army!brat - miscarriage

[sammysicle]

around Tuesday, April 9, 2013.  Noah will be 2 on the 13th.

Before Sam found out she was pregnant with Noah, she'd barely had morning sickness. She wasn't complaining and after almost a week, being pregnant crossed her mind. She swore with her next pregnancy she'd recognize the symptoms sooner. She did not.

To her credit though, she had been exposed to some kind of nasty stomach bug. The first day she started feeling bad, she wasn't surprised when she went running from the dinner table, straight to the bathroom and emptying the contents of her stomach.

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[sammysicle]

Those fights always seemed worse than they were because they rarely did fight. It just made the few they had really stand out. She leaned against him and nodded her head. "Of course, I know that. Even if you only told me that once a day, I'd still know that." she assured him, smiling and kissing him softly. "Those fights, you know those are basically the only fights we had the entire time I was pregnant with Noah, right? I think that's why they seem like they were so huge. Look at some of our friends or some of the people you work with who DO fight all the time. We're not like that and we're never gonna be."

[sgtshriver]

He kissed her back and nodded his head, "I know, I know, we could be MUCH worse when it comes to fights, especially with your temper" He teased, kissing her again and hugging her close, playing with her wedding rings and looking over at Noah, "You ready to be a mommy again?" He asked softly, kissing in front of her ear and moving her hair out of the way so he can kiss and nip her neck playfully, one hand moving to her tummy.

[sammysicle]

She giggled softly and pulled back, giving him that look of hers though there was a smile this time. "MY temper? Did you forget about the temper YOU have? It's a wonder we're not like that couple of The War of the Roses." she teased, nuzzling against him as she watched him play with her rings. "Yeah, I'm ready. Are you ready to be a daddy again? It's not too soon, is it? Noah's only two."

[sgtshriver]

"MY temper? I dont know what you're talkin' about" He said with a little grin, looking over at Noah still sprawled out with Kojak and over to Hank, happily napping in one of the chairs near them, the hand on her tummy rubbing gently and he nods his head, "I got about eight months or so to get ready right?" He said with a straight face, and then smiled, "Im ready, and I dont think its too soon, by the time shes born, Noah will probably be close to three, they'll be a good age range"

[sammysicle]

"She? I haven't even taken the test yet and you've decided it's a girl?" she asked, nudging his shoulder with hers, clearly teasing him. "I thought Shrivers didn't have girls. He'd always told her that but it seemed like now he was wanting a little girl. "What if we're getting ourselves all worked up and I'm not even pregnant?"

[sgtshriver]

He nods his head, "Yep, Ive decided its a girl, whether you're pregnant or not this time, its gonna be a girl, Shrivers dont have girls but ... I just have a feelin', call it a daddy hunch" He chuckled and then shrugged a bit, "If you're not, then we just keep tryin' like we have been." He said softly, kissing her and moving to stand up, "Come'on, lets get him inside and ill go look at those tests, make sure they're still good."

[sammysicle]

She had no problems with letting him check on those tests but felt it would be easier if she did it. "How about I go check those tests and if they're not expired, I can go ahead and take one and we can watch the stick, see if it changes colors?" She was anxious to know if she was pregnant or not. "If they're expired, you can go buy a couple more." she smirked, giving him a quick kiss before she stood up. "Come on, Noah, Kojak. Let's go inside and you and daddy can find something on TV to watch."

[sgtshriver]

"You got a deal" He smiled, standing up and letting her head inside first, waiting for Kojak who trots along ahead of Noah and once Noah gets close to him Steve scoops him up and blows raspberries all over his tummy, making him giggle, "Dada stop" he laughed and Steve headed inside with him, "You're a good ya know that, you're such a goof" He smiled, setting Noah down and kissing his cheek, letting him run off and play as he looked around in the fridge for what to have for dinner.

[sammysicle]

Sam went on ahead to the bathroom and found the test kits. She was glad they hadn't yet expired since she hated to think they wasted that money for nothing. She took out one and put the other one back up. She scanned over the instructions before doing what they said and in a few minutes she walked into the living room with the test stick, plastic case covering the end. "It says we'll know in three minutes."

[sgtshriver]

Steve had been sitting on the couch watching Noah play tug of war with Kojak, Hank perched on the edge of the couch, meowing at Sam when she walked in and Steve looks up at her, then down to his watch, "Three minutes" he sighed out, reaching for her to sit in his lap.

[sammysicle]

She looked down at Hank and made a face at him before sitting down on Steve's lap, her back to the cat. She smirked knowing that would get on his nerves. What a crazy game she and Hank liked to play. "Yes, three minutes." She held the stick in her hand but had it turned over so neither of them could see it yet.

[sgtshriver]

When Sam sat down in Steves lap, Hank stood up and stretched, walking across the couch and over Sams legs, plopping himself on Steves lap as best he could, looking up at Sam with that "cat look" that said, nice try lady. Steve chuckled and kept one arm wrapped around Sam and moved his other hand to scratch under Hanks chin, glancing at his watch, "Times up, whats the verdict?"

[sammysicle]

Sam glanced down when she felt those little paws on her legs and she really should have seen that coming when he tried to share Steve's lap. He gave her the cat look and she gave him her look, pushing him off and onto the couch just because she could. She gave him another look that said 'take that'. "It's time already?" She picked up the test and flipped it over, seeing a blue line in the test and results window. "It's positive. We're gonna have another baby."

[sgtshriver]

Hank made a little purr mixed with a meow and a yelp sound as Sam shoved him off Steves lap and onto the couch, turning and batting gently at her hand and while it seemed he had chosen Steve as his favorite, he liked Sam, he still cuddled with her, and he didnt have a mean bone in his body, just a lot of annoying ones, and he batted at her hand again gently before curling up next to Steve. Steve nods his head and takes a breath, not realizing hes holding it until she says its positive and he lets the breath out, "What? Its ... we're gonna have a baby?" He asked excitedly, looking to see for himself and smiling when he sees the test, wrapping both arms around her and kissing her soundly.

[sammysicle]

While it always seemed like there was a war going on between Sam and Hank, there really wasn't. It was more or less just a game they both liked to play. When he batted at her hand, she laughed softly and scratched part of his stomach. Sam was smiling while Steve sorted out in his head that yes, she said the test was positive and they were having a baby. "Yeah, we're gonna have a baby." she smiled widely, hugging him tight. "Noah's gonna be a big brother."

[sgtshriver]

"I ... I cant believe it ... we're ... we're ... Noahs gonna be a big brother ... oh god my mother" He snorted, hugging her tight and kissing her neck, "Shes gonna freak out, do we ... should we wait until we get your first appointment outta the way before we tell anyone? So we can show 'em ultrasound pictures?" He asked.