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 like that.”

“What is it, child? I have been seeing mother’s for over twenty years, and I don’t think that there is anything you could say

“I keep having sex dreams!” Mandy

“About me?” Tina replied saucily as she winked

about because that changes from dream to dream. But I have these hot dreams of

Tina nodded sagely. “That is perfectly normal.”

groaned at the

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

to get

heated and she looked to the floor.

paused putting on the second latex glove. “Am I missing something?”

Mandy wanted the earth to split so that she could sink into

is having wild sex dreams. I told

completely medically ethical, I would have to agree with Tina. These dreams won’t harm you or your baby.

“Kill me know,” Mandy uttered underneath

Roberts replied with a grin that made him look younger and eminently more handsome. “There is nothing wrong with good sex, Mandy. It has been

pointed to her belly and said wryly, “And cause

“That was

“Or poor planning.”

Roberts admonished his assistant. “Every baby is

thought about the peanut. Sure, at this stage of her pregnancy she’d gotten used to the idea that there was indeed a baby in there

a vibrator,” Dr. Roberts continued.

before Mandy could get a word in

looked impressed.

“I don’t!” Mandy shoved her maternity top over her belly. “It was only a dream! And I’m

Tina sniffed. “Apparently she is sensitive

ushered Tina out of the room before Mandy

to save her life,” he said with a good-humored smile. “Everything is

job being the size of

say that you worked as a PA before?” Dr. Roberts threw