Chapter 33
A few days later after the meeting of Elise and Mother Ito, Elise had set an appointment to an Ob-Gyne in CGH. She asked her mother to accompany her to the hospital to have her body check-up. She needed to know if her body is ready to conceive and carry a child. The doctor that she had set an appointment with was Dr. Jessica Lin, it was her first check-up and she was so nervous about what the results would be.
"Good Morning, Mrs. Aoki and Ms. Elise, right?" said Dr. Jessica.
"Good Morning Doc. I would like to have myself check-up, I plan to get pregnant this year." Said Elise to the doctor, she might be straightforward with her words but she wanted to get straight to the point.
"I see, well then, is your period regular or irregular?"
"it's regular, doc."
"you don't have any kind of disease and you are a very healthy woman according to what you answered here but I would still want to run some laboratory test if that is fine with you. That way I can see if you are truly healthy and if your body is ready to carry a child. I'll have my nurse guide where the lab is and you can just give this to them they know what to do" Dr. Jessica handed her a piece of paper wherein it indicates the kind of test that she had requested for Elise to have.
Elise went directly to the lab test and there she had undergone a series of tests to know her health conditions. The test also included blood, ultrasound, urine, bp, and many more. They were told that the result would be given to Dr. Jessica after two hours so they can go somewhere to eat first before going back to the clinic or office of the doctor. They haven't had breakfast yet which is why Mother Aoki did ask Elise to eat first before they go back to Dr. Jessica.
After two hours, Mother Aoki and Elise went back to the office of Dr. Jessica. When they got called by the nurse they stood up and went to the door of the clinic, Elise was about to open it when it suddenly opened on its own. To their shock, it was Ethan who opened the door of the clinic. They have forgotten that Ethan also works in CGH, but they never thought that they would bump into him in the Ob-Gyne department.
Ethan and Mother Aoki exchange a few words in which they got to know what is Ethan doing there in the first place. Elise on the other hand doesn't want to reveal anything and just went inside the clinic. Inside the clinic, Dr. Jessica is looking at the lab results of Elise, she is studying everything seriously that she didn't notice the two were already sitting in front of her.
"ah! sorry, I didn't notice you two. Anyway, Ms. Elise have you been taking contraceptive pills?" asked Dr. Jessica
"that…yes, why is there something wrong with me?" Elise started to get nervous and anxious at the same time.
"When did you start taking the pills?"
"I…don't remember but maybe a year ago? I always take one whenever I do it with my boyfriend"
"Doesn't your boyfriend use any protection? Pills don't guarantee 100% prevention in pregnancy"
"he does, but sometimes he forgot to wear one whenever we do it so I just take one pill just in case."
"I see, then do you know that pills also have a side effect on your body, are you aware of that?"
"I did ask about it, why are you asking this doc? Is there something wrong with my body?"
"Well, to tell you the truth Ms. Elise, your body is not yet ready to carry a child. According to your lab results, it might be one of the side effects of the pills you are taking. To some women or omegas contraceptive pills might be a preventive pill against pregnancy but one of the side effects of it, when taken for too long, is that it can lead you to no longer conceive or one would find it hard to conceive. But in your case, we can still do something about it since it is not yet too late. Your womb needed to heal first that is why I will prescribe you some vitamins that you needed to take and you must stop taking those pill or else you will not be able to conceive at all" Dr. Jessica never wanted to suggest taking contraceptive pill to any women or even omegas because of the side effect it could cause harm to one's body. Few pills have minimal side effects but they can still be bad if taken for a long time.
"No! I need to get pregnant this year doctor! Isn't there something we can do about it?" Elise cannot believe what she just heard, her thinking of being safe from getting pregnant by taking those pills became the cause of her unable to get pregnant when she needed to be the most.
"I'm sorry Ms. Elise but if you wanted to have a healthy child then you need to take the vitamins that I will prescribe and I am also sorry to say this but it is very likely impossible for you to conceive this year. Even if your fiancé were to try making you pregnant, you won't be since that is the effect of the pills you took." Dr. Jessica is a woman herself and she is currently pregnant with her first child she knew the desire of a woman when she is ready to carry the child of the man she loves.
"Dr. Jessica until when will she need to take those vitamins and when can she get pregnant if not this year?" asked Mother Aoki. She cannot bear to see her daughter cry over the fact that she cannot fall pregnant.
"Well, it is not like she won't entirely fall pregnant but if I am correct then she can get pregnant by next year or two years after. By that time let's hope that her womb is completely here and all the toxin and side effects of the pills were gone. But for this year, I suggest you talk to your fiancé and plan your pregnancy after you are completely healed and healthy" said Dr. Jessica as she saw how devastated Elise looks at the very moment. It was as if she can no longer get pregnant with the look on her face.
Elise regrets taking those pills, if she was being honest to herself she did not only take those pills whenever she does it with Hideaki but she also takes those pills whenever she does it with someone else. Those someone else was a director or sponsors of her career as a model. To have her standing in that field she needed to seduce some of them that it lead to her sleeping with them at the most. She needed to make sure that she won't get pregnant with those men to avoid Hideaki getting suspicious that is why she took some pills whenever she meets up with them cause she never knew if those men use some underhanded methods to get her pregnant.