He isn't my boyfriend

MELISSA'S POV

I had an impromptus trip to the doctor's office after I experienced some sharp pains in my stomach.

Worried, of course, that something was wrong with the baby, but my doctor said it was just stress- induced pains, and that I should try to separate my self from stressful situations for the sake of the baby and me.

But what the doctor didn't realize was that my entire life was one stress situation after another.

"It looks like you're about seven weeks long now".

I have printed off a photo of your ultrasound here." She leaned forward and handed me the photo as a ball of emotions formed in my throat. I looked down at the tiny ball on the black and white photo and gulped back a sob. "It's just a little peanut right now, but it's growing just how we want it to. Will your husband be joining you next time?"

I tore my eyes away from the ultrasound photos and up into her eyes. "I'm not married, and the father and I are separated right now." That's all I could tell her without gi