Ashley frowned and covered her mouth with her hands. She felt miserable and felt like vomiting.
"What's wrong?"
"Ash!"
The two men looked at Ashley nervously, trying to guess what was wrong with her.
"I'll call the doctor right away," Jeremy said anxiously.
With her eyes wide open, Ashley suddenly stood up and pulled Jeremy back, shaking her head. She didn't want him call the doctor.
After a while, the nausea had subsided.
She had just retched so Ashley's eyes were red and swollen. They were also filled with tears.
She pulled herself together and said, "I'm fine. It's just a normal pregnancy reaction. You don't have to worry."
But after reassuring the two men, she suddenly felt nauseated once again, and it was more intense than last time.
Immediately, she threw back the covers and rushed towards the washroom.
The two men looked at each other helplessly and didn't know what to do.
Considering the situation she was in, it seemed that she wasn't fine at all.
Truth to be told, the two of them couldn't understand what a normal pregnancy reaction was.
While Ashley was in the washroom, Jeremy took out his phone and searched online for information on pregnancy reactions.
He immediately got a lot in the search results.
One of them read, "At the early stages of pregnancy, the hormone levels in a woman's body increases, resulting in nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite. These are some of the common signs of pregnancy.
However, none of these signs need any special treatment. They will eventually disappear after the third month.
If a pregnant woman has severe reactions loses her appetite, she should be sent to the hospital as soon as possible for proper treatment which may include but not limited to transfusion.
Diet for a pregnant woman should be light, easy to digest and must be consumed in small frequent meals."
Jeremy looked carefully at the search results and those were indeed helpful.
He was too concerned, and anyone who didn't know about them would think that he was Ashley's boyfriend.
After knowing that it was just a natural reaction, Jeremy felt relieved. He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't worry, Andrew. It was a normal reaction." Jeremy showed his cell phone to Andrew after he finished reading.
Andrew took Jeremy's cell phone from his hand and looked at it quickly.
However, even after going through the search results, he kept frowning.
'It would have been better if she had not gotten pregnant, ' he thought.
Andrew loved her so much that seeing her suffer every day pained him. He was afraid that he might lose control of himself.
He already hated the unborn child who made his beloved woman suffer like this.
"What's wrong? Didn't you read the search results? Why do you still look like that?"
Even after Jeremy showed the articles on pregnancy to Andrew, he was still frowning.
Jeremy found it hard to figure out what his friend was thinking.
"Can I give up this baby?"
Andrew asked, looking at Jeremy suddenly.
Jeremy was so shocked by Andrew's words that he didn't know how to react.
Then, he looked at Andrew in disbelief and said, "Do you know what you just said?
That's your child and my nephew or niece. How could you give it up just like that? Don't even dare say that in front of Ashley."
Jeremy could tell that Ashley already loved the child in her womb so much and really cared for it.
But he didn't expect that Andrew would even think of giving it up.
It was just unthinkable if they gave up the baby.
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