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“Symptoms?”

“Um… vomiting. Headaches. I can’t sleep or keep anything down.”

“When did these symptoms start?”

“A few days ago.”

She looked at the clipboard with my paperwork. “It says here your last period was a few months ago. Have they always been regular or irregular?

“Regular.”

“Any stress or life changes?”

“Both. I um… I was previously pregnant, and I was shot. I lost my baby, and as you can imagine, that’s been a stressful time. On top of that, we’ve been trying to get pregnant again, and it’s just not happening.”

She offered me a sympathetic smile. “I’m so sorry.” Her smile brightened as she grabbed my hand. “According to your chart, it’s happened.”

I froze, and I heard the moment Titan’s breath hitched.

“What?” I whispered.

“You’re pregnant.”

“I’m… I’m pregnant?”

She showed me the paperwork. “They ran a test. We can do a vaginal ultrasound to confirm how far along you are. Would you like that?”

“I can see my baby?”

I knew I must have sounded slow as hell, but I was in shock. Titan hadn’t said a word. He was just staring at my stomach.

“Yes, honey,” Dr. Walters said, handing me a sheet. “Get undressed from the waist down and give me a moment. Congratulations.”

She squeezed my hand before releasing it and leaving the room. I sat there, stunned for a moment before slipping out of my pants and underwear and draping the sheet over myself.

“We’re having a baby,” Titan whispered. “We’re… we’re having a baby.”

He dropped his head in his hands, rocking back and forth slightly. When he looked at me, tears stained his face, same as they did mine. He stood to his feet and came to me, wrapping me up in a tight hug. Together, we cried tears of happiness.

After all we had endured. After loving on everybody else’s babies while longing for our own. After long, agonizing months of trying and getting no results, we were finally pregnant. I was so tired of the negative pregnancy tests that I’d stopped taking them. A lot of them sat in a bag under my bathroom sink, haunting me every time I opened it.

Now I didn’t need them anymore. I released an audible cry. My heart was so full.

Titan pulled back and cupped my face, crashing his lips into mine.

“Thank you, mamas,” he said. He touched my stomach. “You have no idea how fucking happy I am. Thank you.”

He kissed me passionately, stopping only because the door opened. Dr. Walters paused when she walked in and smiled.

“I can come back if you need a moment. I can only imagine the array of emotions you must be feeling.”

“No, doc,” Titan said. “Come on in here and let us see our boy.”

“So sure already?” she asked, closing the door.

“Positive.”

“Well, let’s see if we can determine that.”