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 Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:16 pm
"I bet, but it will be an adventure..." Kara smiled and nodded. "Just further down the hall, two doors down on the....right." She nodded again. "I'll meet you down there in a moment or two, then we can get this test done."
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:20 pm
"Definitely," Amyla said, standing and scooping up the cup. "All right. Thank you. Just be a moment," she said, trying to shove the butterflies away as she strode down the hall. Two doors down on the right... there it was!
She re-emerged from the restroom a moment later, the cup carefully sealed with the lid. She really hated having to do it, but it was necessary. Besides, a little indignity was a small price to pay for not having to be paranoid anymore. Ahh, the joys of science.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:29 pm
Kara pulled on rubber gloves she'd brought with her to the room. She hated the things personally, but they were necessary. She smiled at Amyla and waved for her to sit again. "It'll only take a couple of minutes."
She was grateful that she'd brought the other materials for the test to the room, she could tell Amyla was anxious. It was the usual strip test, like the home kicks except a fair bit more accurate.
Once that was taken care of she removed the gloves and sat down in a chair. All that was left was to wait a few minutes.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:32 pm
Returning to the room, Amyla managed a very, very tremulous smile and then sat down again, clasping her hands tightly in her lap to keep from fidgeting. She knew it'd be negative. There wasn't a snowball's chance in hell she was pregnant. But that didn't stop her insides from flopping around like a dying fish.
She nodded at Kara, just sitting quietly for a moment. Not panicking... not panicking... not panicking... she thought furiously to herself. She couldn't panic; there was no reason to! "How accurate are these tests?" she asked curiously, just trying to distract herself.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:39 pm
"97% or so." Kara settled back in the chair and glanced at the small digital clock on the counter in the room. Two minutes. Unfortunately she didn't know what to say to Amyla to offer any sort of comfort, she hadn't had to endure this, Julian had been around to help.
One minute.
She looked at Amyla again, the woman looked as if she would faint from nerves. She rose from the chair again and went to check the strip and smiled, her back to Amyla still. "Well, I have some news for you."
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:42 pm
Amyla nodded, offering up a faint smile. Good. They were very accurate, which meant that the odds of it giving her a false positive reading were about one in... well, the odds were very low. She tried to relax a little as Kara got up to check the strip, though she only succeded in fidgeting. Oh dear.
She swallowed. News... news was good. "Ah... okay? I'm not pregnant." It was a statement, not a question. There was just no way in hell...
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:48 pm
Kara slipped on a glove again, picked up the strip and turned. "Actually, you are. Congratulations." She smiled at Amyla and walked over, figuring she would want to see the strip just to be sure, since she noticed that the other female was a doctor after all.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:51 pm
Amyla didn't quite pass out, but she certainly looked like she wanted to. She had to grab onto the edge of the table to stay seated upright. She mouthed soundlessly for a moment, looking at the strip and then up at Kara's smile... and then back down at the strip. She couldn't miss the results, but.... but...
"But how?! I... w-w-we had to have help before! How could I be... oh no." Ohhh, yes. Problem!
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:58 pm
Kara tried to help steady Amyla with her ungloved hand. "Are you, okay?" She looked concerned. "Perhaps some higher power helped you, this time?" She smiled softly, hoping she was being of some help to Amyla.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:03 pm
Amyla waved a hand and nodded, then pressing the hand against the side of her forehead. "Yes... yes, I'm fine. I just... I didn't think I could get pregnant without us getting... help. We... sort of agreed not to have anymore, at least not for awhile." She paled a bit. This was entirely unexpected.
Then the neurons of her brain formed the necessary connections, and she grinned suddenly. "Yeah, maybe we did get help. Everything happens for a reason, right?" she asked rhetorically, moving her free hand to rest it on her belly. She was pregnant. Again. "Thank you, for... for helping me. I think I might want to set up an appointment."
Yes, and call Aiodhan. Oh, man... this was so not the way she planned for this visit to go.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:11 pm
Kara nodded. "Your welcome, Amyla. Always glad to help when I can." She went to the counter set the strip down and removed her glove. "Have you had problems with morning sickness, or anything like that in the past?"
While she waited for an answer she added the note of the result to Amyla's chart and that she would be scheduled for another appointment.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:16 pm
Amyla, still in a bit of shock, took a few seconds to process. Morning sickness? Ah... did she? "No, no morning sickness," she said quickly, once her brain started catching up. "Not this time and not before. Just... mostly tired and weak for extended periods. And strange cravings." Haha. Strange was a mild way to put it.
Despite her outward state of semi-calm, her mind was still racing in circles. Oh, she needed to call Aiodhan and set up an appointment. And she'd have to make sure she still had some maternity clothes, though she doubted she'd need them for awhile. And then there was preparing a nursery...
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:18 pm
"Okay, I figured I'd ask, because I know a few herbal remedies that can ease it." Kara smiled, then set about disposing of the test supplies in the proper biohazard container on the counter. "Lets go up to the front and get an appointment set up for you and you can use the phone there to call your mate, alright?"
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:23 pm
"Ahhh. Okay..." Amyla said, getting to her feet whilst attempting still to process the full implications of a positive pregnancy test. She wasn't ready for this... not now. "I... uhh.. I have a cell phone. I'll call him when I'm on my way home," she said, rubbing a hand on the back of her neck, her eyes wide. "But thank you. I think an appointment is definitely necessary."
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:25 pm
"Alright." Kara wasn't used to a lot of technology, though she had an idea of what Amyla was talking about when she said 'cell phone'. She walked out of the room toward the front desk, quite grateful they used paper appointment books. The thought of using a computer made her nervous.
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