Billionaire’s Secret Baby

Week 28: Baby's eyes partially open

Twenty-eight weeks into your pregnancy, or 26 weeks after conception, your baby's eyelids can partially open, and eyelashes have formed. The central nervous system can direct rhythmic breathing movements and control body temperature.

By now your baby might be nearly 10 inches long from crown to rump and weigh nearly 2 1/4 pounds.

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“Mandy Johnson?”

Mandy hurriedly closed the magazine that she was reading and nearly dropped it in the process. She lurched to her feet. It was neither graceful nor pretty. Being seven-months along, Mandy had found that the simplest of tasks, such as standing, could be almost insurmountable.

Mandy smiled at Dr. Roberts’ assistant who was standing patiently at the door.

“It’s nice to have you back, Mrs. Johnson,” said the chubby middle-aged woman as she guided Mandy over to the scale.

“Um, I’m not married, Tina,” Mandy said with a sigh. It seemed that she needed to remind Dr. Roberts’ medical assistant of this at every appointment.

“Oh, I’m sorry, child,” she replied. “Up another three pounds this month.”

“Is that bad?” Mandy asked as looked at Tina in horror.

Tina laughed replying, “I have some women that gain almost seventy pounds with their pregnancies. You have gained twenty-one pounds which is perfectly normal. We did the urine sample while you were waiting, and everything came back fine. Shall we head into a room and listen to the heartbeat?”

Mandy nodded and followed Tina’s wide hips to the third waiting room. From there Tina asked her climb up on the table and squirted some jelly on Mandy’s belly. With the fetal doppler, Tina quickly found the baby’s heartbeat and recorded it on the chart.

“Are you experiencing anything unusual?” Tina asked, the tip of her pen resting on her full lips.

Mandy frowned before saying, “You always ask me that. But it seems that no matter what I tell you is happening you tell me that it’s perfectly normal.”

Tina raised a brow. “Pain, headaches, nightmares, heartburn, and occasional cramping are all typical of a normal pregnancy, Mandy. But should you come in with purple stripes and orange polka dots I promise to be properly impressed.”

or polka dots, so I suppose I should be grateful. It is nothing

and I don’t think that there is anything you could say that would surprise me.”

sex dreams!”

me?” Tina replied saucily as she

hot dreams of lovers, sometimes two at a time.

Tina nodded sagely. “That is

Mandy groaned at the word ‘normal’.

and Mandy was been grateful he was able to slip her into his caseload. He was an excellent physician, but that didn’t mean that Mandy wanted to talk about

get laid,”

Mandy’s cheeks heated and she looked to the floor.

second latex glove.

earth to split so that she could sink into

dreams. I told her

have to agree with Tina. These dreams

me know,” Mandy uttered underneath her breath.

eminently more handsome. “There is nothing wrong with good sex, Mandy. It has been proven to solve many ailments.”

belly and said wryly, “And cause a few as

Roberts lips twitched. “That was just luck.”

Tina giggled. “Or poor

Dr. Roberts admonished his assistant. “Every baby is a blessing from

there was indeed a baby in there and this wasn’t alien-nation. But she wasn’t sure she

use a

before Mandy could get a word in edgewise. “Besides, Mrs. Johnson has a hankering for two lovers.”

Dr. Roberts looked

shoved her maternity top over her belly. “It was only a dream! And I’m

is sensitive about a few things.”

Dr. Roberts ushered Tina out of the room before Mandy could strangle her.

woman who can’t keep her mouth shut to save her life,” he said with a good-humored smile. “Everything is on schedule, Mandy you measure

Mandy grimaced. “I’m still living in my parent’s basement. It’s been hard to find a job being the size of a water buffalo.

“Didn’t you say that you worked as a PA before?” Dr. Roberts threw away his gloves and began to wash his hands.