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A WEEK AND A HALF LATER:
"There it is," says the doctor as Dean and I are in the ultrasound room at the hospital getting our first ultrasound done to see exactly how far along I am in my pregnancy. Dean and I look at each other and smile. "It looks like you are almost 8 weeks along on Sunday you should reach the 8 week mark," he says.
"Look at him," I say, "he's so little and tiny. He looks like a little gummy bear."
"Him?' asks Dean as he holds my hand and looks at me with his blue eyes.
"I told you, I want a little boy," I say with a smile. "I know it's a boy already."
"But you don't know that," he says with a smile. "I want a boy too but you don't know that. Gummy Bear could be another little girl. I wouldn't mind another little girl."
"We'll see," I say with a smile. "And you said I'll be 8 weeks on Sunday?"
"Yes, Ms. Bennett," he says. "8 weeks on Sunday."
"Well, what do you know, Champ, you didn't just win the WWE championship at Wrestlemania you got me pregnant the same night that you proposed to me. Looks like you had a great night."
"We had a great night," he says with a smile before he kisses my lips softly. "I'm so happy, Ana."
"Me too," I say with a smile.
"Is everything looking okay with the baby?" asks Dean as he keeps hold of my hand.
"Everything looks good right now," says the doctor. "There is a nice strong heartbeat. Everything looks good and we are looking at January 2nd for the due date," he says with a smile, "however given your history with your last pregnancy we are going to label you high risk. You said you experienced complications on delivery day?"
"Yes," I say, "my water hadn't broken but I was having contractions. The baby's heart had a hole in it so the heart rate was dropping so they had to do an emergency c-section to get her out."
"I see," he says. "We're going to keep monitoring you throughout your pregnancy and with the dehydration complications last week it's really important that we keep an eye on you just for good measure. We want to make sure everything continues to go smoothly for you and for the baby the rest of your pregnancy."
"Okay," I say.
"And we will probably do another C-Section."
"I don't want another C-Section," I say, "in fact, I'm trying to go all natural for this delivery. I don't want any medication. I want it to be natural. No C-Section unless it is absolutely necessary."
"With all due respect, Ms. Bennett we suggest that it's safer that you get a C-Section again."
"With all due respect, Dr. Hamilton, this is MY pregnancy and MY baby and I want an all natural birth. I am making my birth plan. I don't want a C-Section unless it's absolutely necessary."
"We have time to discuss it," he says.
"Yes we do," I say. "So everything looks good with the baby?"
"Everything looks good. Are you taking your prenatal vitamins?"
"Yes I am," I say, "and I've been drinking enough water to stay hydrated and eating healthy foods to maintain my weight during the pregnancy."
"That's good to hear," says the doctor. "Do you two have any questions?"
"Our oldest daughter had a heart condition and still suffers with a heart condition," says Dean, "what are the chances of this baby having the same heart condition as her?"
"Congenital Heart Defects are tricky just because one child had a heart defect doesn't mean that another child will. That being said there is a possibility that the baby could have a similar heart defect but we won't know that till later on in the pregnancy. I'm not saying that your baby won't have a heart defect but I'm not saying it will. It's a waiting game and we will see. Okay?"
"Okay," says Dean, "because I don't think I can go through watching another little baby get open heart surgery. That was hard enough the first time. I don't want to see it again."
"I can't make any promises, Mr. Ambrose," he says. "Any other questions?"
"No," I say, "Babe, do you have any more questions?"
"Not right now," he says.
"All right," says the doctor as our little Gummy Bear is still on the screen looking as cute as ever. "I'm going to print you a few pictures off and then you'll be on your way. I want to do the NT scan at 12 weeks so we'll make an appointment for that. I also want you to take it easy. I don't want you to overdo it but we will be keeping a close eye on you and the baby throughout the pregnancy. If you feel anything is wrong do not hesitate to call me and we will see you as soon as possible. Continue to take your prenatal vitamins and continue to eat healthy foods. It won't be too bad if you exercise during your pregnancy as well. Don't do anything strenuous but get some activity in. A healthy pregnancy is better than an unhealthy pregnancy," he says.
"Okay," I say with a smile. He prints us off some pictures before he turns off the ultrasound machine. He takes the wand out from inside of me and gets me cleaned up before I put my clothes on after he leaves the room. Dean and I stop at the receptionist desk to pay for the appointment and to schedule our next ultrasound as well as our next prenatal. With Dean's busy schedule we try to get appointments for Thursdays or Fridays so that he can be there but sometimes I have to go it alone. He hates that and wants to be here as much as he can for my pregnancy.
