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5. The Appointment
Claire was up next. She already waited for some time now, reading boring magazines and watching the other women in the waiting room of the doctor's surgery.
"Ms McLeod!" A nurse called. Claire got up and followed her into the examining room.
"Please take a seat. The doctor will be here in a few minutes."
After a few more minutes of waiting in the examing room the doctor came in. "Hello Ms McLeod. How do you feel today?" The doctor asked.
"Okay I think. I didn't sleep much last night. But that's an exception. We had a party going on last night because I got out of the hospital yesterday."
"That's ok as long as it doesn't get regular. You don't have other problems like morning sickness?"
"No nothing. It just feels weird and good at the same time to become a mother. But that's not a real problem."
"You will adjust to the fact soon. Believe me. I have seen many women like you in my career. Okay then, let's do the ultrasonics."
"Ultrasonics? I thought that would first be at the next appointment?" Claire asked the doctor.
"No, today we will shoot some pictures of your baby too. There will be some more ultrasonics during your pregnancy. You can take the father with you then. Today I will give you some prints of the ultrasonic so you have something to show at home." He said and got up from his chair.
"Would you please lay down here." He said pointing to the stretcher at his side "And please bare your belly." Claire did as he asked. "Sorry, this will be a little cold." He said, put some gel and after that the transducer on Claires belly. He inched it slowly over Claires belly. "Uh, there it is." He said and pointed on a spot which looked like the rest of the picture to Claire. "I will print this out for you. You can meanwhile dry your belly and get dressed again. Please, take a seat when you're finished. One moment please I will get the prints for you." He said handing her some tissues and leaving the room.
After a few minutes he came back with some prints in his hands. "Ms McLeod here you got your prints. I'm sorry that it took so long. The foetus is pretty little for the assumed time of pregnancy. So I had to do some measurements." The doctor said and looked for the right words to continue his speech.
"What's wrong with my baby?" Claire asked confused and scared by his words. She thought once again over the medicine she had had to take during her stay in hospital. She hoped that everything would be okay with her baby. At this moment she wished Alex would be at her side. She kicked herself for telling him to go to Killarney.
"It's nothing to be scared of Ms McLeod. Give me a moment to find the right words. I measured the picture because I had to controll my calculation for the birthdate respectively the procreation of the baby from the last appointment. It looks like the date you thought about for the procreation isn't right. Because you were so strict about the timeframe I jumped into conclusions and didn't do the calculation properly. I'm so sorry. The procreation happend later or that is to say 3 to 4 weeks later."
"That's not possible. I hadn't slept ..." Claire started to answer when she remembered the morning after she and Alex tasted his homebrewed beer.
"Ms McLeod is everything ok with you?" the doc asked when he could see Claire was totally distracted.
"Yeah, everything ok. Was that all or do you have more questions? Otherwise I would like to go home. I have to do something." Claire said excusively and nearly got up without waiting for the doc's answer.
"No, Ms McLeod you are free to go. But are sure there's nothing you wanna talk about? Do you need some time alone in here? I've got no problems with that. You seem a little distracted."
"No. Really. Everything is fine." She said not convinced by her own words
"Ok. Please get another appointment on your way out. We will see us in a few weeks. Good bye." He said and opened the door for Claire.
"Yeah. Good bye." Claire said still distracted by her mind.
Claire went out of the surgery and into her car. She couldn't believe what the doctor just told her. She needed to think about it. "That's not possible. Ryan." "Bloody Idiot."
To be continued ...