New Beginnings- (Jesse Polock)

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A month or so passed and both Jesse and I had been working most days. The only difference was that I have been confined to the lifeguard tower and it will stay that way until I popped the baby out. The other lifeguards know and are happy for us. I’m just a bit fed up of being treated like I was disabled. I’m now most definitely showing so we couldn’t really hide it

 It was now February and we had an appointment with the midwife today. I had already discussed with Dr about my meds and I can’t come off of them as I’ll become ill but they have assures us the baby will be fine. I climbed out of bed and plodded across to the bathroom. Whilst walking to the bathroom I caught sight of myself in the mirror. I seemed to have ballooned overnight. I am about 20 ish weeks now. I had my first scan back in December just after Christmas and I was about 16 weeks then. I finished doing my business, had a wash and brushed my teeth then headed downstairs.

When I arrived downstairs Jesse was sat in the garden drinking a coffee.

“Woah, look at you!” he exclaimed as I walked out, “You’ve been hiding our child well until now” he said laughing. I sat down next to him and pretended to sulk. He pulled me close to him and kissed my forehead.

“Don’t say that” I said still pretending to sulk, “I’m going to be huge. My boobs are going to get bigger too. I’ll be like a G cup by the time I’ve had our baby.” Jesse laughed at me.

We sat out in the garden messing around until it was time to go for our appointment. I threw a pair of shorts on and a long vest top over my bikini before leaving the house. I climbed into Jesse’s truck.

“Do you want to find out what sex our child is” Jesse asked as we got closer to the hospital. I shook my head.

“I want a surprise” I said looking at him, “Do you” He shook his head too. We arrived at the hospital and Jesse parked his truck up and I grabbed our maternity folder before getting out of the truck.

We made our way through the hospital. Jesse held my hand as we walked toward the pregnancy assessment clinic. We got a few dodgy look from some of the older couples, I think it was probably due to tattoos, we’re young and I’m pregnant. When we eventually reached where we were going we checked in at reception and sat in the waiting area. The seats were like cinema chairs so Jesse pulled the armrest up and pulled me close to him again. I stretched my legs out. Jesse took his phone out and took a photo of me and the bump. Needless to say my phone buzzed in my pocket. The picture was on Instagram

Get to see my baby again. Our little bean isn’t quite so little anymore. Look at Ruby’s bump. #excited #parenthood #love #family

“Ruby Taylor?” I tall brunette called from the other side of the waiting room. I raised my hand and Jesse and I followed her. I sat down on the bed in the room whilst Jesse sat The other side of me.

“Hi Ruby, my names Isabelle” she said offering me her hand. I shook it and so did Jesse “Miriam has had a family emergency and won’t be with us for a while so you have me” I nodded.

She started asking me questions on how the pregnancy has been so far and any issues I had. She checked my blood pressure which was a bit low, but that’s normal for me. She check my blood sugar too which was normal.

“Would you like to see your baby?” she asked. Jesse and I’s faces lit up, “Alright then. Do you want to know the sex?” we both shook our heads.

Isabelle then proceeded to put a cold jelly on my tummy which made me jump a little. She then started to press the ultrasound probe onto my tummy which was a bit uncomfortable. She started moving it around and hitting buttons on the monitor. This bit always made me nervous. Suddenly we heard our baby’s heart beat and we both breathed a sigh of relief.

Isabelle showed us on the scan everything, she was really good. Turns out I’m 22 weeks tomorrow and baby Polock is due the 19th of June. Very close to our birthdays.  She gave us a copy of our scans and we made our way back home.

“I’m tired” I said to Jesse as I walked through the front door.

“Go and have some sleep, I’ll wake you up later.” Jesse replied, I gave him a kiss and made my way upstairs. I got unchanged out of my clothes and climbed into bed.

I woke up a little while later by Jesse nudging me.

“Rubs, it’s time for tea. I’ve made a stir fry” he said as I woke up. I smiled and rubbed my eyes then sat up. I gave him a kiss then followed him downstairs. We ate our food outside and watched the sun go down. Eventually we returned to the house and Jesse starting playing on the Xbox whilst I read my book.

We had been sat there for about half an hour when there was a loud bang at the door. I looked at Jesse confused. Jesse motioned me to stay put and silence as he made his way to the porch to see who it was.

“What the fuck are you doing here Stella” he said answering the door.

“I’m looking for the murderer” she slurred, “I heard the slag is knocked up. Congratulations. I hope you’re the dad, for your sake.”

“Fuck off Stella” he said pushing her back out of the door. By this time I was already on the phone to the police. She carried on shouting abuse at Jesse, it was nothing. He’s a bra boy and has had worse. Eventually control told me the police were on their way. I walked over to porch door.

“Oh look there’s the slaggy murderer” she slurred again.

“Hello Stella, I suggest you get off of our property as the Police are coming and you’re trespassing” I said calmly to her.

“That’s how you treat your family is it” she replied.

“Yes, I think it’s an improvement though. I mean I’m not being battered am I?” I retorted.

“Well you would be if this idiot wasn’t stood in the way” she snarled.

“I’m not moving” Jesse said to her. Just then we heard sirens getting closer. Eventually they arrived and arrested her again, after a lot of commotion. She resisted arrest so the wrestled her to the ground and sat on her. This made me chuckle a bit. The officers wanted to get a statement off of us but I was too tired so they agreed for us to see them after work tomorrow. They said their goodbyes and left the house. I burst into tears. How could she do this? Why can’t she just go? Jesse just held me in his arms until I eventually fell asleep.

Sorry its shit guys. It's currently midnight here, I have work in 7 1/2 hours and I have been on a core skills study day at work today which involved me, yet again, learning how to do CPR. So I'm a bit tired. Also I move house on Friday and I'm not entirely sure that my internet works and I'm very stressed. I don't deal with stress very well. I tend to have a melt down and need counselling but hopefully that wont happen this time. I wanted to get an update in before I moved as I'm not sure how long it'll be before I get another one up. 

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Sorry again it's crap but hopefully I'll have a better chapter up soon. My fiance is currently asleep next to me so I'd better go before my laptop wakes him up.

See you guys in a few days hopefully xx