𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.

𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞.

3 weeks later...

"twelve weeks, how're you feeling?" dr. pierce asked as i sat on the exam table

"you want the real answer or for me to tell you everything's good?"

he began to laugh then motioned for me to lay down.

"what's your real answer?"

"well. the vomiting consistently has stopped so that's great. however, i'm smelling everything, which i know is normal but it's making me want to vomit. i'm tired all the time, so me working these twelve-hour shifts aren't exactly much help. my nipples feel sore. feet hurt. fatigue all over my body. headaches, aching in my neck—"

"crankiness" z added on

i side-eyed her then proceeded.

"that's just the tip of the iceberg" i concluded

"well creating life comes with some challenges. especially when your body is not meant to do it. i'd like you to remove your shirt entirely today so i can take a look at your chest"

i sat up a bit then removed my shirt and handed it to amauri who was standing to the left of me. it was just the four of us today, dr. truman had other plans to attend to apparently.

"when you say pain can you describe it? like which area specifically, how does the pain feel, how long does it last, and so on?"

"well right here," i said pointing dead at my nipple "it just feels like a sharp pain. i mean it's tolerable but thats only because it lasts for maybe ten seconds then stops. and it happens randomly. maybe like three to five times every hour or so"

he began to examine it by twisting and flicking on it. i can't really say i liked the feeling. at least when my nigga does it he takes his time—well did.

"hm. okay well today we'll be doing a nuchal translucency scan, it's typically done twelve weeks in. it's a ultrasound scan that measures your baby's nuchal translucency, which is a fluid-filled space behind the baby's neck. this is to help estimate the risk of your baby having a chromosomal abnormality such as down syndrome for example. with this type of pregnancy the risks are quite unpredictable so we'll be doing every test imaginable"

"will you do a cvs too?" z asked

"actually yes"

"what's that?" amauri asked

"chorionic villus sampling. basically he's going to stick a needle in my stomach to get tissue from whatever is housing it—usually a placenta but in my case we don't know what it is" i explained

"and what does that do?"

"basically what the screen does but gives a definite result. it's usually only done if the results of the nuchal translucency scan are high risk, however this whole situation is high risk so i'm jumping the gun. that being said, the cvs will confirm the gender. is that something you want to know?" pierce said