"So when do you want to tell Natalia she's going to be a big sister?" asks Dean as we walk to his car.
"I don't know. I think we should wait till after her dance recital in a couple weeks. I don't want anything to distract her besides I don't know how she's going to react."
"I'm going to say the conversation isn't going to be a pretty one," says Dean as we get into the car. He smiles. "You know she likes being an only child."
"I know and we never discussed having another baby with her before but here we are. I hope that she takes it all right."
"Me too," he says, "but I'm sure it's going to take her some time to adjust. Then I'm sure she will be a great big sister. She'll be a big help when I'm gone," he says starting the car as I put on my seatbelt.
"I hope she helps me out," I say with a smile. "Looks like I'm going to be a stay at home mom for a while. I kind of like that idea."
"You do?"
"Yeah, I am looking forward to spending time with our little Gummy Bear," I say as I rub my stomach. "I had so much fun with Natalia. I can't wait to do it again. At first I wasn't sure how I would feel about having another baby but I'm excited with the idea."
"Me too," he says. "I love you, Ana. Thank-you for this."
"You're welcome, Jon," I say with a smile as I take his hand as he drives us home. "Are you going to take time off when the baby comes?"
"I'm planning on it. I'll miss the Royal Rumble but I think I'm going to take a couple months off. I'll sell an injury and be gone to be home to help you with the baby and Natalia."
"Sounds like a plan to me," I say with a smile. "You did take off for Natalia's recital in a couple weeks right?"
"Yes, Ana, I have to be in Ohio for the pay-per-view the next night for Money in the Bank to defend my championship belt but I will take a red eye flight out of New York after the recital. I figured we would go to the recital, I would get her some flowers and then take you two out to eat and if you two wanted to come with me to Ohio that would be great."
"You want us to come with you to Ohio? Home turf, Baby!" I say with a smile. "Sure we'll come with you. Are you in Cincinnati?"
"Yes," he says with a smile. "We're going home."
"Nice," I say, "I want to visit some friends while we're there."
"Whatever you want to do," he says with a smile. "I'm in a ladder match with Seth."
"Sounds fun, I like how you're in a feud with Seth and it's a great one but I think it's time for a Roman and Dean feud," I say. "I know you two are best friends but if I was writing I would have it that Roman turns on you at MITB after you win against Seth of course and then you go on to feud for a little bit. It's something new and I would put Seth in a feud with Dolph Ziggler," I say. "It would be an exciting feud."
"I like the way you think," he says with a smile. "I would not mind having a feud with Roman. I love my feuds with Seth. We put on some of the best matches together. This ladder match is going to be epic but Roman and I could put on some good matches too. Loser will buy the beers."
"I love that about you two. I admire your friendship."
"He is my best friend," he says. "He is going to be the best man in our wedding. I did tell him we were already married."
"I figured," I say, "and that's great. I love Roman and his family. They're good people."
"Yeah they are," he says with a smile. "Are you hungry or anything?"
"Well, the baby does want something to eat."
"Oh yeah?" he asks with a smile. "What would the baby like?"
"Maybe a taco with lots of hot sauce, spicy hot, hot sauce," I say with a smile.
"Done," he says as he takes me to get a taco from a local Mexican restaurant. It's one of our favorites in New York City and their tacos are amazing. He orders extra hot sauce on mine and I am in Heaven as we sit at the restaurant and eat our tacos before we head home afterwards where he lets me take a nap while he does some packing in the apartment and picks Natalia up from school for me.
A COUPLE HOURS LATER:
I walk out to the living room after I am refreshed from my nap to see Dean sitting on the couch watching TV. "Hey, Beautiful," he says with a smile as I sit down next to him. He puts his arm out for me and I snuggle up to him as I bend my knees and curl up on the couch. He wraps his arm around me as I rest my head on his chest and my hand on his thigh. "Did you have a nice nap?"
"It was very refreshing," I say with a smile. "This baby is kicking my ass. I'm so tired lately."
"It's okay," he says as I feel his lips on the top of my head. "Did you have any sweet dreams?"
"No I just had some weird dreams," I say, "pregnancy does that to you."
"I bet," he says.
"Where's Natalia?"
