13~Hannah

"Hello, Mr and Mrs Hawkins."

"Hello doc," Zachary shook hands with the young man who was going to see to the conducting of the ultrasound.

"Everything alright, Mrs Hawkins?"

I nodded. "Yes, just a little aches here and there." I said. He assured me I would be fine, I just needed to rest.

"Please lay down." He said.

I did as I was told and waited until the cool gel was applied on my abdomen. I felt Zachary's strong palm hold on to mine.

Hearing my child's heartbeat for the first time brought tears to my eyes. I blinked back the tears that stung at my eyeballs furiously. Zach gave my hand a squeeze and pressed his lips to my forehead.

"From the look of things, your baby's pretty healthy. You just have to control your stress levels. Another dangerous spike in your blood pressure could cause a miscarriage." The doctor informed us.

The thought of losing my baby, scared me to no end, I couldn't even respond when the doctor spoke. Zachary spoke on my behalf while I just laid there wonderin