Hanging on a Moment II
Chapter 9
"Babe." A calm plea came from the master bathroom of the River's household.
"Just a minute Han, I'm getting Pipe's to bed." Caleb called back.
"No, come now."
Across the hall Caleb put down the Amelia Bedelia book and tucked his youngest in her crib. "Night, night Piper." He whispered running his hand through her curly locks before looking for his wife. He entered their bedroom looking around.
"Han?"
"I'm in the bathroom." Caleb hadn't had a request to met Hanna in the bathroom since she found out she was expecting surprise River's number four.
"Caleb, I'm bleeding." She stated somberly as he entered the room.
"Like, a lot?"
"Yeah, I think some thing is wrong." A strained reply followed.
"Ok, I will call someone over to watch the girls. Is your mom home?"
"We haven't told her or your mom yet. I really don't care to explain everything…" she trailed off.
"Well Spencer and Toby know." Caleb added looking through his contacts.
"Yeah, call Spencer."
"Ok, I'm going to dial her you stay there." Mr. Rivers ordered leaving the bathroom and sneaking downstairs so Hanna wouldn't hear the conversation he was about to have.
"Hey Spencer, it's Caleb."
"Hello Caleb, is everything alright?" Spencer answered back.
"Actually, Hanna just started bleeding pretty bad."
"Say no more. Do you need someone to watch the girls?"
"That would help out a lot. They are all in bed and I know Paisley is asleep and Piper is pretty close. Parker will probably take a little longer." Caleb mentioned calmly.
"Yeah, I will let Toby know and I can probably be over in about fifteen minutes. Charlotte is already asleep."
"Thanks Spencer." Caleb replied before hanging up and returning back to his wife.
"Hey Babe, I just spoke with Spence and she will be over here shortly."
"Can you grab me a pair of sweatpants from the drawer of the tall dresser?"
"Yeah." He left the room and brought his wife back a pair of baggy pants.
"Here, let me help you downstairs." He responded grabbing the blondes arm and letting her put as much weight on him as she could. He helped her to the end of the couch when Spencer came knocking at the door.
Caleb greeted her with a hug and they made their way back to Hanna on the sofa.
"Hey Han. I will take good care of the girls don't worry." Spencer gave her a weak smile as Caleb helped her back to her feet.
"Thank you Spencer." She replied grimly.
"I will call you to check on the girls in awhile. I'm taking her to the ER on the Westside." Caleb called back.
Hanna and Caleb rode in silence for the first fifteen minutes before Hanna started to weep quietly in the passenger's seat. The dark haired man reached over placing his hand on top of hers which was resting on her lap.
"God, this is my fault." Hanna sniffled quietly as Caleb navigated the car through the still dark streets.
"Hanna, no it's not." He replied sternly.
"All I kept saying was how I was done having kids and I was sort of pissed when I found out that we were pregnant again. I was cursing the morning sickness and dreading the weight gain and not being able to sleep for years again." She sobbed wiping her nose in the sleeve of her jacket. "I want this baby. I love it just as much as our three others already."
"I know Hanna. I do too. We don't know anything yet, so let's try to stay as positive as we can."
Hanna eyes locked with her husbands for a moment as they pulled into the drive of the ER. "What if I am miscarrying?"
Caleb's face dropped. "I will be here babe. We will make it through."
The couple entered the emergency waiting area and Hanna was whisked away into a private room right away where nurses took her vitals and began the paperwork of checking her in.
"Shit. It is cold in here." She exhaled as her teeth chattered and she pulled the blanket up around her.
Caleb stood up. "I will get you another blanket." He poked his head out of her room when he got a text.
Spencer: How is it going?
Caleb: They just checked her in and she is waiting to see a doctor. How are the kids?
Spencer: All sound asleep. Keep me updated. Praying.
Caleb: Sounds good. Thanks.
"Does that feel better?" Caleb asked as he draped the fresh set of covers around his wife.
Hanna nodded her head and he bent down and gave her a kiss.
"Hello, I'm Doctor Schafroth." A bald sixty some year old man with a beer gut greeted as he examined Hanna's chart.
"So when was your last menstrual period?" He asked in a low grumbly voice.
"Its been really irregular since my IUD fell out. I had one for a few days like two-ish months ago I think?" Hanna replied trying to remember.
