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.”

Mandy laughed. “I haven’t experienced stripes or polka dots, so I suppose I should be

twenty years, and I don’t think that there is anything you could

dreams!” Mandy blurted

me?” Tina replied saucily as she winked

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

Tina nodded sagely. “That is perfectly normal.”

the word

knocked on the door and slipped inside. He was a handsome man in his forties, and Mandy was been grateful he was able to slip her into his caseload. He was an excellent physician, but that

get laid,” Tina advised.

she

second

split so that she could

Tina answered, “Mrs. Johnson is having wild sex dreams. I

Tina. These dreams won’t harm you or your baby. But you might get some satisfaction from having an

me know,” Mandy uttered underneath her breath.

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

to her belly and said wryly, “And cause a few as well.”

lips twitched. “That

giggled. “Or

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

gotten used to the idea that there was indeed a

“You could always use a vibrator,”

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

Roberts looked impressed.

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

sniffed. “Apparently she is sensitive about a few

out of the room before Mandy could

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

a job being the size of a water buffalo. So, no, nothing is exciting in my life

PA before?” Dr. Roberts threw away his gloves and