Part 2
A few weeks later everyone was busy getting ready for their exams. Veronica was at Logan's studying. Logan had invited a group of their friends over for a study session. She'd excused herself from the pool house where they were all studying and went up to Logan's bedroom. She had started feeling bad and went up there to lay down.
She hadn't been feeling well for more than a week now. She'd been throwing up and had gotten lightheaded on several occasions. She didn't know what was wrong, but something was not right.
Logan came up an hour later to check on her. "You ok?" he asked sitting in the edge of the bed beside her.
"Not really," Veronica told him. "I think I'm gonna call my mom to come get me. I'd feel better being sick at home."
"I'll call for you," Logan said slipping his cell phone from his pocket. "You left your bag out in the pool house," he explained.
Logan called and her mom said she'd be right over. "I'll go get your bag," Logan told her after he got her settled in their living room.
"I told everyone you weren't feeling well and that you're waiting for you mom," he said placing her bag by her feet. "They all said they hope you feel better soon."
Logan sat next to her and pulled her into his arms. She rested her head on his shoulder.
"You should have your mom call your doctor and make an appointment," Logan told her. "You've been sick a lot lately."
"I will," Veronica told him.
Veronica's mom got her an appointment for Thursday afternoon. Veronica had insisted she wanted to wait until she finished finals to go to the doctor. They had a half day and Veronica was going home with Lilly and Duncan. Lilly was going to take her to her appointment because Veronica had told her mother not to cancel her lunch plans with her best friend.
"Here," Lilly said handing Veronica the box of crackers.
"Thanks," Veronica said opening the box and pulling out a few crackers. Her stomach was still upset and she'd had issues keeping food down.
"I'm glad you're going to the doctor today," Lilly said moving to sit next to her at the counter, "you look like hell."
"Gee, thanks Lil," Veronica replied.
"Hey, at least I'm being honest," Lilly said. "Any idea what could be wrong?"
"No, I haven't really spent much time thinking about why I've been sick," Veronica told her. "I haven't had time to do much of anything, other than be nauseous and throw up."
"You know," Lilly said, "your symptoms sound a lot like someone who's pregnant."
Veronica looked over at her best friend in shock. "Logan and I only had sex that one time," Veronica pointed out.
"Doesn't mean I couldn't be right," Lilly told her.
"Oh my God," Veronica said, "I'm gonna be sick." She got up and ran off to the bathroom once again.
When Veronica returned to the kitchen Duncan was standing at the counter talking to Lilly and Logan was right beside him.
"Hey baby," Logan said when he saw her.
"Lilly, we should probably get going," Veronica said, not wanting to be around Logan after what she and Lilly had talked about before she'd rushed off to the bathroom.
"I guess I'll see you later then," Logan said. He moved hug her and kissed her on her forehead.
"Yeah," she said pulling out of his arms.
Logan figured Veronica just didn't want to be around him since she was still sick and just blew off her evasiveness.
Veronica was nervous as she waited with Lilly for the nurse to come get her.
"What if you're right?" Veronica said.
"If I'm right," Lilly said, "we go back to my house, you tell Logan and the two of you talk about the options you have."
The nurse came and called Veronica back a few minutes later.
She checked Veronica's weight and then led her to one of the exam rooms.
"So," the nurse said as they all sat down, "your mom said you've been nauseous and throwing up."
"Yeah," Veronica replied.
"How long has it been going on?" the nurse asked.
"A couple weeks I guess," Veronica told her.
"I think we can rule out stomach bug," she said writing something on Veronica's chart. "Let's take your temperature," she said pulling out the digital thermometer.
They waited the few seconds it took to get a reading. "Ninety-nine point three," the nurse said after checking the reading.
"There's a chance I might be pregnant," Veronica blurted out.
The nurse was a little shocked to hear her say that, but wrote down the information. "I'll let Dr. Miller know," the nurse said. "She should be in shortly," the nurse said before leaving the room.