"She's in her room playing or drawing something like that. She didn't have any homework so she went into her room to play or draw. She wasn't sure what she wanted to do."
"Oh," I say as I bring my hand up to rest on his perfect abs. He's shirtless just the way I like it and I love the feel of his soft skin against mine.
"What would you like for dinner tonight?"
"You're cooking?"
"Yeah," he says. "I want you to take it easy while I'm home. I'm going to take care of you. You won't have to do a thing."
"I'm sold," I say with a smile. "You're such a keeper."
"I'm yours to keep," he says as he kisses my forehead, "so what do you want for dinner?"
"Anything you want to cook," I say, "not Ramen noodles though."
"Ramen noodles were the shit back in the day," he says making me laugh as I think about all the times we had Ramen noodles together for dinner. It was always his go to meal. I never complained because it was sweet of him to make us dinner no matter what it was. I missed our Ramen Noodle dinner nights so much that every time he came back home or came to visit I would have him make us some for dinner.
"It was one of my favorite meals you cooked," I say. "How about we have hamburgers or something like that?"
"Sounds good to me, I'll fire up the grill later," he says as I rub his abs softly. "Ana, there's something I need to talk to you about."
"Okay," I say, "what's up?"
"You know how we were talking in the car about storylines in WWE? And what you would like to see?"
"Yeah?"
"I sort of talked to Hunter a few weeks ago about you and how talented you are. Apparently Steph is a fan of your writing and he offered you an interview to be part of the WWE creative team."
"What?" I ask as I sit up. "What are you talking about?"
"I want you to work for WWE and so does Hunter. I think you can bring a lot to the table and bring a lot of great ideas," he says,
"So let me get this straight. You didn't have faith in me to leave my job so you went behind my back and got me another job without my permission?"
"It's not even like that, I was just talking to Hunter about it. It was a suggestion."
"Well, I don't want to work for WWE."
"Why not?"
"Because you work for WWE," I say, "I don't want to write storylines that involve my husband or his friends. I don't like the idea of doing it. It's a conflict of interest. If and when I want to work again I will be working for a magazine or a television show."
"WWE has television shows," he says, "you would be so good at it."
"Dean, I don't want to work for WWE," I say. "I don't like the idea of working for the same company as you."
"You wouldn't be working with me."
"But I would be holding your career in my hands and I don't like that. It's too personal for me. I will get upset if they suggest taking the belt from you and I don't want you to get upset with me because they take the belt from you. I have no problem with WWE it's just I don't want to work for them," I say. "That's your thing."
"But writing is yours."
"Yes but writing your career's future is not something I want to be part of. It's a conflict of interest and I don't want that to come between us."
"It won't, Ana," he says, "I'll understand when I have to lose the belt."
"It doesn't matter. I don't want to write for WWE. Maybe for their kids magazine but as for writing storylines I don't think it's a good idea. I want to keep my hands out of that."
"I think you're making a big mistake by not taking this interview."
"Dean, the mistake was you going behind my back trying to get me a job with the company you work for and in a spot where I would have a say in your career. They say no dating between the creative team and the superstars right?"
"That rule is there," he says.
"So why would it be okay for someone married to a superstar to write storylines. I'm sorry, Dean and while I am not okay with you going behind my back to get me a job I thank-you for trying but I am turning it down. I don't' want to work for WWE I'm sorry."
"So what are you going to do then, Ana?"
"I told you. I want to be a stay at home mom for a while. I quit my job and while things are still heated with Stephen trying to ruin my life and my career it's best if I stay out of the working field for a little bit and what sense would it make for me to go back to work for 32 weeks and then have to go on maternity leave. It doesn't make sense. After our wedding next June then we'll talk about me getting a job but for now I just want to stay home. We're moving to that beautiful house in Connecticut and I want to do some work there. Get things together for the baby, spend some time with Natalia. I haven't really gotten that time with her you know? I want to be a stay at home mom for a little bit then I'll talk about going back to work."
"Are you sure you want to do that?" he asks as he looks at me. "I know how much you love working."
"And I love my kids just as much. I want to be home with them and I figure you make enough money that I can do this, so I think I'm going to stay away from the working field for a little bit and be with my kids."
"If that's what you really want to do," he says.
"It is, Dean. Just don't go behind my back anymore and try to get me a job. I am capable of doing that myself whenever I'm ready."
"All right," he says, "I'm sorry."
"It's okay," I say, "your heart was in the right place but I just want to take a break from working right now focus on the pregnancy and then focus on the baby."
