Kismat

Chapter 39: Announcement

Today Shourya had taken the day off work and was going to take Meera to the gynecologist for a normal check and an ultrasound to see how far along they were. Initially, she was terrified, but when they searched online, she calmed down realising that there were no needles and intense tests. Yet. They were going to come later, which she was scared about, but she knew she would pull through for their child. 

Once they would get the confirmation from the doctor today, they would announce it to their family. There were just looking for confirmation. Ever since Shourya found out about the pregnancy he's been treating his wife like a petal, as if she has suddenly been unable to do the simplest of things. A prime example is this morning when they were leaving.

Shourya had decided that she could not walk down the stairs by herself, so he had picked her up and carried her down the stairs, out the door and sat her in the front seat, buckled her in before driving off. On the way there, Shourya could sense Meera's nervousness about the journey of pregnancy but she was putting up a strong facade. He didn't want to ask yet, he knew she needed time to process this herself. 

So he just picked up her hand and held it tight. Soon the couple arrived for their appointment, they completed all the formalities and were waiting for the doctor to call them in. 

"Mr and Mrs Singhania!"

The couple looked up at the female nurse who was standing near the doorway of the waiting room. The pair got up and followed the nurse inside, she got Meera ready into a coverall and lifted the top to expose her belly.

"Doctor Khanna will be here just in a moment."

After a few minutes, a man walked through the door, holding a clipboard and pen and greets the couple.

"Hello, I'm Doctor Khanna, and you must be Mr and Mrs Singhania."

Meera nods her head and introduces herself and her husband by their first names and smiles brightly at her husband, who was a little distracted by the MALE doctor who was apparently going to be doing their checkups. 

"Shall we get started?" 

Shourya tries his best not to glare at the MALE doctor smiling at HIS pregnant wife. 

"Yes, please!" Meera beams at the doctor and reaches for her husband's hand. Shourya and Meera watch the black screen as the doctor rubs the cool gel onto Meera's stomach. 

"So we'll just take a look at a few things, see if you are actually pregnant or not. There is a chance that the pregnancy test can be false. We'll take a look at the sack and the embryo/ fetus. We'll also be able to see if you are expecting one baby or twins or even triplets. Based on the size of the sack, we'll be able to estimate how far along you are. We may even be able to hear a heartbeat. Does that sound okay?"

Doctor Khanna uses the transductor along Meera's abdomen with one hand and applied light pressure with the other. After a while, he turns to the couple and announces that they are indeed pregnant.

"Congratulations to both of you! And by the looks of it, there are two sacks, which means you are having twins!"

Meera beams and Shourya who has held her hand, he leans forward to give her forehead a kiss before turning to the doctor, "can we see the babies?"

Doctor Khanna points to the screen before moving the transductor around. "There you are, I would estimate you are 8 to 9 weeks along, and if you give me a moment, I'll be able to have to hear their heartbeat."