"I can't believe you just blurted that out," Lilly said.
"I couldn't hold it in," Veronica said. "I need to know for sure if that's what's wrong with me."
They sat there in silence waiting for Dr. Miller.
"Hello Veronica," Dr. Miller said as she entered the room. She closed the door behind her and moved to sit at the desk. She placed a cup on the desk. "So, I see here that you think you might be pregnant," she said.
"Yes," Veronica said in a voice barely above a whisper.
"I'm going to have you give me a urine sample and I'll go check and see if there's hGC present," Dr. Miller told her.
Veronica got up and grabbed the cup before heading to the bathroom. She peed in the cup and then cleaned up.
"It shouldn't take long," Dr. Miller said before picking up the sample and leaving the room.
Dr. Miller came back about five minutes later. "It looks like you were right," she said after sitting back down. "You're definitely pregnant Veronica."
Veronica started to cry after Dr. Miller confirmed her worse fear. Lilly pulled her into her arms. "You're gonna be ok," she said soothingly.
"Veronica," Dr. Miller said, "I know you're shocked by the results, but I'd like to have our OB/GYN perform a transvaginal sonogram to determine how far along you are and make sure the pregnancy isn't ectopic."
"What does that mean?" Veronica asked pulling out of Lilly's arms.
"It means that the baby could be forming outside of your uterus," Dr. Miller explained, "and if that's the case the pregnancy would have to be terminated as soon as possible."
"So the decision of whether this baby lives or not may not even be up to me," Veronica said.
"Let's wait until the sonogram is done to worry about that," Dr. Miller told her. "I'm going to go talk to Dr. Warner and send her in to talk to you."
"Ok," Veronica said.
She was in a state of shock. She was too young to be having a baby, but the thought of not even getting the chance to tell Logan she was pregnant before the baby was gone was hitting her hard.
Dr. Warner came in a few minutes later.
"Hi Veronica," she said holding out her hand.
Veronica shook her hand and then sat there feeling numb.
"Dr. Miller showed me the results of your pregnancy test," she said. "She told me that she explained the reason behind the transvaginal sonogram."
Veronica shook her head yes.
"We're going to go to my exam room where the equipment is," Dr. Warner explained. "I'm going to get a hospital gown for you to change into."
"Ok," Veronica responded.
"Do you want your friend to come with you?" Dr. Warner asked.
"Yes," Veronica told her.
"Ok, then let's get going," she said and moved to get up. Veronica and Lilly followed her. Dr. Warner stopped on the way to her exam room to get a gown for Veronica. She handed it to her and led her and Lilly to the room.
"I'll be back in a few minutes," she said and closed the door so Veronica would have privacy to change.
Veronica changed out of her clothes and into the gown. She tossed her clothes on the chair next to Lilly and moved to sit on the exam table.
"I can't believe I'm really pregnant," Veronica said. "I can't believe I got pregnant the one time Logan and I had sex."
Lilly just sat there, unsure of what to say to her friend.
Dr. Warner knocked on the door a couple minutes later and Veronica told her to come in. She closed the door behind her and moved towards the exam table. She pulled out the stirrups and instructed Veronica to put her feet in them. She moved the sonogram machine next to the exam table and rolled over the stool to sit.
She reached for the wand that would be inserted into Veronica for the sonogram and explained everything as she went along. She reached to turn on the machine and then lubricated the wand before inserting it into Veronica.
Veronica flinched when the wand was inserted. "I'm sorry if it hurts," Dr. Warner told her as she moved the wand further into Veronica's vagina. She finally reached the uterus and moved the wand around.
"Well, it doesn't look like the pregnancy is ectopic," Dr. Warner told her. "Your baby is in your uterus where it should be," she explained pointing to the small blob on the monitor. "From the looks of it I'd say you're about seven or eight weeks pregnant," Dr. Warner said. "Does that sound about right?" she asked as she finished up and pulled the wand out.
