As she sat there looking at it, she was overwhelmed with feelings. She didn't want to be, but at the same time she was realizing now that maybe she had? The excitement told her that. But she still didn't know what to do or feel.
She called Elliot and told him right away, she wasn't going to be one of those people who acts as if it's the biggest deal to everyone and tell them all seperately and wait to tell the most important person in her life.
He picked up on the third ring, and she could tell he was in a good mood. "Hey baby, what's up?" "Umm, okay i'm not going to waste any time I guess, but I just took a test, and it's positive, so there's a pretty good chance we are having a baby."
Silence. "Babe?" more silence. "Oh god i'm so sorry, I don't how this happ-" "stop babe, it's fine. I just didn't know what to say because I didn't know how you felt about it. If i'm being honest i'm happy." " Oh. well, I think I am too… I'm still kind of deciding I guess." "what was your first reaction to the test?" She breathed in, " Happiness." After a minute he said " well I think we know what this means. You say the word and we can do whatever you want to do about this. I love you." " I love you too honey."
She knew she had to schedule an appointment to be sure, so she called the doctor, and Elliot took the next day of work off. The next day they told Sophie they were going to meet with some friends, and headed out.
The amount of children in the room was incredible. The waiting area was just filled with them. Toddlers running around playing tag, newborns being cradled by their mothers, and babies putting things in their mouths they shouldn't be.
Liv was suddenly a bit more overwhelmed. She hadn't really thought about what this all meant for her life, for her and Elliot. As she sat there thinking nurse called out Benson! "This is it!" Elliot said.
The nurse talked about all sorts of things, even before she was able to find out if she truly was pregnant. Insurance, was the most talked about. She then gave her a cup to pee into, and Liv went to do as told. If Liv was right, she missed it twice, meaning she was around 3 months. Hopefully if it was she'd be able to get an ultrasound to see the baby.
She came back and the nurse went to get the test results. She and Elliot sat there a minute, just holding hands and talking about their excitement. After a few minutes the nurse came back and sat down. The look on her face scared olive, she didn't look like someone who was about to share good news.
"Well, I have some news you guys, you are having a baby!" Liv teared up and held Elliots hand tighter. "But there is something you must know." oh god, liv thought. " this pregnancy could be harmful to you Miss Benson, there are signs of a very common thing where the mother develops symptoms such as cramps, back pain, and bleeding. It's not harmful to the baby unless you don't do as told. You will need to take it down a few notches on the exercise scale, and slow down at work. No running, or speed walking. When you start feeling cramps you must sit down right away, and later in your pregnancy you may have to be put on bedrest."
It was a lot of information for Liv. But she should have expected something like this, her mother had 2 stillbirths, and her sister 12 miscarriages. She took in the information, and then reminded herself that she was still incredibly lucky.
On the way home Elliot was the first to talk. " so what do you think?" Liv exhaled deeply. " well I don't know… It's kind of a lot you know." "yeah, I get it. Let me know if you need me." She scoffed " well babe she said I'm not going to have any symptoms for a while." He looked at her " I don't mean with your symptoms, I mean if you're having a hard time with this, i'm here for you…"
