Five Weeks Along

Austyn froze. Kira didn’t notice. When he continued to lie on top of her, motionless, she thought he didn’t hear her. ‘The doctor said to stay away from sex for the first three months. It’s not safe. It might hurt the baby…’ Kira was making this up as she went along. The kindly gynaecologist actually said sex was okay as long as they were careful. But Kira didn’t want to take any chances. It was her first pregnancy. She wouldn’t do anything to jeopardise the safety of her baby. Thrown into a panic, she started reciting everything she’d read from the pamphlet. ‘…The embryo looks like a tadpole, but it has a beating heart. Then it will start to develop eyes and ears and limbs. It needs a safe environment. It will be moving, but the mother can’t feel it at this point…Hormone surges are to be expected. Morning sickness, mood swings…’ She was babbling, her mind in a complete mess. This was not how she planned to tell him. She had wanted to sit him down, show him the test result, and tell hi