"Yeah," Veronica said. It had been nearly two months since that night in the hotel room.
"Since you're a minor," Dr. Warner said, "any further treatment is going to require parental consent."
"You're going to call and tell my parents?" Veronica asked.
"No," Dr. Warner said, "but whether you decide to continue with the pregnancy or terminate you're going to have to tell your parents. If you decide to terminate the pregnancy your parents will have to sign a consent form."
Veronica moved to sit up on the exam table. "How long do I have to make that decision?" she asked.
"You have until your twelfth week to decide whether you want to terminate the pregnancy," Dr. Warner told her.
"So I have about a month," Veronica said.
"I don't recommend waiting that long to decide," Dr. Warner told her. "If you decide to terminate the pregnancy, the sooner you have it done would be better for you. I'm not telling you what to do though. I just want you to know the facts."
"Thank you," Veronica said and moved to stand up.
"I'll let you change and then I'll come back to talk to you some more," Dr. Warner said and then left again.
The ride back to Lilly's house was silent. Veronica sat in the passenger seat looking over all the pamphlets Dr. Warner had given her. She wanted Veronica to be aware of all her options before she left the clinic. She made Veronica schedule an appointment with her in two weeks so they could discuss her decision.
Lilly pulled into the the drive and parked by the house.
"Do you want me to be with you when you tell him?" she asked.
"No, I think I'd rather us be alone," Veronica told her.
"Why don't you go up to my room," Lilly said as they entered the house. "I'll go find Logan and send him up."
"Thanks Lilly," Veronica said and turned to head towards the stairs. She was glad Lilly offered to find Logan. She knew the moment she saw him she'd break down and she didn't want that to happen in front of Duncan.
She sat down on Lilly's bed while she waited. She wasn't sure how to tell Logan the news. They were barely teenagers and had only had sex one time. She knew he was going to freak out, but somewhere deep inside she also knew he'd be there for her. He would never pressure her to do anything, he'd proven that the first night she'd brought up sex in his pool house. And he'd tried to give her an out the night of the Homecoming dance, but she hadn't wanted it.
She didn't regret that night. It was what she had wanted. She knew her parents were going to be disappointed when she informed them she was pregnant. She had every intention of letting them know that she was the one who had initiated sex, not Logan.
"Hey," Logan said, breaking her from her thoughts, "Lilly said you wanted to talk."
"Yeah," Veronica said. "Why don't you come sit down."
Logan moved to sit next to her on the bed. "You're kind of scaring me," Logan said. "Did the doctor figure out why you've been sick so much lately?"
"Yeah, she figured out the reason," Veronica said keeping her gazed on the carpet in Lilly's room. She was sure if she looked into Logan's eyes she'd completely break down and wouldn't be able to tell him she was pregnant.
"Well, what did she say?" he asked reaching out to hold her hand. "Whatever it is, I want you to know I'll be here for you."
Hearing Logan say that got to her and she started to tear up. She decided to look up at him. It would be better to look at him when she told him the news. "I'm pregnant," she told him.
Logan's eyes got big and his mouth dropped open in shock. "Wow," Logan said. "I really wasn't expecting you to say that."
They sat there not talking for a few minutes. Veronica was crying so Logan pulled her into his arms to comfort her.
"It's gonna be ok Veronica," Logan said as he rubbed his hands up and down her back.
"How can you be so sure?" she asked through her tears.
"Because you're not alone in this," he said. "I helped make that baby and I'm going to take responsibility for it and for you. I don't know if you've thought about what you want to do, but I'm here for you. I want to be with you when you tell your parents."
Veronica's tears had eased up and she was starting to regain her composure.
"I think we should tell our parents at the same time," Veronica told him, "that way they're all there to talk about the situation. Dr. Warner said that the sooner we make a decision about the baby the better it will be."
"Have you thought about all your options?" Logan asked pulling back to look her in the eyes.
