Page 26 of Now that I Found You
Now that we’ve crossed into the second trimester and she’s been feeling better, it’s like a switch has been flipped in her. Her need for me is insatiable. It’s the fuel to my desire that burns for her always.
The sound of a throat clearing next to me pulls me away from my wife and her lips. Ellie bites her lip, hiding her grin as I flash her a wink.
“Sorry,” I say. The grin on my face says I’m not at all sorry.
“I know you’re both looking forward to the ultrasound today. Any questions before we begin?”
“Uh… yeah, actually I do have a question. At what point in the pregnancy do I need to worry about sex posing a risk to the baby? I’m not going to hurt anything, am I?”
Ellie coughs, clearly taken off guard by my question. Looking at her, I rub her back making sure she’s fine. Her eyes are wide as she holds her hand up. The look on her face is a mixture of shocked and horrified.
“What?” I ask at the same time she sternly says, “Callum.”
“You have nothing to be worried about, Callum. You’re not going to hurt Ellie or the baby. Sex during pregnancy is perfectly fine. In fact, it’s healthy and encouraged.”
“Well thank fuck for that.” I laugh. “You hear that baby? She says it’s encouraged.”
Ellie wraps her hand over her mouth to contain her giggle.
“I’m sorry.” She looks back to the doctor.
“It’s okay. It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve heard this question and it most certainly won’t be the last either.”
She pulls the sonogram machine closer to her. “If you’re both ready now, I’d love to show you your baby. That way we can make sure everything is going smoothly. Hopefully, if he or she cooperates with us, I can tell you the gender too.”
Ellie lies back on the table, getting comfortable. Leaning over her, I press a kiss against her forehead.
The sound of rushing water fills the room, followed by the sound I know as our baby’s heartbeat. We’ve been able to hear the heartbeat on the doppler at every visit I’ve gone to with Ellie. The rapid beat in my ears slams into me; all my emotions gripping me by the heart.
I’m unsure of what I’m looking at, as the doctor rubs a wand over Ellie’s swollen belly.
“Hey there, little one,” Doctor Sattler says, as she squirts more jelly on her belly. The picture adjusts as she moves it around again. I’m about to ask her to tell me what I’m looking at when a small face appears on the screen and tears prick the corner of my eyes.
“There he is.”
“He?” I ask, wanting to make sure I heard her right.
She moves the wand again. “Yep, it looks like it’s a he. He’s an active one, squirming around a lot, but he’s definitely wanting us to know he’s all boy.”
Ellie’s hand squeezes mine and my eyes flash down at hers. Seeing the tears streaming down her face pushes me over the edge. I can’t hold it back any longer.
“It’s a boy,” she whispers.
“We’re going to have a son, sweetheart.”
I press a hard kiss against her lips, as I brush her hair away from her face.
We both are enraptured by the sounds of his heartbeat and the images of our baby on the screen. The first time I heard his heartbeat was when it truly clicked into place and it hit me, I was going to be a dad. Seeing his little face today, I start to picture the life we’ll have together.
There were times I wondered if we could get to where we are now and if having a family would ever be in the cards for us. We’ve had more challenges thrown our way than anyone should have to face. I love Ellie more than life itself and I’ll spend all my days giving her the same happiness and love she’s given me.
