The Baby Truce (2011)
“A bride.
Several other women sat in the waiting room with her, most very pregnant, and she studied them out the corner of her eye while pretending to read. What did it feel like to no longer have a waist? Or in some cases ankles? Oh, she hoped she got to keep her ankles.
How did seat belts work when one didn’t have a lap?
Was she going to have to get a special order chef’s jacket? Hers was roomy, but judging by the slender-except-for-her-belly woman who was just called from the waiting area by ...a nurse with a chart in her hand, not roomy enough. Maybe Reggie could wear Justin’s jacket? Not working wasn’t an option. Working kept her sane. It also kept the business afloat and money in the bank.
Her heart gave a mighty thud when her name was called and she followed the nurse to the room where she was weighed and her blood pressure taken.
“First pregnancy?” the nurse asked.
“Yes.” Reggie stared at the opposite wall, at the collage of happy babies.
“We’ll have to run a blood panel,”MoreLess
Several other women sat in the waiting room with her, most very pregnant, and she studied them out the corner of her eye while pretending to read. What did it feel like to no longer have a waist? Or in some cases ankles? Oh, she hoped she got to keep her ankles.
How did seat belts work when one didn’t have a lap?
Was she going to have to get a special order chef’s jacket? Hers was roomy, but judging by the slender-except-for-her-belly woman who was just called from the waiting area by ...a nurse with a chart in her hand, not roomy enough. Maybe Reggie could wear Justin’s jacket? Not working wasn’t an option. Working kept her sane. It also kept the business afloat and money in the bank.
Her heart gave a mighty thud when her name was called and she followed the nurse to the room where she was weighed and her blood pressure taken.
“First pregnancy?” the nurse asked.
“Yes.” Reggie stared at the opposite wall, at the collage of happy babies.
“We’ll have to run a blood panel,”MoreLess
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