1 month later (Katniss = 7 months pregnant Effie = 5 months pregnant)
"OHHHH MYY GOOODD!" I yell as I look in the mirror. I can hear Peeta running up the stairs and I know that he is worried about me. "What! What?" He yells at me as he rushes into the bathroom. "I'm so fat! I literally could be mistaken for a humpback whale, people are going to come and put me back in the ocean!" I say analyzing my stomach and legs in particular. "Really Katniss, you yelled because you were thinking about how fat you are? I thought that there was something wrong with the baby!" He says looking at me disapprovingly.
"Yes Peeta. I feel disgusting and huge, and it's not ok for you to comment on this situation, it is not your body and you are not experiencing this!" I say signaling to my extremely large, ballooning stomach. Peeta walks over to me and puts his arms over my shoulders and onto my stomach "Hey, Katniss, do you know something? You are even more beautiful pregnant then normal, you are absolutely radiant. You are carrying my child, and even if you weighed a ton I don't think that I could love you anymore than I do right now."Peeta whispers softly in my ear, and the feeling of his love and emotion seeps right through into my heart. I turn around and he hisses me tenderly on the lips while brushing up and down on the small of my back. He then picks me up as though I am as light as a feather and carries me to the bedroom.
Peeta and I then make love, though in a much more gentle way. I can tell that he is being much more careful because of the baby. However Doctor George did encourage us that sex was completely normal right up until the birth, she even told us that sex could help in inducing labor (which Peeta was extremely excited about!) Peeta and I however do have to change our normal positions during sex to make sure that my comfort is in check. However ever since I have been pregnant the sex we have shared has been so much more meaningful, this one is no exception.
THE NEXT DAY:
"Peeta, did you call Effie today?" I ask Peeta as I unroll my yoga mat. Once Effie went to the Doctor after her accident the Doctor examined her and said that noting was wrong but encouraged her to stay house bound for a few months and not to do any heavy lifting or too much exercising, which Effie is extremely annoyed about. Haymitch is happy to do everything for Effie though; he has been amazing to her, getting the nursery sorted and getting everything prepped for the baby.
"Yes I did hunny, don't fret!" He says, smiling to me over top of his cup of coffee. I lie down on the mat, on my back, and practice my breathing. Doctor George gave me some exercises to try and soothe the pain in both my back and my pelvis. Doctor George says that since I am getting quite a bit of pain in my back he thinks that I am going to be going through 'back-labor' which can mean that certain parts of the birth will be a lot more painful than a regular birth. These exercises that Doctor George has given me are supposed to prep me for the labor and also strengthen my pelvis and cervix in order to make the birth easier. Peeta and I have also discussed where the birth is going to take place with Doctor George and we have decided that a home birth would be best suited for us, and this is the way we want to have our child to come into the world. Doctor George has agreed to this and has organized and set out a birthing room for us equipped with a tub (in order to reduce the pain levels) and other types of machinery. We picked out one of the spare bedrooms for this and quite a bit of the machinery are already in place in preparation of an unexpected labor.
Just as Peeta starts to clean up the breakfast dishes Haymitch opens the door and immediately walks over and slumps down onto the couch.
"Well good morning to you too Haymitch!" Peeta laughs as he continues to clean up the morning's dishes. "Mm" is all he says in reply closing his eyes and placing his feet up on the table. "So how is Effie? Peeta asks as he also sits on the couch opposite Haymitch. "She's feeling quite sore today. She is getting some slight nausea and she is really uncomfortable so I put her back to sleep!" He says, and from his expression and from the bags underneath his eyes I can tell that he has had not a lot of sleep in the past few days.
"Sounds familiar to me" Peeta says smiling to me. I smile back and turn on to all fours and rock back and forth in order to stretch out my pelvis. "By the way sweetheart, no offence meant but you do look real strange like that!" Haymitch says laughing at me. I free one hand from under me and shove my middle finger up in the air. He chuckles in response and mutters something about 'how nothing has changed'.
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