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“What’s that?” Yonkers asked.
“It’s the baby’s heartbeat,” Wren answered for the doctor.
“Right, and it sounds good and strong,” the doctor added. “Have you had any unusual physical activity?” the doctor asked.
“Well, we did just move into a new home together,” Wren answered.
“What?” her brother shouted through the phone. “You and Yonkers got a home in New York together?”
“Not together,” she insisted, noting the disappointment on Yonkers’s face. “It’s Chris’s house and he’s invited me to live with him, and I said yes.”
“And you didn’t think to call to tell me that either?” Blade asked. “Jesus, Sis, we’re going to have to talk about your lack of sharing. You were never like this before.” She was afraid that Blade was going to say that she wasn’t like this before meeting Yonkers, but he didn’t. It was true, she and Blade used to be closer, but that was before he married her best friend, Trixie, and Wren got herself knocked up.
“Things are different now,” she almost whispered. “We both have different lives.”
“I don’t care about all of that shit,” Blade insisted. “I’m never too busy for you, got it?” he asked.
“Yeah, I’ve got it,” Wren grumbled.
“Well, now that that’s settled,” the doctor interrupted, “I have a few more questions.”
“Okay, shoot,” Wren said.
“Have you done anything physical, such as moving furniture or anything like that this morning?” he asked. Wren could feel her cheeks heat at the memory of her and Yonkers’s physical morning activities.
“Um,” Yonkers said, clearing his throat. “We had sex for the first time since we made the baby. It’s a long story, but we were apart for a long time and well, it’s a long story.”
“And one that I really don’t need to know,” the doctor insisted.
“Me either,” Blade grumbled. “The less I know about my sister’s sex life, the better.”
The doctor chuckled, “So, you had sex this morning?” he asked Wren.
She nodded her head, “Yes, twice,” she admitted. Blade groaned through the phone, causing the doctor to laugh again.
“Okay, well, I’m thinking that’s what triggered your Braxton Hicks contractions.”
“What are those?” Yonkers asked.
“Fake contractions. They are quite normal, and fortunately, she’s not having any right now, according to my monitors. But I’d like for you to be on bedrest for a few weeks, to make sure that everything is okay with the baby.”
“A few weeks,” Wren almost shouted.
“Yes, and maybe longer, I’m afraid,” the doctor said.
“I can’t be on bedrest for weeks or possibly longer,” Wren insisted.
“You can, and I’m afraid that sex is off the table too,” the doctor said.
“Now we’re talking,” Blade said.
“Shut up, man,” Yonkers mumbled. “I’ll make sure that she stays in bed, even if I have to sit on her.”
“Great, I’d like to keep you here for another hour, to monitor the baby, but if you don’t have any contractions by then, you can go home,” the doctor said.
“I’ll have to run my mom home first,” Yonkers said. “She’s having chemo upstairs.”
“You need to get her some food too,” Wren reminded. “She’s going to be so upset about not going shopping for the baby.”
