Chapter 150: Your Wish, My Command
(ARLO)
I take a deep breath and collect my thoughts. "Well...I’ve been okay. Just the usual I guess, nausea, tiredness. They’re all manageable though. It’s just that I’ve been a little anxious lately. I just wanted to make sure that everything is going on alright with the baby."
Dr Nicholas nods with a sympathetic expression on his face. "I’m glad you came. You should have come in sooner, but it’s still alright that you came in now. At this stage, it is perfectly normal if you feel a little anxious. Let’s take a look and see how the little one is doing. Is that alright with you?" he says, motioning for me to lie on the examination table. He helps me to get comfortable before he begins the ultrasound process.
Since we entered this room, Miles hasn’t said a word. Instead, he is watching us with a serious expression. The doctor greeted us both. I guess that Miles is just in one of his quiet moods. He merely acknowledged his arrival with a grunt.
The doctor rolls the cart with the ultrasound machine closer to the table where I’m lying. He powers the machine on. It is so quiet here that the only sound we can hear is the faint hum of the machine. He then squirts some cool liquid on my belly. I suck in a deep breath and look on the screen, searching for the glimpse of the life inside me in the muddy picture. It is all just a flurry of flickering mess to my untrained eyes. I can’t see a baby.
"So, what are we looking at?" Miles finally asks, breaking his silence.
The doctor points at some small shape on the screen. "Right there, that’s the baby."
"Is it?" I squint my eyes. "It is difficult to see."
"Yes, I know." The doctor says. "Let me try and zoom in. The fetus is tiny now." He says while zooming in. The rhythmic sound of a beating heart fills the room.