"Sounds good to me," he says, "whenever you're ready to go back you can."
"I know," I say, "and besides I'm thinking about breastfeeding this time."
"Oh yeah?" he asks with a smile.
"Yes," I say, "I want to try breast feeding this baby."
"Breastfeeding is interesting to me," he says with a smile. "So your tits won't shrink after the baby?"
"No," I say.
"Yes," he says.
"My boobs aren't that small, Asshole," I say as I jokingly push him.
"No," he says, "but breastfeeding will make them bigger. I hope that baby doesn't mind sharing them with me."
"Shut up," I say with a smile.
"Hey, I am a lot of things," he says, "but you know I love the titties."
"I know believe me I know," I say with a smile. "They don't call you the Titty Master for nothing but mine better be the only titties you're mastering."
"Well, there was that time with Big E," he says making me laugh. "I'm just kidding, Baby yours are the only ones I want."
"Good," I say with a smile. "They're yours forever except for a couple years you'll be sharing them with our little guy."
"A couple years?" he asks. "How long do you plan to breastfeed for?"
"Until our little guy is ready to stop, it's all about what he wants."
"Stop saying it's a boy. You don't know that," he says.
"Jon, I do know it's a boy. I can feel it so you'll see in a few weeks when the doctor tells us it has a penis."
"Wanna put money on it?"
"How about if the baby is a boy you leave me alone about working for WWE and if the baby is a girl I will check out the idea of working for WWE?"
"Deal," he says with a smile as he puts hand out.
"Deal," I say with a smile before I shake hands with him. I know what I feel so I know I'm not losing. "What would you say if I wanted to have a home birth? No hospital or medication."
"Is that safe with you being high risk?"
"I don't know. We can check it out when we move to Connecticut. I just want to try something different this time. I hated being in the hospital with Natalia. I want to be in the comfort of my own home. It's more relaxing. It would be a family thing."
"If that's what you want," he says, "I mean we could try it out."
"It is what I want to do and if I have to then we can go to the hospital but I want to do this all-natural, with no medication and in the comfort of our own home."
"Ana, this is your body whatever you're comfortable doing then do it. I'm just here to support you in any decisions you make as long as you're healthy about it."
"Thanks, Jon," I say with a smile before I lean over and kiss his lips softly. I wrap my hands around his neck as he wraps his around my waist as we share a deep kiss on the couch.
"Let me see those titties," he says with a growl before he buries his head into my breasts, nuzzling at them, kissing them softly.
"What are you doing?" ask Natalia as she appears from nowhere.
I push Dean off of me and he sits up immediately as I fix my tank top. "Nothing, we were just doing what mommies and Daddies do."
"Oh," she says, "Look at the picture that I drew," she says sitting down between us on the couch.
She shows us a picture that she drew of a ladybug on a pink flower. "You drew that?" asks Dean.
"Yes, Dad," she says with a smile. "Do you like it?"
"I love it. It's really good," he says. "I'm so proud of this drawing. You did this freehand?"
"Yeah," she says. She definitely got her dad's talent for drawing. She made a beautiful picture. It looks like she traced it from some book but she didn't.
"Isn't this amazing, Ana?"
"Yes," I say with a smile. "You got your dad's talent in drawing and my talent in ballet the best of both of us. This is really good, Natalia. You want me to hang it up on the fridge?"
"Yes," she says with a smile.
"Okay," I say with a smile as I stand up to go hang the picture up on our fridge. Dean and Natalia follow me to the kitchen. I put the picture onto the fridge along with all the pictures I have of her from over the years and some of the other pictures she's drawn. She covers our entire fridge and I like that. Dean kisses the top of her head before he asks her to help him with dinner and they get to work making dinner while I sit in the living room and relax. I could get used to this.
*A/N: What do you think of Ana standing up to the doctor about her delivery? Do you think the baby will be like Natalia with the heart condition? What do you think of Ana believing the baby is a boy? Is she right? What did you think of her reaction to Dean telling her about the job with WWE? Are you surprised she turned it down? Do you understand her reason? Are you shocked she wants to be a stay at home mom for a while? What do you think about her choice to breastfeed? What about Dean's reaction? What do you think about her wanting a home birth? Do you think Dean is just trying to keep her happy right now? How do you think Natalia is going to react to having a baby brother or sister? Did you like the bet Dean and Ana made? Please review and thank-you for reading.