Lethia gasped for a moment. She wasn't completely clueless about pheromone bonding—her previous OB-GYN had mentioned it once, especially nearing labor, meant to ease the delivery and deepen the emotional bond between the parents and the pup.
"I know that, but why does it have to be this soon? And why did it make me faint so easily? My previous doctor never said anything about wolfless fainting from pregnancy."
Doctor Rue furrowed her brows. "Because your baby's carrying an enormous amount of energy that's heating up your body. Look at this chart." She showed her the graph on her tablet.
"This spike here indicates your baby has an anomaly, a massive energy build-up that needs to be released. That release will affect your heat cycles, spike your pheromones, and trigger a strong sexual urge."
"It's a rare case, one in a thousand. But our hospital successfully developed a medicine that suppresses the energy chemically, to help mothers who can't—or won't—go the natural way."
