Episode 3

Hendra waited anxiously because his wife had said that she even vomited blood when she vomited this morning, so now she was seeing a doctor to see if there was anything wrong with Andini. He deliberately didn't tell his parents back home, because they would panic if they heard the news about their daughter-in-law.

Andini was also a little nervous waiting for the results that the doctor would say, while everything was being checked so that there was no longer any anxiety in the hearts of this husband and wife. Hendra helped Andini to sit in the chair facing the doctor, listening to what he would say to them now.

Andini's face was very pale, basically her skin was already white. Now, in addition to being pale because she never ate, his wife looked even more like a living corpse. Hendra couldn't bear to see his wife's condition so weak as if there was no energy left.

The older the pregnancy got, the weaker Andini became. Hendra had confided in Purnama about the problem, but he said it was okay, nausea during pregnancy was normal because almost all women would experience it. Especially during the first pregnancy, because Purnama had said this was normal, Hendra was a little calmer.

"You have stomach acid so the vomit that comes out is blood," said the doctor gently.

"Is the blood lumpy, Doc?" Andini asked making sure.

"If it's stomach acid, it's like that, especially since you like to eat sour and spicy foods, right," said the doctor.

"Actually, I ate rujak yesterday, maybe that's why?" Andini asked softly.

"It could be one of the triggers, later I will give you vitamins and also medicine for stomach acid that is safe for pregnant women." The doctor wrote a prescription.

"There's no serious illness in my wife's body, Doc?!" Hendra was very worried.

"Of course not, morning sickness is normal! Later, when you enter the second trimester, it will decrease a bit, but some will continue to vomit until they give birth," replied the doctor with a smile.

Hendra breathed a sigh of relief while rubbing his wife's back which was starting to sweat, Andini often shivered since she was pregnant. There was always something wrong, but the doctor said it was normal, so they were a little relieved to hear it.

Even though later they didn't know how they would deal with this excessive nausea, it even felt like she was going to pass out from the weakness due to the body fluids being drained.

"Thank you, Doctor."

"You're welcome, I hope you always stay healthy." The doctor was really friendly.

Hendra took his wife's hand and told her to sit down first, he wanted to redeem the medicine that the doctor had prescribed earlier. Andini sat down looking at the view, she felt like no food could tempt her tongue right now.

Seeing anything, she always felt nauseous and wanted to vomit, even though the food used to be her favorite. Now she didn't even want to eat it anymore, just smelling the aroma made her want to run away somewhere, because the smell was so disgusting. She even seemed to refuse ice, no food could enter.

"Don't be naughty, honey! If Mama doesn't eat, how can you be healthy?" Andini talked to her stomach.

"Excuse me, can I sit here, Sis?" a young woman also sat down.

"Oh yes, please, your stomach is so big," Andini said excitedly, seeing the woman's bulging stomach.

"It's been nine months, I just checked because it's past the due date," replied the young woman.

"It's been how many days past the due date, even though it's already very low," Andini moved closer.

"Five days past the due date, Sis," the woman replied while rubbing her nose.

"Oh, if it's five days past the due date, do you have to be checked again?" asked Andini, who was still new to this.

"Yes, Sis! Oh yeah, I want to sit there, it's closer." The woman stood up while repeatedly rubbing her nose.

Andini was a little surprised to see the woman's behavior, even though she still wanted to share, who knows, there might be something she could follow. But she had already left in a rather strange manner, even repeatedly rubbing her nose as if Andini's smell was very unpleasant.

"Am I smelly? But I took a shower and used perfume," Andini smelled her clothes.

She didn't smell anything, but the woman just now seemed to think that Andini was very smelly. Until she rushed to escape like that, maybe it was also because of the pregnancy that her nose became sensitive to people's smells.

"Maybe so, pregnancy hormones are so weird! You have to be healthy, honey," Andini stroked her stomach again.

"Honey." Hendra ran over to his wife, causing several people to turn around.

"Her husband is very handsome, and she is also beautiful. But why does she smell so bad, is it just me?" thought the young woman earlier.

"Let's go home, or is there anything else you want to buy?" Hendra asked his wife when the car was already running.

"Do I smell, honey?" Andini asked her husband.

Hendra was a little surprised by Andini's spontaneous question, even though it was actually an ordinary question. But Hendra's response seemed to have received a very deadly question, Hendra's shocked expression did not escape Andini's view.

"It's okay if you say I smell, it's even better so that I can fix it later," said Andini.

"It's normal, honey! You often vomit, so it's natural for you to have bad breath," replied Hendra softly, afraid of hurting his wife's feelings.

"Oh, so I have bad breath! Oh my God, no wonder she left so quickly," shrieked Andini, very embarrassed, and covered her mouth.

"Who is it?" Hendra was also confused.

"There was a woman just now, why didn't you tell me that my breath stinks, I'm so embarrassed in front of people," complained Andini.

"That's normal, because you vomit a lot and have stomach acid too," Hendra didn't want his wife to feel bad.

Andini tried to cover her mouth while exhaling, but she couldn't smell it at all. But it must have been very smelly, because the woman immediately left because she felt like vomiting and disgusted.

"Let's just go shopping, honey! I want to buy mouthwash too," said Andini, taking a mask.

"Okay, let's shop today," nodded Hendra with a smile.

For Hendra, it didn't matter what his wife looked like, especially since this only happened during pregnancy. Hendra should even feel guilty, just because Andini was carrying his child, she became so tortured.

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