Chapter 6

Mon's POV

"Mr. Silvestre, Ms. Padua is 5 weeks pregnant." There was a looming silence in the room after she uttered those words. Hindi ko makapaniwala sa narinig ko at biglang natulala.

"We ran tests in her blood and we found a high amount of hCG in her blood specifically 7,340 mIU/mL confirming that Ms. Padua is indeed pregnant," pagpapaliwanag sa akin ni Dr. Callie Atienza. She’s a professor here at Buencamino General Hospital. Matalik siyang kaibigan ni Mama at sa katunayan ay ninang ko rin siya.

She won't tell her about it, right? There's that parent-doctor congeniality, right? I mean patient-doctor congeniality pala. Tama ba?

Ewan! Basta!

"Ninang, anong hCG? Paano niyo nalamang buntis si Sunny? Hindi ba kailangan ng ihi para sa pregnancy test?" kuryoso kong tanong sa kanya. Ang alam ko lang kasi ay iyong kulay puting stick na nagkakaroon ng pulang linya.

"hcG means Human Chorionic Gonadotropin is known as the pregnancy hormone. The body produces large amounts of it during pre