LOVE STORY OF AZZAHRA

The Couvade Syndrome

Azzahra just finished preparing the breakfast menu. She then went inside her room to call her husband to take her to breakfast together.

" Sister, didn't Gavin leave for work?" Azzahra watched her husband who was coiled with a blanket on the bed.

" I'm on work again, Honey." Gavin's voice was muffled as he covered the blanket to the top of his head.

" So yesterday Brother Gavin did not go to work, now the time to skip again, brother? Not good with Papa. Don't be because Gavin's son owns the hotel and his work is just as easy!" Azzahra nagged her husband.

" I'm sick, Honey" Gavin reasoned.

" What is Gavin sick about, anyway? If Brother Gavin is sick quickly check with doctor dong, Brother! Don't leave it alone" Azzahra said, waking up Gavin and checking Gavin's forehead.

" It's not hot, though," he said later.

" My stomach's nauseous, Honey. It feels like it's not stirring" complained Gavin.

" Yes I've just called doctor Aliyah then."

" No! No ...!!" Gavin quickly banned his wife from contacting his personal doctor.

" Why, Brother? When I was sick, Gavin quickly called me a doctor. Why can't I call a doctor now? I want Brother Gavin to heal. From yesterday Brother Gavin complained of nausea constantly. Maybe Kak Gavin's stomach is problematic, because it should be checked by a doctor." Azzahra tried to give her understanding so that her husband would listen to her advice.

" I'm afraid of being injected, Honey." Gavin's voice whined spoiled like a child who refused if asked to see a doctor.

Azzahra widened her eyes when she heard her husband's words.

" Gavin's sister afraid of being injected?" Azzahra then laughed at her husband.

" Big body but afraid of syringes?" Azzahra again laughed at her husband's cowardice.

" You're teasing me, man,. Honey?" Gavin was upset that his wife was laughing at his suffering.

" So Gavin's sister is so funny, losing time with syringes?" Azzahra again giggled as she closed her mouth.

" I'm not scared, Honey. I'm just. .. allergic to needles." Gavin responded with reason if he wasn't afraid of needles.

" Report ..." Azzahra rolled his eyeballs and then he walked to pull out his phone which he was charging.

" Honey, who do you want to call?" gavin asked suspiciously when he saw his wife holding a cell phone.

" Call doctor Aliyah to come here." Azzahra.

" Honey, I told you I didn't want to be checked!" firmly Gavin immediately walked up to Azzahra and snatched the phone from Azzahra's hands.

Gavin's actions instantly made Azzahra frown.

" Grandfather baby, Daddy naughty tuh same Mama. Papa talks hard to Mama. I don't love Mama, Dek." Azzahra put on a sad look while rubbing her flat belly.

" No, no, no. .. It's not like that Baby. Daddy loves Mommy. Baby don't hear what Mommy said, yeah!" gavin denied his wife's accusation.

" Baby grandpa, Papa accuses Mama of lying, hiks ... Papa is mean to Mama." Azzahra immediately cried making Gavin gasp.

" Honey, I didn't mean to say that." Gavin then cupped Azzahra's face. " Baby, Daddy's not bad for Mommy. Mommy just misunderstood, Baby." Gavin defended himself by stooping his knees and kissing Azzahra's stomach.

" Honey, believe me. I can't be mean to you." Now Gavin clasped his hands and kissed Azzahra's fingers.

" Hoek .. hoek .. Your hands stink, Honey!" Gavin immediately closed his nose and mouth after kissing Azzahra's fingers.

Azzahra immediately brought his hand closer which was said to be smelly by Gavin.

" Oh, this stinks of onions, brother. I just finished cooking. I finished slicing and making fried onions. Gavin' sister likes fried onions." Azzahra. " It doesn't smell good, does it?" Azzahra again kissed his hand.

" It's not very good! I think I'm gonna puke. Hook ..." Gavin ran straight to the bathroom.

When she saw her husband enter the bathroom, Azzahra decided to call Aliyah's doctor.

" Hello, Assalamualaikum, ma'am doctor." Azzahra greeted first.

" Greetings waalaikum, Mrs Gavin. How, can I help you, ma'am?" ask doctor Aliyah kindly.

" Oh, no. Just tell me, what's up, madam?"

" This, Doc. My husband from yesterday was nauseous and vomiting constantly. He complained of his stomach as being stirred. His head also said he was dizzy. If the doctor has time, can the doctor come?" ask Azzahra.

" Of course you can, Mrs Gavin. All right, I'll be there soon" said doctor Aliyah.

" Okay, thank you, Doc. Ariston ..." Azzahra.

" navalovaa ... " The voice of the doctor Aliyah.

" Who did you call, Honey?" gavin asked after coming out of the bathroom.

" I just called doctor Aliyah, brother."

" Honey, I told you I didn't want to get checked!" Gavin is upset that Azzahra is violating his orders.

" Sister Gavin don't have to be that way, huh! Is it hard to check, anyway?! Not necessarily injected, either, right?" Azzahra immediately wrapped her hands around her husband's waist.

" I don't want to see Brother Gavin sick." Azzahra then rested his head on Gavin's chest.

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" How's my husband, doc? What pain?" azzahra asked after Aliyah's doctor examined Gavin.

" The complaints are nausea, vomiting and dizziness especially in the morning. There's really nothing to worry about with Mr. Gavin."

" Then my husband why dong, Doc?" tanya Azzahra while biting a piece of young mango, making doctors Aliyah to squint her eyes feel pained to see Azzahra with leisurely eating without complaining of sour taste over the mango that had been bitten.

" Is this Mrs Gavin pregnant?" doctor Aliyah asked, it seems like she's guessing something.

" Yes, the doctor knows where?" ask Azzahra later.

" I'm just guessing." Doctor Aliyah smiled..

" Did Mrs Gavin also experience morning sickness like Mr Gavin did?" ask doctor Aliyah.

" No, Doc."

" I think I know what caused Mr. Gavin to go through this." Doctor Aliyah smiled at Azzahra and Gavin alternately.

" What happened to me, Doc?" Gavin was curious as to what caused these two days to feel tormented.

" It looks like you're having couvade syndrome or a sympathetic pregnancy."

" Do you mean my doctor is pregnant?" Gavin quickly cut the explanation that doctor Aliyah gave with a silly question.

" What is a sympathetic pregnancy, Doc?" Azzahra, who did not understand, asked.

" Sympathetic pregnancy is a condition in which the father of the baby feels the symptoms of pregnancy felt by his partner. As Mr. Gavin is going through right now."

" Is that dangerous, Doc?" Gavin was immediately anxious.

" It's not really what to worry about and there are no specific treatments to treat this sympathetic pregnancy. You may only have to consult a doctor, taking herbal remedies. And it needs a relaxation technique as well. Enjoy living it more. Because circumstances like this are common in pregnant women, and they're fine, right?"

" How long is this going to happen to me, Doc?" ask Gavin back.

" It can be during pregnancy, and usually becomes more severe when entering the third trimester or before delivery." Doctor Aliyah explained.

" Oh, God ..." Gavin immediately rubbed his face rough got an explanation from doctor Aliyah. Imagining until the age of his wife's womb reached nine months more he had to feel this. Just two days it felt like he was tormented let alone had to go through months.

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