Chapter 214 - Dr. Matilda

"You would want Daddy to find about you first, right? So you have to be good to your Mommy, little angel. Don't give me all that morning sickness. Mommy needs to work and take care of the company as well." She knew that she wouldn't be able to do all the work if she kept getting nauseous and tired.

She made her way back to the bed and tucked herself in, pulling up the hand knitted woolen comforters up to her chin, covering her entire body properly. She wouldn't appreciate getting a cold, it would just make her life more troublesome. 

"Good night, my little angel." She murmured softly to herself as she closed her eyes, her right palm resting on her stomach as she hugged Adam's pillow with the other. 

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"Good morning. Isn't someone too excited? You are fifteen minutes earlier." Veronica smiled at Stella who had just walked inside her room. 

She was wearing a long brown trench coat which covered her body up to her ankles, hiding her work clothes as she didn't want her clothes to gather much attention. A muffler was wrapped around her neck which was pulled up a little to cover her chin. A pair of dark brown shades rested on her nose, doing the rest of the work to keep her identity hidden. 

She wouldn't have minded if it was before but she was in the headlines almost every day after she had taken over the company. Moreover, she made it to the front page of a couple of well known magazines since she was the wife of the 'deceased' CEO of Levinson's Corp. 

"Can you blame me?" Stella pulled down the muffler and smiled at her as she walked up to her desk and settled down on the seat across her as Veronica motioned her to do so. 

"Nah! You have every right to be excited." She smiled back at her. "But you will need to wait for a little while because my colleague hasn't arrived yet. I booked you the first appointment of her day." She continued. 

"It's fine, I don't mind waiting for a little while." Stella shook her head lightly. 

When the shorthand of the clock struck at nine and the longer one rested over 12, Veronica guided her to another room on the same floor. The two ladies walked next to each other as their heels struck against the polished white and cream tiles lining the corridor. Veronica stopped in her tracks before a light beige wooden door and knocked on it light before entering inside as she asked Stella to follow her in.

"Good morning, Dr. Matilda." Veronica greeted the woman who was standing on the other side of the table, trying to wriggle her arms inside her doctor's coat without adding creases to the properly ironed gown.

"Good morning. Is she the patient you told me about?" Dr. Matilda greeted her back and questioned her as her eyes drifted towards Stella who was standing a step behind Veronica. 

"Yes, she is. You need to make sure that her identity is kept a secret as it's really important for her." Veronica spoke up as she rubbed the back of her head. 

"Don't worry, I will make sure that it stays a secret. I will personally do the ultrasound and there won't be any other nursing inside the room for the time being she is there." Matilda smiled at Stella and nodded her head, questioning her at the same time. "Shall we go now and check on your baby?"

Stella shifted her eyes towards Veronica, silently inquiring about whether or not she could trust her. As if understanding her worry, Veronica turned her attention towards Matilda and spoke up. "We will join you there in a minute or two." 

"Sure, I will be in the next room." Matilda added and walked out of her office. 

"Stella, I know you are worried and I know it's hard for you trust anyone else who's not your family. But trust me on this one. Matilda is an exceptional gynaecologist. That's the main reason I booked your appointment with her, not some other doctor." She explained it to her as she could understand why Stella was being so cautious. Any normal person would do the same if they were in her position, including her own self.

"And she's someone you can put your trust in. I can vouch for her because I know her since the early days of our medical school. She won't even ask your name herself because I haven't mentioned it to her. So relax, this much stress won't be good for the baby. And I will be there with you throughout the process." She continued on as patted her shoulders. 

Heaving out a long sigh, Stella nodded her head. "Alright, let's do this." 

A minute later the two ladies walked out of the room and entered the room which was right next to it. The spacious room was empty and only the faint sound coming from the machines could be heard. The light blue curtains covering the white walls, made it look like nursery for babies instead of some room for mothers where the got checked up. 

"Come this way, please." Matilda came out from the other side of a blue curtain which was slightly darker in shade as compared to the ones covering the walls. 

Stella quietly followed her inside and saw a small room like space which was bounded by thick curtains from all four sides, ensuring the privacy of the patients. There was a stretcher style bed in the center but it was a bit bigger in size. Next to the bed, was a big cream colored machine which had a number of wires and pipes going in and out of the control panel. A monitor which was placed on the top served as the purpose of a screen. 

"Have you ever had an ultrasound before?" Matilda questioned her to which she shook her head in denial.

"Do you see these?" Matilda spoke up as she pointed towards a number of probes, each of which had a different shape. "These are called the probes. They produce high frequency sound waves which bounces off your body structures. After receiving the bounced off waves back, an image is produced on the screen allowing us to visualize what's inside your body." 

"That sounds simple." Stella forced a smile on her making the doctor chuckle. 

"I would need you to remove your coat and change into those as I won't want your dress to get all crumble up." Matilda added as she pointed towards a light blue gown which was resting on the centre of the bed, neatly folded into a square.

"Alright." After hearing Stella's reply, Matilda walked out of the curtained space, giving her some privacy so that she could change. 

"I'm done changing." Stella raised her voice a bit as she was not sure how thick those curtains were after placing her clothes on a stool nearby. She awkwardly waited for the two doctors as she held on the hem of the gown which barely covered her thighs.

Matilda walked inside with Veronica in tow. She asked Stella to lay down flat on the stretcher style bed to which she complied.

"Can you please raise your gown upto your stomach?" Matilda asked her politely. 

"Sure." Stella added as her cheeks flushed with different shades of red. She was thanking the heavens above that she was wearing those sunglasses which covered a bit of her cheeks. 

She rolled the gown up and made it rest right over the second last set of her ribs. She was cursing herself for choosing a bright red set of under. If only she knew that she might be asked to remove her pants. 'Well at least, her doctors are females themselves.' She thought to herself. 

"Thank you. I am going to put this gel over your abdomen. This might feel a bit cold." Matilda added as she picked up a bottle which had some clear jelly like substance inside. 

It was then she realized that the two ladies were now wearing gloves and masks. She hadn't paid much attention to them when return back in her shy state. 

Matilda out some of the gel on her abdomen, right above her navel and smeared it over the with the help of a flat head probe. "How does it feel?" She questioned her patient. 

"It feels cold and sticky. But besides that it feels okay I guess." Stella replied to her as she took in a deep breath and exhaled it out. 

Matilda chuckled at her response. "It is supposed to feel like this, so there's no need for you to become nervous." 

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