11. Panic

Along with a light conversation on the obstetrician stretcher, Aruna complained of back pain and was surprised to find stomach cramps. The pregnant woman was asked to lie down.

After measuring blood pressure and body temperature, the doctor begins to lubricate the gel for an ultrasound examination. Mahendra, who had been sitting quietly watching his wife from the edge of the bed on the other side, moved closer to the screen.

"Why are you cheating so much, if there is a doctor who comes and examines my great-grandson, oma should be told," Sukma suddenly entered the room while carrying an expression of not accepting, making a group of people could not help but smile.

"Try to get closer," the doctor asked Mahendra who looked at the screen as if reluctant to blink," look at him moving, very slow indeed, " said the doctor.

Aruna also looked at the little one who was really still very small. But there, on the screen, a mother can see the fetus in her womb as big as the size of a lime, the fetus already seems to form a tiny head and legs.

The brown eyes are reddened due to being overwhelmed. Just like Mahendra, after he observed the fetus, the future father's mouth was silenced by a thousand languages. He retreated and sat down at his wife's feet. Mahendra had trouble looking into his wife's eyes. That's what he often shows when regret gnaws at him.

"Can you take a picture of her? One only, " Aruna who was lying down pulled her lips straight until the woman's teeth were visible. Oma was out of the room in the cover feeling proud, strangely he shouted, a sign of surprise, and almost dropped the photo of the fetus in his hands. The photo pulled Wiryo from the hands of Sukma. A middle-aged man who has not been able to reconcile with his wife meets the eye after almost a week of living sleeping alone.

"Why is the fetus still so small?"Wiryo has different predictions with the estimated age of Aruna's womb. She had been cheated on for a while before Aruna was discovered to be really pregnant.

With a tone of command, Wiryo asked Andos to push the door of his grandson's room wider.

"You missed your appointment," Wiryo sighed to find Aruna who had just finished running the ultrasound.

"Oh, Opa.."Aruna is trying to get up.

"Why are you here?" interrogative sentences uttered in an annoying tone by Mahendra while standing to make sure Aruna remained to lie calm. unfortunately, Mahendra's wife sat down and greeted Wiryo with warm greetings. "Thank you for visiting me Opa?"Aruna remembered her promise regarding Wiryo who wanted to participate when the baby's examination schedule.

Wiryo smiled slightly, staring at Aruna for a moment. "Is the size of the fetus appropriate for its age?" this phrase comes from the sentence Wiryo. Aruna who is innocent and rarely runs a lie can't do much, she really gets goosebumps instantly. Panicked, afraid of being discovered that the gestational age did not match his lie to the elders of the Djoyodiningrat family.

"Is his gender known?"Ask Wiryo once again to the doctor. Although the doctor has not yet had time to answer the first question from him.

"Aah.." the panicked pregnant woman feels pain once again, panic can trigger abdominal pain.

Yes, his stomach felt uncomfortable and twisted, as if completely squeezed by anxiety.

"Wiryo come out!"Sukma came suddenly, seizing a photo of the fetus that had been taken Wiryo. The middle-aged woman was so upset to see the complaints shown by Aruna, the pregnant woman holding her stomach.

"Please! Keep my wife calm, don't frustrate me today," said Mahendra, who has been tormented by his own guilt since morning.

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The room was finally empty leaving Aruna closed after being pacified by Oma Sukma. These grandmothers stroked Aruna's stomach repeatedly. Even making small jokes that are sometimes not funny, Aruna realized it was very entertaining. Because the soul is full of love for him.

Hendra could not speak freely with the doctor when in the presence of his wife. It was the turn to take him home, the halls of the motherhouse that he passed witnessed how much he as a future father showered the doctor with various questions.

"He had cramps this morning, it was the first time. My wife moaning looks very scared, " said blue eyes stopping the doctor's footsteps.

"Pregnant women often experience this, later when the content is large enough, it could be not only stomach cramps, leg cramps are more often experienced, the most important thing is to keep it, don't get too tired let alone faced with a restless condition. Being happy while pregnant is very important, " the doctor's monologue does not satisfy too procedural in Mahendra's mind.

"Is the husband and wife relationship, could be the trigger?"Hendra was curious, he realized his actions were quite disturbing, "my wife was pregnant in a bad condition, she was recovering from a great tragedy, and many unpleasant things she experienced" Mahendra's sentence was a kind of lament and regret that was mixed into one.

"for pregnant women with a history of abdominal cramps is strongly recommended to reduce the activity of excess husband and wife, or hold it until entering the next trimester, better talk and make sure your wife is comfortable before intercourse and relax before," the doctor pulled his lips.

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"Hendra.."

"Hem.."

"I'm going to college,"

"take your medicine first," Hendra stirred a mixture of ginger-scented water and warm lemon.

"This is not a medicine?"Aruna felt strange when the man did not give her a tablet-a cold medicine - from the doctor. Aruna has taken her vitamins, but not with the drug.

"No.. baby is not allowed to take drugs containing chemicals, " said Blue Eyes handing the drinks concoction itself.

"Isn't that the doctor's advice," Aruna smelled the scent and looked at the blue eyes.

"Not my advice" sounded arrogant, Hendra sat in front of him. In the presence of Aruna who painstakingly swallowed what her husband thrust.

"Hen.. we leave after this, right?" there are frowns.

"Where to?"

"Why do you ask?"Aruna's voice smelled of disappointment. "How did you forget? Did I give you permission yesterday?"

"How can you ask me to allow you? With your condition like this??"Mahendra's tone went up and down muffling himself. Trying to stay calm. Because Aruna has shown the behavior of wanting to be angry.

"We talked about this yesterday, Hendra! "

"but your condition worsened today!" there was a rising tone that was again pressed and swallowed again.

"who made it worse? Am I? does this little desire of mine, "he sighed," still seem difficult to you?!"Aruna was angry in the end.

"Aruna.."Hendra called his wife's name to remember this all for the good of Aruna herself.

"Have I ever rejected you? "the unstable emotions of pregnant women made Aruna lose control.

"I accept without the slightest protest when you expect your wish to be fulfilled, Hendra!" she looked intently at her husband.

"Aruna doesn't say that please!" the blue eyes are hidden in a shell that closes tightly, for a moment.

"Why? Do you realize now that you tortured me and baby last night? Now you also want to torture me with your rules??" he blasted his fatigue.

"Stop it, or you.."

"What??"