Chapter 17: The Ultrasound

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Tris POV

My leg bounces up and down as Four and I anxiously await to be called into the ultrasound room. After what feels like an hour a nurse comes to get us.

"Mr. and Mrs. Eaton? We're ready for you."
We stand and walk into the room.

"Before we do your ultrasound we need to draw some blood." The nurse starts, "Please sit in the chair." I do as she says. Four sits in the chair next to me. She begins to prep everything to draw my blood. I get continually more nervous. I still hate needles, even after enduring them through initiation.

"Alrighty I'm just going to clean your arm and we are only taking 2 tubes of blood today." The nurse informs me. I nod. The nurse cleans my arm and I grab Four's hand. He is fully aware of my hate for needles.

"Just focus on me." He says holding my hand. The nurse inserts the needle and I squeeze his hand trying not to look. A minute later she removes the needle. I exhale

"There that wasn't so bad was it?" Four smirks. I smile.

"The doctor should be in any minute. Please sit on the ultrasound table and lift your shirt up." The nurse says smiling as she leaves the room. I do as she says and a minute later the doctor walks in.

"Hello I'm Dr. Sandra. I'm your Obstetrician." She says shaking our hands. "Alright let's get right into things! The bloodwork we just did will secure whether you are pregnant or not, but so will this ultrasound. The bloodwork will also check for any other health deficiencies." She informs us. She then puts a cold gel on my stomach and uses her tool to move it around. A dark blurry image appears on the screen.

"Yep! You're definitely pregnant. There's your baby right there." She points to the middle of the screen. All I can see it a tiny bean shaped thing. As small as it is...it's our baby! She moves the tool around my stomach and inspects a bit more.

(Picture of the ultrasound)

"I'd say you're about 4-1/2 weeks pregnant

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"I'd say you're about 4-1/2 weeks pregnant." She says. Four in a half weeks already?!

"There's baby's heart beat." She says pressing something on the monitor. A consistant beating sound then plays from the monitor. I'm beaming. It feels so real already.

"Your baby is about the size of a poppyseed." The doctor says.

"It's so tiny." Four says staring at the screen

"It will grow a lot in the next few weeks. Your next appointment will be in 4 weeks. You'll be 8-9 weeks pregnant there so baby should be a bit bigger."
Doctor Sandra says as she turns off the ultrasound

"Thank you." I say, "We couldn't be happier. Before I forget, when will we be able to find out the gender?"

"You can find out the appointment after the next one. So a couple months at the most." She says

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