"A little bit," Veronica told him. "Dr. Warner gave me some pamphlets and I looked over them on the way back here."
"How long do you have to decide if you want to have an abortion?" Logan asked. He wasn't sure if she was going to have one, but he wanted to know.
"I have about a month," she told him. "Dr. Warner said I'm about eight weeks pregnant and in a month I'll be at the end of my first trimester."
"I still can't believe you got pregnant the only time we had sex," Logan said.
"Neither can I," Veronica said, "but it happened and we have to decide what we want to do about it."
"Why don't I call my parents and have them send their driver to come pick us up," Logan suggested. "I'll ask my mom to invite your parents over for dinner and we can talk to them about everything tonight."
"Yeah, that sounds good," Veronica said. "I'd rather let them all know as soon as possible. I have a feeling this news is not going to go over well at all."
When the two of them got to Logan's house they found his mom in the kitchen. She was sitting at the counter talking to someone about the food for their Christmas party.
"Hi sweetie," Lynn said. "I thought you were hanging out with Duncan this afternoon."
"I was," Logan said. "Veronica was over there with Lilly, but we wanted to come here to talk to you."
"What did you want to talk about?" Lynn asked.
"We were thinking maybe you could invite Veronica's parents over for dinner," Logan said. "We thought it would be nice to get our families together since we've been dating."
"I think I can arrange that," Lynn said smiling at her son and his girlfriend. "Anything in particular you two want for dinner?"
"Do you think dad would want to grill steaks?" Logan asked.
"He's in his office," Lynn told him. "Why don't you go ask him."
Logan left Veronica in the kitchen with his mom while he went to talk to his dad.
"How are you doing Veronica?" Lynn asked. "Logan mentioned that you've been sick recently."
"I'm ok," Veronica said. She felt uncomfortable talking to Logan's mom now that she knew she was pregnant with Lynn's grandchild.
"Do you want something to drink?" Lynn asked getting up from the barstool she'd been sitting on.
"No thank you," Veronica said.
Lynn moved to put water in tea kettle and set it on the stove to heat up.
Logan returned a minute later and let his mom know that his dad agreed to cook steaks.
"I'll call Lianne and invite her and Keith over then," Lynn said moving to grab the cordless phone from the counter. "I'm gonna go to the store in a little while," she said. "Do the two of you want to come with me?"
"Not really," Logan said. "Veronica and I are gonna go watch TV in my room," he told her.
"Mrs. Navarro is around here somewhere," Lynn said. "Let her know what you want her to fix for dessert tonight. She was asking me earlier and I told her it was up to you."
"Ok," Logan said before turning to leave the room. He grabbed Veronica's hand on his way out.
Dinner was nice, but Logan and Veronica were uncharacteristically quiet. The six of them had moved to the living room to wait for the coffee to brew before having dessert.
Their parents asked them about the exams they'd taken that week and Veronica froze. Her mind went back to the exam she'd had at the doctor's office that afternoon. Logan noticed and squeezed her hand for comfort. He told them they both thought they'd done well, but they would have to wait and find out when they got back to school after their vacation.
Lynn and Lianne went to the kitchen to get the coffee and dessert. The room was silent while they were gone. Lynn placed the tray of coffee cups on the table and helped Lianne pass out the slices of red velvet cake to everyone. The grown-ups doctored up their coffee and they all began to eat.
"So," Lianne said, "what made the two of you want all of to get together tonight?"
"We figured it was time for our families to get together since Veronica and I are dating," Logan explained.
"I think it was a wonderful idea," Lynn said.
"It's not the only reason we wanted all of us to get together," Veronica said, unsure of how to proceed with the news.
"Veronica's right," Logan said. "We wanted to talk to you about something."
"What's that?" Aaron asked after taking a sip of his coffee.
"I'm not exactly sure where to begin," Veronica replied.
