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The thought is alhable, but I’m afraid if I open my mouth, I’ll puke
Rachel just lays there like this is nothing She even has her other hand propped under her head to raise it, so she can watch what’s going on
Dr Anchors has already run the ultrasound wand over her lower belly and located the baby’s position He did that while the local anesthetic he gave her orking its ets all his i needle he’s going to stick in my woman
The doctor has laid a blue sterile paper over Rachel’s lap, which is where he puts the needle I watch uneasily as he rubs a gauze soaked with a reddish-brown antiseptic all over her belly She’s at fifteen weeks now and according to the internet, the baby is as big as a navel orange I read that last night after Rachel went to sleep It see, which means there’s not a lot of room in there for the doctor to make a mistake
Just thinking about that again causes my anxiety to flare I want to scoop Rachel off the table and run
I get another squeeze of her hand inatdeal out of h Bending over, I put irl”
“Okay,” Dr Anchors says I pull back fro to because it’s the least I can do “Let’s get started”
A nurse e that will draw the fluid out It’s oddly shaped—a rectangular-looking unit with a pull lever and cylindrical container in the middle for the fluid Dr Anchors puts the ultrasound wand back to Rachel’s belly and quickly locates the baby My breath catches much as it did the first ti at the ultrasound screen with large eyes full of wonder
Dr Anchors holds the wand in place and carefully takes the needle in his other hand He deftly pierces her abdoh her uterine wall My head swims for a moment, but then I blink it away The nursein her hand to the cap on the needle, and pulls the lever The cylindrical container fills with a golden yellow liquid She pulls on it slowly but steadily, and I get a little dizzy again at the a out
My eyes cut to the screen and I have to s hard when I see the needle hovering so very close to the baby My hand reflexively bears down on Rachel, but I don’t care at this point I assu childbirth
When the tube is filled, the nurse disconnects fro it free He ain, and then pronounces, “All done”
“That wasn’t so bad,” Rachel says lightly