Sherlock noticed the twitch as John went to move his hand protectively to his belly but stopped. He had no such compunctions about stopping, so he walked over to John, gave him a kiss, and put his hand on his mate's stomach, which of course drew a sound of surprise and disgust from his mother.
"This is so unprecedented." Cagnazzo replied, adding more of some sort of leaf to the powder and grinding it down. "It is honestly hard to say. I would suggest that you not work, and that you limit your stress and physical activity as much as you can. Light activity is fine, I mean mean no heavy lifting, or running marathons or moving furniture." He was quiet as he added up some numbers and then added something else.
"I know you won't like it, but I would very strongly suggest bed rest for as much as you can. I know it will get boring, so find a hobby like reading or drawing or knitting or something you can do in bed. Normal human gestation is about 36 weeks, but it is very unlikely that this offspring will gestate for that amount of time. It is going to be a struggle to keep it alive, so the longer it can stay inside and grow, the better. I would prepare that it will be born early, and we will have to have be cared for by the healers for a time until it is strong enough to be viable in the human world."
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"This is so unprecedented." Cagnazzo replied, adding more of some sort of leaf to the powder and grinding it down. "It is honestly hard to say. I would suggest that you not work, and that you limit your stress and physical activity as much as you can. Light activity is fine, I mean mean no heavy lifting, or running marathons or moving furniture." He was quiet as he added up some numbers and then added something else.
"I know you won't like it, but I would very strongly suggest bed rest for as much as you can. I know it will get boring, so find a hobby like reading or drawing or knitting or something you can do in bed. Normal human gestation is about 36 weeks, but it is very unlikely that this offspring will gestate for that amount of time. It is going to be a struggle to keep it alive, so the longer it can stay inside and grow, the better. I would prepare that it will be born early, and we will have to have be cared for by the healers for a time until it is strong enough to be viable in the human world."