"There's not really an easy way to tell all of you," Logan said.
"Logan's right," Veronica said, "so I'm just gonna come out and say it. I'm pregnant. Logan and I had sex one time and I got pregnant."
Their parents sat there completely stunned.
"I can't believe this," Keith said. "There must be some sort of mistake."
"It's not a mistake daddy," Veronica said. "I saw the baby today." She broke down crying after saying that and Logan pulled her into his arms.
"Are you two insane?!" Aaron yelled, getting up from his spot on the sofa next to Lynn. "You're barely teenagers. You shouldn't be having sex!"
Logan and Veronica weren't sure what to say. Logan's dad was probably right, but they'd had sex and Veronica had gotten pregnant.
"When did it happen?" Lynn asked.
"Homecoming," Logan told her.
"What do you mean homecoming?" Lianne asked. "I thought you spent the night at Lilly's Veronica."
"I did," Veronica insisted, "and Logan and Duncan came back here to spend the night."
"Please tell me the two of you didn't sneak off during the dance to have sex in the limo," Keith said.
"We didn't," Logan told him. "We snuck out of the dance and went up to a room in the hotel."
"I told you I didn't charge that room!" Aaron yelled looking at his wife. "I can't believe you did that!"
"We get that it wasn't a smart thing to do," Logan said, "but we thought we were being safe. I wore a condom."
"I don't care if you did!" Aaron yelled. "It obviously didn't work. The two of you never should've had sex."
"Well, we did and I'm pregnant," Veronica said. "We get that we made a mistake, and now we have to deal with the consequences."
"Veronica has about a month to decide what she wants to do about the situation," Logan said. He couldn't bring himself to say the word baby. If he began to think of it as a baby he wasn't sure he'd be able to let Veronica terminate the pregnancy if that's what she wanted.
"Dr. Warner gave me pamphlets about all the options," Veronica said looking up finally at the faces of four very disappointed parents.
"I can't believe you're pregnant," Lianne said, tears forming in her eyes. "You're barely fifteen," she added.
"I know that all of you are disappointed in us," Veronica said. "And yeah, Logan and I probably shouldn't have had sex, but you honestly can't believe that teenagers don't have sex. I mean we see it everywhere. I was curious and I convinced Logan that we should do it. I don't regret doing it. I just wish that the condom hadn't broken or that I had been on birth control."
"I cannot believe you're telling us all of this," Keith said.
"Why?" Veronica asked. "I'm sure you thought Logan was the one who pressured me to have sex, but it wasn't like that. He was the one who wanted us to wait. If I'd had my way we would've had sex the night I stayed here."
"Veronica!" her mother exclaimed.
"I'm just being honest," she said.
"I could've said no," Logan said. "Veronica didn't push me into having sex with her. We decided together that we wanted to do it."
"The two of you are way too young to have a baby," Aaron said.
"Is that your way of telling our daughter she should have an abortion?" Keith asked.
"No, but you can't honestly say that the thought hasn't crossed your mind since she told us she was pregnant," Aaron replied.
"The thought's crossed my mind," Veronica said. "I mean realistically Logan and I are in no way ready to be parents right now and I don't think I could carry our baby for seven more months only to give it away."
"Veronica," Lynn said, "you don't have to decide what you want to do tonight. You and Logan need some time to process everything and talk about what you want to do. I realize that having a baby at your age isn't exactly ideal, but I'd hate for you to have the abortion right away and regret the decision after it's done."
"I can't believe you're telling her to have the baby," Aaron said. "You do realize that our fourteen year old son is going to be a father if she decides to do that."
"I do realize that," Lynn responded, "but I'm not going to sit here and tell Veronica to have the abortion just because of their age. Having an abortion can be traumatizing, maybe even more so than actually having the baby would be."
"Veronica I think it's time for us to go home," Keith said moving to get up from the sofa he was sitting on with Lianne.
