Once Upon A Straight Tequila Night

Chapter 21 - Our First Ultrasound

Penelope's POV

It has been 3 weeks since we had the pregnancy confirmed via a blood test and today Derek and I have our first ultrasound to check and see how far along I am, we are taking the morning off from work, we told Hotch that we had some errands to run together, but here we are still in bed after a horrible night of me getting up every hour or so to use the bathroom and then with the constant morning sickness which is not just in the mornings anymore, I get random times throughout the day where I can not keep anything down, I am laying snuggled into Derek's side as he rubs my back in a soothing and gentle rhythm I lift my head and check the time and decide to get up and get in the shower so that we can leave here in the next 45 minutes.

After my shower I feel a little better I get dressed and head downstairs and into Derek's kitchen and begin to prepare coffee for him and a herbal tea for me and some dry toast to try and help settle my stomach plus I also prepare something for Derek to eat, Derek comes down the stairs and into the kitchen and wraps me up in his arms again his hands on my belly as he nuzzles his face into the crease of my neck I arch my neck to the side a little to give him more room as he starts placing little butterfly kisses up the side of my neck to my ear where he nibbles the outer shell of my ear which causes me to moan, I turn to face him and bring his lips to mine and kiss him passionately before pulling away so that I can get on with making our breakfast but he is a little reluctant to let me go so I turn back around and continue to get our breakfast with him again attacking my neck with his lips.

Derek's POV

Today Penelope and I have our first ultrasound to check and see how far along she is, we are taking the morning off from work, we told Hotch that we had some errands to run together, but here we are still in bed after a horrible night of my Baby Girl getting up every hour or so to use the bathroom and then with the constant morning sickness which is not just in the mornings anymore, she gets random times throughout the day where she can not keep anything down, she is laying snuggled into my side as I rub her back in a soothing and gentle rhythm she lifts her head and check the time and decides to get up and get in the shower so that we can leave here in the next 45 minutes.

My Baby Girl is showered and dressed and heading downstairs and into the kitchen, I come down the stairs and walk into the kitchen and wrap her up in my arms again my hands on her belly as I nuzzle my face into the crease of her neck she arches her neck to the side a little to give more more access as I start placing little butterfly kisses up the side of her neck to her ear where I nibble the outer shell of her ear which causes her to moan, she turns to face me and brings my lips to her and kiss me passionately before pulling away so that she can get on with making our breakfast but I am a little reluctant to let her go so she turns back around and continue to get our breakfast with me again attacking her neck with my lips.

Penelope's POV

It is time to leave so that we get to our appointment on time Derek opens the door for me and helps me into my seat before hopping in the drivers seat as we drive to the doctors office we hold hands over the centre console all the way as I am scared that they are going to tell me that something is wrong so having his hand in mine gives me a little comfort, we pull into the car park of the doctors office and Derek gets out and comes to help me out of my seat, once my feet are on the ground he pulls me in for a kiss he closes the door and we walk into the doctors office, we let the receptionist know that we are here and then take a seat, I look around the waiting room at all the other pregnant woman and think about I will look like when I get bigger.

Derek and I have been sitting here for about 20 minutes when a nurse calls out "Penelope Garcia" Derek stands and holds out a hand for me and helps me stand up and we walk towards the nurse who takes us back and begins to go through the pre-exam check on my weight and blood pressure before taking us into the exam room where she hands me a gown to put on so I go behind the privacy screen and change into the horrible gown making sure to remove all clothing except my bra and then I take a seat on the end of the bed and the nurse places a sheet over my lower half and then leaves the room.

There is a knock on the door and I say "come in" the door opens and the doctor enters the room a chart in her hand as she walks over to where the ultrasound machine is and she takes a seat on the stool and introduces herself as she reached out her hand "hi Penelope, I am Dr. Smith" I reach out and shake her hand as she continues "I believe that you are here today so that we can get an idea of how far along you are" she then turns towards Derek and says "you must be the father" he nods and says "yes I am the father and her fiancee" said "ok lets get this ultrasound under way and find out what is happening in there, now Penelope I am going to an internal ultrasound called a trans-vaginal ultrasound because usually at such an early stage the gestational sacs can be hard to find so doing the internal helps to find the gestational sac."

Dr. Smith asks "Penelope can you place your legs in the stirrups please" I did as she asked while she picked up the long probe and lathered it with gel before she adjusted the sheet and said "ok Penelope there is going to be a little pinch as I insert the transducer" i let out a little wince as she inserted the transducer but thankfully Derek was holding my hand, I could feel her moving the transducer around inside me I try to take my mind off what she is doing so I stare at Derek, I then hear her say "ok now if you have a look at the screen I will show you what is happening in there" she pointed to one greyish spot on the screen and said "this here is one gestational sac", pointing to another greyish spot "this here is another gestational sac" moving her finger to yet another greyish spot she says "this is another gestational sac" so what is she telling us as I stare at the screen confused I hear Derek say "so what are you telling us Dr. Smith" she smiles and says "congratulations you are expecting Triplets and from the measurements of the foetuses you are about 8 and half 9 weeks along."

Derek's POV

It is time to leave so that we get to our appointment on time I open the door for my Baby Girl and help her into her seat before hopping in the drivers seat as we drive to the doctors office we hold hands over the centre console all the way as I can tell she is scared that they are going to tell her that something is wrong so having her hand in mine gives her a little comfort, we pull into the car park of the doctors office and I get out and go to help her out of her seat, once her feet are on the ground i pull her in for a kiss I close the door and we walk into the doctors office, we let the receptionist know that we are here and then take a seat.

Penelope and I have been sitting here for about 20 minutes when a nurse calls out "Penelope Garcia" I stand and hold out a hand for her and help her stand up and we walk towards the nurse who takes us back and begins to go through the pre-exam check on her weight and blood pressure before taking us into the exam room where she hands Penelope a gown to put on so she goes behind the privacy screen and changes into the horrible gown making sure to remove all clothing except her bra and then she takes a seat on the end of the bed and the nurse places a sheet over her lower half and then leaves the room.

There is a knock on the door and I say "come in" the door opens and the doctor enters the room a chart in her hand as she walks over to where the ultrasound machine is and she takes a seat on the stool and introduces herself as she reached out her hand "hi Penelope, I am Dr. Smith" she reaches out and shake her hand as she continues "I believe that you are here today so that we can get an idea of how far along you are" she then turns towards me and says "you must be the father" I nod and says "yes I am the father and her fiancee" said "ok lets get this ultrasound under way and find out what is happening in there, now Penelope I am going to an internal ultrasound called a trans-vaginal ultrasound because usually at such an early stage the gestational sacs can be hard to find so doing the internal helps to find the gestational sac."

Dr. Smith asks "Penelope can you place your legs in the stirrups please" she did as she asked while she picked up the long probe and lathered it with gel before she adjusted the sheet and said "ok Penelope there is going to be a little pinch as I insert the transducer" Penelope let out a little wince as she inserted the transducer but thankfully I was holding her hand, Penelope stared at me trying to take her mind off what was happening at the end of the table, I then hear Dr. Smith say "ok now if you have a look at the screen I will show you what is happening in there" she pointed to one greyish spot on the screen and said "this here is one gestational sac", pointing to another greyish spot "this here is another gestational sac" moving her finger to yet another greyish spot she says "this is another gestational sac" so I say "so what are you telling us Dr. Smith" she smiles and says "congratulations you are expecting Triplets and from the measurements of the foetuses you are about 8 and half 9 weeks along."