It had surprised me how the team didn't treat me any differently after I told them as a matter of fact they hardly ever mentioned it unless we were off duty and that was something that I appreciated. It had been two weeks and Eric and I were getting ready to go back to the doctors for our latest check up. I couldn't believe that I was already 17 weeks pregnant, but my clothes were making it known that I was expecting. Eric who had been really supportive and knew better than to mention it had offered to go shopping with me after my check up. Something that I was loving, he knew that I was feeling a little self conscious about my appearance at the moment and because of that we hadn't made love since the night we had told the team. I knew it was unfair for him but I didn't like the feeling of having to get bigger clothes, I had been the same size since I was 16 and it was really hard for me to come to terms with that, which had surprised me because I had never been one to really care what I looked like.

"Hey Nell are you ready to go?" Eric asked.

"Uh yeah" I said looking at myself one last time in the mirror.

Eric and I sat in the doctors room waiting when in walked Doctor Morgan. The nurse had already checked my vitals, and if me feeling self conscious before was bad I felt even worse now after being turned into a pin cushion.

"How are you feeling Nell?" Doctor Morgan asked and I whispered

"Self conscious" she nodded

"Its alright to feel that way Nell, a lot of women at the this stage or a little later on in pregnancies end up feeling this way, its natural to feel bloated and self conscious. Your body is going through a lot of changes, your breasts and genitals have become more sensitive, but your body is growing to accommodate the growth of your body. There will come a point in your pregnancy when that will go away and you will love your image and crave sex regularly" she assured and I nodded, looking over at Eric who looked a little uncomfortable with the conversation that we were having at the moment.

"Ah yes sorry Eric, I didn't mean to make this uncomfortable for you. Lets take a look at your baby shall we" she said and I nodded, Eric cleared his throat and said

"Uh yes that sounds like a great idea". I smirked but took his hand in mine as I concentrated on the ultrasound. Doctor Morgan checked the babies vitals and the necessary measurements before she asked

"Alright who is ready to find out what gender our little baby is going to be?" I looked at Eric, we had discussed this so many times since we had found out I was pregnant and it had been constantly changing. Seeing the same eagerness in his eyes that must have been in mine I said

"We would like to know the gender of the baby" and Doctor Morgan nodded, positioning the ultrasound so that she could determine the gender of our baby.

"Well Nell and Eric it would seem that you are having a little girl" she said and I looked at Eric who had tears falling down his cheeks

"Oh wow this is wonderful" Eric said and I nodded feeling my own tears roll down my face

"I can't believe it" I whispered squeezing Eric's hand.

"Alright I will leave the two of you alone for a couple of moments to wrap your heads around the news and to compose yourselves. Congratulations though" she said leaving the room.

As soon as she was out the door Eric was leaning over me and had his lips on mine.

"I can't believe we have been blessed with this miracle" he whispered before capturing my mouth again. We stayed like that for a couple of minutes before I sat up light headed and remembered that I had to get out of the stupid garment and put my pants back on. The whole time I was beaming with pride at the fact that we were going to be blessed with a little girl and that we would be able to treasure her and spoil her. When I re-entered the room, Doctor Morgan was back and she had a couple of pictures of the sonogram. She handed one to me and my breath was taken away once again at the sheer perfection of the little human that we had created.

"Alright is there any questions you have or anything I can do?" she asked and I nodded

"I was talking with my boss and she wanted to know when you would like me to go on maternity leave" I said and Doctor Morgan answered

"As long as everything turns up good at your six month mark then I see no reason why it can't be until you reach eight months. I will however determine that at our next meeting in a months time". Nodding we left and I booked my next appointment.

We left the doctors surgery and made our way to the local mall. It was nearing lunch time and I was getting quite hungry. After getting lunch and making sure that I was hydrated we finally made our way down to the women's clothing store, which luckily catered for pregnant women with a huge range of maternity wear. For the first time in over ten days I finally felt good about myself, all because I had clothes that fit me and didn't make me look fat. Eric was as encouraging as always and was picking out different outfits for me to try on, some of them weren't at all what I would've picked out for myself and couldn't imagine wearing but others were actually really comfortable. Though when I came out with the last lot of clothes I felt like slapping all the women who were clinging off of him. He looked so awkward and unsure but when he saw me exit the changing rooms he jumped up and rushed over to me saying

"Oh thank goodness" before crushing his lips down on mine. The jealousy that I felt was gone and I felt incredibly happy with what was happening, it kind of reminded me of high school, being the unpopular nerdy kid and never getting the man of your dreams, though for me it turns out the man of my dreams was the nerdy fan boy type who was incredibly smart and somewhat sporty.

As we made our way to the counter to pay Eric stopped me and said

"I'm so sorry that you had to see that but one of the women said that their partner would never come shopping with them and that I was such a gentleman and then I had all these women swarming around me. I tried to push them away and make my escape but they wouldn't let me" he said and I nodded turning toward him I said

"It's alright Eric I know that you wouldn't do anything like that to me" I said and he nodded

"I would never, I made a promise when I started dating you and even more of one when I proposed. I love you Nell" he said and I smiled

"I know Eric. I love you too" I said, by this stage we had made it to the counter and the check out operator said

"That was such a cute conversation, I wish my partner would do the same" I looked over at her and noticed that she was pregnant as well

"How far along are you?" I asked and she smiled

"26 weeks, I'm almost at the end of my second trimester. It looks like your just at the beginning am I correct?" she asked and I smiled

"17 weeks" I said and she nodded

"Well congratulations, my boss is 29 weeks and expecting twins, she's huge. I don't know how she's copping, I already feel like a beached whale" she said and I nodded

"I'm not quite there yet but I'm getting close to it" I told her and she nodded.

"One thing that helps me a lot after a long day is a massage or soaking in a relaxing bath, both are good to help relieve some of the stress and pain" she told me and I smiled

"Thank you so much" I said and she smiled

"Your welcome sweetie" she smiled back. After she rang up the total and I payed she gave me a couple more tips to relieve stress before we made our way out of the store.

A/N: Ok here is the next chapter. I'm gonna warn you now the start of the following chapter is a lot of fluff (especially so soon into the story but I believe that having this talk with the cashier at the clothing store may have given her the courage to try again). Anyway please review and tell me what you think!