"And your positive pregnancy test was when?" he questioned jotting down notes.
"About two weeks ago, right?" she looked over at Caleb for confirmation.
"Yeah."
"Have you seen your OB/GYN yet?"
"No, we have an appointment set in a few days." Caleb relayed.
"Reason for visit states bleeding, is this accompanied by cramping, chills or fever?" the older physician went through his list of questions.
"A little cramping, but the nurse said no fever and I haven't had any chills."
He continued to fill out the clip board while the couple waited in silence for what was yet to come. "Alright, I am going to call for an ultrasound and we will have a tech come get you as soon as we can. Hold tight." The man grunted as he sauntered out of the small exam room his crocs squeaking on the way out.
Caleb held Hanna's hand in silence for twenty minutes watching a re-run of Friends waiting for the ultrasound personnel to show up.
A tall slender navy scrub clad gentleman came into Hanna's room. "I am Mark, I will be performing an ultrasound on you tonight Mrs. Rivers. I am going to have to wheel you to the third floor. Are we ready?" He questioned as he lifted the bed rails and moved her IV bag on to the bed beside her. The trio headed up the elevators three floors finally making it to the dark destination.
Mark fiddled with the machine clicking on buttons until he was ready to begin.
"Alright Mrs. Rivers, I will have you lift up your gown. And just to warn you the gel will be a little warm."
Hanna obeyed holding her breath as the tech meticulous glided around her bloated abdomen. The dark room was so quiet; a pin drop could have been heard.
Mark continued clicking around before he finally spoke. "I am going to have to use the internal monitor." He stated as he started changing out equipment.
Both Hanna and Caleb's hearts immediately dropped realizing he wasn't finding what he needed to.
"I'm going to be sick." Hanna whimpered as she threw up into an emesis basin she had gotten from downstairs when she was feeling woozy before. The tech let her finish before he started the next exam.
"Alright Mrs. Marin." He started turning the monitor of the ultrasound so the couple could see.
"It looks like you are about eight weeks along; here is your baby right here." He pointed to the very small weird looking blob in the corner.
"Is it ok?" Hanna squeeked nervously staring at the screen.
"Yep, can see the heart beat. One moment."
A little thump, thump, thump was heard as he turned on the monitors and the new parents breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright, this is what seems to be causing the problem." He noted pointing to the bottom of the picture. "Baby implanted very low and the placenta is covering the cervix. We call it Placenta Previa."
"What does it mean?" Caleb questioned scrunching up his forehead at the new vocabulary.
"Well, this is what we'd classify as high risk. Normally it means extra appointments and bed rest to prevent miscarriages. It also means the baby will be delivered by cesarean so the placenta isn't delivered before the baby. Doctor Schafroth will go over everything when we get you back to your room."
"Yeah, whatever it takes." Hanna exhaled relieved as turned over to Caleb and gave him a peck on the lips.
Authors Note: What up Pretty Little Readers? I got this chapter done tonight because tomorrow is going to be hella busy for me! As long as I get home in time for PLL, I think I will survive. Unless it's another super boring shitty episode, then I will be fire. Ha. Thank you to all my Readers and especially the ones who take time and leave me comments. I love y'all. I looked at my stats for June a few days ago and I have over 4k views. That is freaking insane! You guys rock! This storyline was what I had in mind from the get-go and I wasn't sure if the readers would be turned off by Hanna and Caleb having another baby or not. I took a chance because, shit, Haleb should reproduce as much as possible! They are freaking perfect and I adore them. I read some comments about a Haleb baby for the time hop on the actual show and that is what all the rumors/spoilers have been posting for literally months now. I read an Ezria wedding, Emily enlists in the army and a pregnant Hanna. I haven't heard what's on the radar for Spencer's future. I'm guessing (don't kill me) that none of the couples (besides Ezria) will stay together because high school sweethearts really don't exist very much anymore and to have all of the couples stay together would be really unrealistic. I have disliked all of Emily's love interest (besides Samara) so I am really hoping they give her someone awesome like Ruby Rose. Hahahahahahahaha! Sorry, OITNB is still fresh on the mind. Ok, enjoy this kind of depressing sad chapter that I just slaved over for a few hours. -BroStow