Veronica got up to follow her parents to the door. Logan grabbed her hand before she made it too far. She turned and looked at him. "I want you to have the baby," he told her. "I'm not sure if that's what you want, but I wanted you to know that it's what I want."
Veronica smiled after he said that. Knowing that he wanted her to have their baby made her reconsider having an abortion. She knew they were too young to be having a baby, but everything Logan's mom had said got to her.
"I love you," Logan said and then leaned in to kiss her.
Veronica's dad cleared his throat to get their attention.
"I love you too," Veronica said after they broke from the kiss. "I call you tomorrow," she told him before leaving with her parents.
"I can't believe I listened to you!" Veronica yelled at Logan.
"Hey, we decided this together," he said moving to hold her hand.
Veronica squeezed his hand and tried to breathe through the contraction. They were currently in a room on the labor and delivery floor waiting for the doctor to come in to do the spinal epidural.
A few minutes later there was a knock on the door. "Can we come in?" Veronica's mom asked poking her head in the door.
"Yeah," Veronica told her. Her contraction was over and she was sitting in the bed as comfortably as she could manage.
Both sets of parents entered the room and stood there looking at the young couple on the verge of having a baby.
"How are you feeling Veronica?" Lynn asked.
"I'm ok right now, but I wish that doctor would hurry up and get here to do the epidural," she told her.
"I think she almost broke my hand during her last contraction," Logan said shaking his hand out to regain feeling in it.
"I just wanted you to feel the pain I'm going through to give birth to our baby," Veronica told him pointedly.
"Do you need us to get you anything?" Keith asked.
"No, I think we're good," Veronica said.
Just then there was another knock. "I'm here to do your epidural Veronica," the man explained.
"We'll see you later sweetie," Lianne said. She kissed Veronica on her forehead before following the other parents out of the hospital room.
Logan helped Veronica get situated on the edge of the bed so the doctor could start. "You need to stay completely still," he told her. "If you have a contraction while I'm doing this use your partner's arms to stabilize yourself."
Logan reached out his arms for Veronica to hold as the doctor prepped her back for the needle. A couple minutes later the epidural was done and Veronica couldn't feel anything from her waist down. Logan helped her get situated back on the bed and the doctor left.
A couple minutes later the machine monitoring her contractions went off.
"I guess you don't feel that," Logan said looking over at the machine.
"Nope," Veronica replied, "and I like it."
Dr. Warner came in a little while later to check on Veronica. "You're dilated to nine centimeters," she said after checking things out at the end of the bed. "It won't be long now. I'm gonna go make sure the delivery room is ready and then we'll come get you."
Veronica and Logan smiled at one another. They couldn't wait for their son to be born.
"I'll go get some scrubs for you to change into Logan," Dr. Warner said as she got up from her stool.
"I can't believe how close we are to having a son," Logan said, looking down at his wife.
Veronica looked up at him. "Do you ever think about it?" Veronica asked and Logan knew exactly what she was talking about.
"Of course I do," Logan told her. "There have been so many times over the past six years that I've thought about it. I know we made the right choice. We weren't ready to be parents then."
"I wasn't sure we'd made the right decision after I had the abortion," Veronica told him, surprising him. They'd talked about it, but she'd never told him that before now.
"Did you regret going through with it?" Logan asked.
"At first I did," Veronica replied. After she'd had the abortion she pushed everyone away. She'd had the procedure done the day after Christmas and had locked herself in her room for the remainder of her vacation. When school had started again she'd been withdrawn. She pushed Logan away and couldn't face having lunch with her friends. Everyone was talking about their wonderful vacations and all Veronica had been able to think about was the fact that she'd been pregnant and now she wasn't.
"I remember how you were after it," Logan said stroking the hand he was holding with his other one.
"I'm sorry I pushed you away," Veronica said. "I just couldn't be around anyone. I was regretting the decision we'd made and every time I saw you it made me hate myself a little for going through with it."
