History (Nathan Gardner) - Complete

Through the Eyes of Love

"Do you know how many weeks I am?"

"No, but we can tell.. I'll can carry out an ultrasound now if you have time?" The nurse asks, which I immediately say yes to.

"Yes! Of course!"

"No problem, if you just pop up onto the bed here.." she points in the corner.. "And lift up your shirt.." Which I do, without hesitation..

"It's going to be cold so please be prepared.." she smiles at me as she rubs the cold jelly like across my stomach, before bringing a screen around for her to see..

"Here we are.. ok.. so looking at the measurements..I would say you're probably around 9-10 weeks.."

"What?! Seriously?"

"Yeah.. you're quite late at finding out, but not too late.."

"But how did I not know?"

"It's quite common for woman to have bleeding when pregnant, and it's mistaken for their period, but in fact it's just a little spotting.. maybe that's why..and if you haven't suffered any morning sickness, then you wouldn't have thought about it.."

"And she's had a busy few months, getting her job secured, and she's just got engaged so her mind has totally been elsewhere.." my sister jumps in..

"That's understandable, sometimes you don't pay attention to the usual things that come and go if your mind is on other things.."

"I guess it has.." I smile, glancing at the ring on my finger, before I look back at my sister, just as the nurse turns the screen around so we can both see the baby..

"And because you are past 8 week, we're able to hear the heartbeat.." she says just as we hear a small thumping sound coming from the machine.. and I swear I could cry a river at it..

"Oh my god.." I wipe a tear that has fell down onto my cheek.. "Is that.."

"That's your baby.. with a strong, and healthy heartbeat.."

"Oh wow! It's real.." I whisper, as my sister squeezes my hand tight.. "My baby.."

"That's my little niece or nephew!!" She's smiling from ear to ear, as I glance to her, both with tears in our eyes as we listen for just a few more minutes to the sound of the heartbeat. It's a simple sound, but it's perfect.. and I wish I could listen forever.

"I'll print you a copy of the scan and you can take it home with you.. you will have to come back in around 2-3 weeks for your 12week scan.."

"Oh that would be perfect, thank you!"

I sit up on the bed when the nurse has finished, pulling my shirt down, and making myself look more presentable. I don't realise that my phone has been going crazy in my bag until I reach the car. Nathan clearly has been worried sick, as he's sent me three messages in the last 20 minutes. But I can't concentrate on that, as I sit in my sisters car, staring at the scan photo. I can't believe this is real, that I'm having a baby.

Nathan's baby. How crazy does that sound? We only decided to start trying in the summer, we only just got engaged.. it's been a crazy few weeks, but I know he'll be as happy as I am and I can't wait to tell him.

"Are you happy?" My sister asks, before she starts the car.

"Yes.. a million times yes..I still can't believe it.. like look.." I lift up the scan.. "This is real.. this is my baby.. mine and Nathan's.. it's all we've ever wanted.."

"I'm happy for you both..how are you going to tell him?"

"Thanks.." I smile.. "I'm not sure to be honest.. I want to show him now, but I also want to make it a bit special.."