Chapter 411: Knowing Our Baby
I nodded my head firmly once to affirm that he got it down quite correctly. In fact, I didn’t think that I could summarize my own dream in such an effective way like he had just done.
“What do you think?” I asked when the prince suddenly went silent.
"Honestly, Mila, I don’t know what to think. This has never happened before, so I don’t know how to take it. I do wish, and I would like to hope, that the wolf inside you would help us and our baby," the prince said before he leaned forward to place a tender kiss on my forehead.
"Can we do like an ultrasound to see our baby transforming? I mean, we’re assuming that he or she is transforming, but it could just be normal movements, right?" I asked.
I wondered if ultrasounds were also against the rules or if the effect would trigger the baby to transform even more often.
"I guess we can consult the doctors about it," Prince Leonard said noncommittally.
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The combination of factors led to my first ultrasound session after my first request was denied. I was depressed for around a week after that before I came to terms that there was probably nothing else that I could do but wait and see as my baby continued growing in my belly. Ever since having that dream of the wolf, I did not dream of it again. Because of that, I had no idea if the wolf was even helping me or if it was just all in my head. I felt like a very crazy person because of all the nonsensical thoughts that ran through my head on repeat. I got even more desperate and tried finding ways to connect with the wolf that was supposed to be inside me.
Since dreaming didn’t work at night, I tried to take naps during the day in hopes that our minds would connect the way that they did before. Unfortunately, I wasn’t at all lucky, and I never managed to catch hold of that wolf again. Despite the fright from my sudden bleeding, everything seemed calm without any complications afterward. I even got used to feeling my baby moving inside of my belly. At first, every single movement scared me to death, and I waited to see whether it would lead to any spotting. However, as a few weeks went by, I began trusting that things might work out between the baby and my body.
"Why do you think they suddenly allowed for an ultrasound?" I asked, sounding quite excited.
The doctors told me that normally getting an ultrasound wasn’t something risky; however, there could be unknown risks associated with my pregnancy. Regardless, I told the prince that I was excited that we would get to see our baby. On top of that, if they allowed the ultrasound, then we would also find out the gender of our baby.
"I guess everyone is anxious to know about our baby. The king’s patience is clearly running out as well, so he probably wants to know everything as fast as possible instead of sticking to the usual conventions," the prince replied before grinning my way.