"Wife, you're excited to go to work." he said as he stood watching Kashmir's elegant movement. "Yes, I am really excited." she said, giggling. She set aside the clothes she chose. "Wife, let the maidservants do that for you." He just wants her to be pampered. "I don't want you to get tired." "Love, I am fine. I am used to preparing my things, besides the maidservants have many things to do and I don't want to add more tasks to them." she reasoned with him. "Love, four maidservants are assigned solely to attend to you meaning they don't have any other work besides aiding you." he hugged her from the back. "But I don't like the idea that they are going to bath me and dress me." she said

The doctor waited for a moment before he spoke again. "Mr. Khan, an obstetrician will come later to check on your wife." the doctor said. "Thank you doctor" Amaro said and smiled from ear to ear, his anxiety was already replaced by happiness. "Congratulations to both of you" "Thanks doctor!" said Kashmir. When the doctor left them, Amaro caressed Kashmir's lower abdomen and leaned toward it. "Baby, I am your daddy." Kashmir looked down and watched Amaro talk to their child in her womb. She couldn't explain the joy she felt that tears continued to flow down her cheeks. Some of her tears that trickled her cheeks fell on Amaro's face. Amaro looked up as he felt the drop of liquid on his face and saw Kashmir crying. "Hey, why are you crying? Aren't you happy?" he wiped her tears. Kashmir hugged him "I am so happy!" she exclaimed. "I am just overwhelmed and can't explain how happy I am." "Shhh... don't cry. It might not be good for our baby." He caressed her back and her hair. "M

"Mrs. Khan, you will have a biweekly prenatal check up to ensure that you and your baby are healthy." The obstetrician said to Kashmir. "Yes, doctor" Kashmir held her abdomen. The doctor spoke again, "Mr. Khan, stress and pressure are risk factors for miscarriage." She gave Amaro a meaningful glance and then looked at Kashmir again. "Mrs. Khan, religiously take your vitamins and eat healthy food. No stress and pressure allowed." the doctor said stressing the word stress and pressure. Amaro tensed up, considering that she already told that to him, apparently she is suspecting him a source of stress and pressure. Amaro didn’t know that Kashmir felt his body stiffened as the doctor put an emphasis on the word stress and pressure. "Yes, doctor." Kashmir answered. "You can be discharged today." the obstetrician said and left. Kashmir cupped Amaro's face and looked fixedly at him. "Love, don't be upset about what the doctor thought about you, in view of the fact that we both know tha

"You're in your 8 weeks now" the doctor said while looking at her record. "Your baby is about 1.27 cm, as big as a raspberry now." The doctor looked at Kashmir and then looked back at her medical record. "You are a little bit underweight Mrs. Khan. You have to eat three meals daily." The doctor advised. "I am eating three meals daily, but I keep throwing up at random times." Kashmir said and the doctor smiled. Being exceedingly worried about Kashmir puking at random times, Amaro asked the doctor, "Doctor, are there effective methods to reduce the nausea?" The doctor could hear anxiety in Amaro's tone. "Morning sickness can be extremely draining," the doctor sympathetically said. "My receptionist will give you a booklet later, and one topic discussed in that booklet is effective natural remedies to reduce nausea. I'll also prescribe you a safe antiemetic, take it only if natural remedies don't work to lessen the symptoms and the nausea." After the prenatal check up ended, the docto

The sunrays that came through the half - open curtain has awakened Kashmir from sleep. She touched Amaro's side of the bed and it was already cold, he already left early again.  For the entire week Amaro went to work early in the morning while Kashmir was still sleeping and came late at night when she was already sleeping. Kashmir took his pillow and sniffed Amaro's lingering scent, she couldn't hold herself back and she burst into tears. She missed him so much and she was in agony, for he became cold towards her. She wants to have a pity party today but she remembered her doctor said that emotional stress wasn't good for her baby and for that reason she got up from the bed. She took a bath and dressed up then went to the garden to eat. Later she strolled in the