/* 30 weeks */
Sam had been at work for 3 hours now, her ankles were slightly swollen and her belly bulged. She walked along the reception in her green scrubs carrying patient notes; she was tired of being stuck in cubical. Tom wanted her to stay home on bed rest permanently but rest just wasn't on Sam's agenda. She had treated one diabetic foot ulcer, a 7 year olds broken Ulna and radius, one broken nose and diagnosed an elderly man with gall stones. She sighed as she walked past the nurses' station, shoving one set of her notes onto the top of the desk then rubbed her belly looking down at it and went into another cubical, "Jenny Morrison?" Sam said then closed the curtain after the patient smiled. "So you have an incision on your left arm yes?" Sam said looking at her notes then put them down and put on some gloves, she sat on the chair with her legs apart because it was more comfortable. She began suturing the slightly deep cut on that went across here brachioradialis muscle. "how did you do this?" Sam asked knowing it was at an unusual angle and she couldn't possibly have done it herself. "My physco ex caught my arm with a knife….I won't let him see our daughter" jenny said like it was no big deal. Sam didn't reply just continued suturing, 4 sutures into it she felt a strange tug in her stomach and let out a deep exhale and continued with her patient. It happened 2 more times which scared Sam so she stuck a dressing over her patients arm, got up and left. She walked over to the nurses' station and stood on the patients side and looked down rubbing her belly with one had as she took some deep breath. "Sam?" Tess said coming out of her office and walked over "are you alright?" she asked rubbing her upper arm.
Sam shook her head "Something wrong Tess…" she looked at Tess alarmed. "I keep feeling something here" she said her hand where she'd felt the strange niggley movements "eh" Tess was unsure what to say so she placed her hands on Sam's pregnant belly and had a feel then sighed. "there's nothing wrong with you….you're baby is kicking" Tess said soothingly and sympathetically as she stepped back to look at Sam. "You're sure?" she swallowed and looked down placing both hands on her bump and felt another funny little kick on her left hand side. "yes…this is a good thing!" tess said and squeezed her arm gently before walking off.
It took Sam a good few moments to accept that she was being paranoid then went to find Tom. She walked into the staff room with teary eyes and a smile "tom?" she said walking up behind him, he turned "Sam? What's wrong? Is it the baby?" he asked seeing her teary face "yes…no, She kicked! She's kicking" Sam said taking toms hand and putting it on the same spot she had her own hands earlier. Tom waited patiently then smiled and looked up at Sam feeling a tiny kick "that's brilliant" he said and hugged sam who was smiling and let out a gasp as the tears began falling. They hugged each other closely.