"I'm glad your mom convinced you to talk to someone about it," Logan said.
"Me too," Veronica admitted. "I'm not sure we'd have gotten back together that summer if I hadn't. In fact I'm not sure I'd be here right now, getting ready to give birth to our son, if I hadn't talked to someone. That's how messed up I was."
"I'm so glad you're still here," Logan said and moved to kiss her. "I can't imagine my life without you in it."
Dr. Warner came back to the room just then. She handed Logan a set of scrubs and he went to the bathroom to change. When he came out they wheeled Veronica to the delivery room with Logan holding her hand the entire time.
Once Veronica got settled Dr. Warner checked to see if her cervix was fully dilated. "Well, you're dilated to ten centimeters now," Dr. Warner told them. "On the next contraction I want you to push Veronica. I know you can't feel the contractions, so I'll tell you when to push."
They waited for the contraction to start and Veronica began to push. It felt strange to her not being to feel what she was doing, but she was thankful for the pain medicine.
Veronica squeezed Logan's hand as she pushed. Dr. Warner instructed her to stop when the contraction was over. The pushing continued for the next twenty minutes.
"I can see the head," Dr. Warner said. "I want you to relax Veronica. We're gonna take a break from pushing and let the baby's head come out naturally. If you push too much to get him out there's a possibility I'd have to cut your perineum and I don't want to do that unless it's absolutely necessary," she explained.
They waited about ten minutes and the contractions Veronica was having eased the baby's head part of the way out. Once Dr. Warner was sure she wouldn't have to cut Veronica to get the baby out she had her push again during her next contraction. A few more times pushing and the baby's head was finally out. Dr. Warner cleared his airway and the next second he was crying.
She made sure the umbilical cord was free and had Veronica push again to ease the baby the rest of the way out of her body.
"Do you want to cut the cord?" Dr. Warner asked Logan after she clamped it.
Logan nodded and followed the instructions Dr. Warner gave him. Once their son was free a nurse took him over to clean him up and weigh and measure him. When the nurse was done she brought the baby to the bed and placed him in Veronica's arms.
"He's so small," Logan noted after the baby was settled in Veronica's arms.
Veronica reached out her finger and their son wrapped his little hand around it. Veronica started crying when he did that. Finally having her son in her arms was overwhelming and the tears she'd been holding back burst out of her.
Veronica had already told Dr. Warner that she wanted to breastfeed, so she had one of the nurses help Veronica. The nurse helped untie Veronica's hospital gown so the baby could get to her breast. The nurse showed her how to get the baby to open his mouth and how he should be positioned after he latched on fully. The nurse made sure Veronica knew that having their son latch on correctly would save her from nipple soreness.
Once their son finished feeding, the nurse showed Veronica how to burp him. Veronica handed the baby to Logan.
Dr. Warner told Veronica it was time to finish up by expelling the placenta. That part didn't take very long. After everything was done Dr. Warner cleaned up Veronica. She filled out their son's birth certificate and had her taken back to her room with Logan carrying their son alongside her.
"You ready to introduce him to his grandparents?" Logan asked handing their son back to her.
"Yeah," Veronica said. She looked down at the tiny baby boy in her arms. "Are you ready to meet your grandparents Landon James Echolls?"
Logan smiled at hearing her say their son's name for the first time. They'd been arguing over names for the past month and finally agreed on a name after seeing him for the first time.
"I'll go get our parents," Logan said and leaned in to kiss his wife and son.
Veronica was excited to introduce him to not only their parents but their best friends as well. She figured Logan would call them later to let them know she had the baby. For now it would just be immediate family surrounding the newly formed Echolls family and Veronica was fine with that. She knew things were going to be different now that they had a son to take care of, but having him there in her arms was finally helping her heal the whole in her heart that had been their ever since she'd had the abortion their freshmen year of high school. There would always be a piece of her heart that was broken from it, but having their son there to love would make it smaller.