sleep, you know. Goodnight my precious baby, mama loves you, I love you so much."
Rachel then shuts her eyes and drifts back off to sleep, thank goodness .
"Good morning, beautiful." Finn says to Rachel as soon as she opens her eyes the next morning.
"Oh please, I look like a whale." Rachel groans.
"Would you stop with all that Rach, you look amazing, your baby bump is not even that big, and it is adorable."
"Oh it is not."
"You really are glowing, I promise you are."
"Thank you for being so nice."
"You are welcome, and why wouldn't I be nice, you are carrying our baby, it's the least I can do for you."
"You are going to be the best father. Our kid is going to be so lucky to have you."
"And our kid is also going to be so lucky to have you, you are going to be an amazing mommy."
"I hope so, I really do."
"Don't doubt it for a second Rachel, you will be, I have no doubt."
"I think our baby agrees with you, the kid won't stop kicking."
"See, he or she already loves their momma."
"Yeah, the baby loves this family. That's for sure."
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