So, I haven't updated this story in a while, but I was focusing more on my other story, 'Stay With Me'. But, I have finally decided to update this one, I missed it!!
This is when they visit the doctor! Well, the obstetrician, but yeah, just different doctor. Lol.
Anyhoo, here it is!! Yay! =D
Enjoy!
BPOV:
"Edward, stop fidgeting." I said to my husband with a chuckle, placing my hand on his knee.
"Sorry love, I'm just excited…and nervous, I guess." he said, taking his eyes off the road briefly and shooting me one of his crooked grins before looking back onto the road.
"Yeah, I know how you feel, me too." I replied. "I just…I hope everything goes okay…" I sighed, looking out the window. I suddenly felt Edward's cool finger under my chin as he turned my face to look at him.
"Hey" he whispered softly. "I'm sure everything will be perfectly fine, alright? We're just going in to hear the heartbeat and stuff like that. I'm positive that there won't be anything wrong, love. Look, my leg even stopped shaking to prove my point." He laughed, pointing at his leg. He reached over and took my hand in his as he turned his head to watch the road again.
I smiled at him even though I knew he probably couldn't see it. I got more comfortable in my seat and began looking out the window again, watching the cars drive past us.
As soon as we arrived outside the doctor's office, Edward hopped out and walked quickly to the passenger side and opened the door for me.
"I think we're a bit early" I said, glancing at my watch. The appointment was for 12:00 pm and it was only 11:45 am now.
"We'll be fine, love. It's better to be early than to be late." he smiled and I linked arms with him as we walked happily into the office.
"Um, Isabella Cullen, Dr. Denali's 12 o'clock." I said to the receptionist, who was slouching on her chair chewing a wad of pink bubble gum. She nodded wordlessly and typed something on the computer while chomping noisily on the gum. When she looked up again and saw Edward, she immediately perked up.
"Yeah, sure, Ms. Cullen, you can take a seat in the waiting room." she said quickly to me before turning to Edward and batting her eyelashes at him. I glared at her, but she didn't notice. She was too busy ogling my Edward. God…I just wanted to slap her. Stupid pregnancy hormones….
"Um, it's actually Mrs. Cullen" Edward said emphasising the 'Mrs' part, as he smiled politely, pulling me closer to his side. She looked to me and I smiled sweetly at her, placing a hand on Edward's chest. I had to force myself not to wave my ring finger in her face, showing her my wedding and engagement rings that proved that Edward was mine, and only mine. She squinted her eyes at me before looking to my left hand and then to Edward's. She didn't seem to happy when she noticed both mine and Edward's wedding bands. She scowled at me while slouching in her seat again and mumbling something unintelligible.
"Shall we, Mrs. Cullen?" Edward chuckled gesturing towards the waiting room. I giggled and walked in with Edward following closely behind me.
There weren't much people in here. Edward and I sat down on two of the vacant chairs in the front row. Almost the minute we sat down, I took my bag and plopped it down onto my knees before rummaging through it. Edward looked over at me, looking confused.
"What are you looking for?" he asked, leaning over to look into the bag as well.
"Oh…nothing, nothing at all…" I said, not really listening as I continued to sieve through the contents of my handbag. I finally found what I was looking for and pulled them out.
"A-ha! Got them!" I said happily, looking down at the bag in my hands.
"Crisps? That's what you were looking for?" he asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Uh, yeah…" I said, with a 'duh' look on my face.
"But…you hate salt and vinegar crisps…" Edward stated.
"Yeah, I know, but I've been craving them for ages! Obviously the baby likes salt and vinegar…" I giggled, before literally tearing the bag open. I grabbed a few of them and shoved them into my mouth at once.
"Mmmm" I groaned. They tasted like heaven. I usually hate this flavour, I find it utterly disgusting, but the past couple of days, I've been going crazy for them. That along with pickles. Yum.
"You want one?" I asked, shoving the bag in front of Edward. He laughed at me, but took one anyway. We continued to munch on the crisps as we waited for my name to be called. I looked around the waiting room. It was plain in colour, all the walls were white with posters of the different stages of pregnancy hung up on the wall.
The door to the doctors office swung open abruptly and an unhappy looking couple walked out. They looked to be arguing.
"You stupid oaf! What the hell? I'm pregnant?! I bet it was that night you got me drunk! Well, I'll tell you something, we'll never have sex again. So, get used to it. And I will never drink again either, I do stupid things when I drink, like sleep with my husband!" she shouted at him, glaring and poking him in the chest with her index finger as they walked out and down the hallway towards the front door.
I looked to Edward and we both burst out laughing. It took a few minutes but we finally calmed down.
"Isabella Cullen?" A short nurse with mousey brown hair announced form the doorway to the doctors office. Edward and I stood up and walked towards her.
"Dr. Denali will see you now" she smiled, gesturing to the door. I reached for the handle and pushed the door open.
"Bella! Edward! How lovely to see you both!" Carmen greeted us as we walked over to the two chairs in front of her desk. Carmen is sort of a friend of ours, she treated me when I was pregnant with Nate, and I for one believe that she did a fantastic job.
"I believe a congratulations is in order! Excited for baby number two are we?" she exclaimed happily, clasping her hands together on the top of her desk.
"Yes" Edward and I said simultaneously, nodding our heads excitedly.
"Well, this shouldn't take too long, I'll just check your weight and your blood pressure, things like that. I'll also be doing an ultrasound to check how the baby is, we'll most likely get to hear it's heartbeat today. And we'll find out how far along you are, by the date of your last menstrual cycle, my guess would be that you are around 7 weeks pregnant, but we should know for sure soon! We're going to try it abdominally at first and if that doesn't work we'll do an internal exam, okay?" she said, smiling brightly.
"Now, I'm just going to ask you some questions, alright?" she asked, getting out her clipboard and a pen. I nodded my response.
"So, Bella, any stomach aches, cramps?"
"No" I responded straight away.
"Good." she said, writing something down.
"And, any morning sickness?"
"Yes, most mornings."
"Any headaches?"
"No"
"Any bleeding?"
"No"
The questions went on like this until she decided it was time to weigh me. She walked me over to the weighing scales and I stood on it. She looked at it and wrote something down. We moved onto the blood pressure, which she also noted. And then we moved on to the ultrasound. I was excited to be able to hear my baby's heart beat, but I was also nervous, afraid that something, anything, was wrong.
I hopped up onto the bed, the paper sheets crinkling noisily in the quiet room.
"Well, you two are awfully quiet" she chuckled. "Your worried?"
"Yeah, sort of" Edward said, coming to stand beside me on the bed.
"Don't be. I'm sure everything is perfect." she said, grabbing the machine and pulling it over. She plugged in everything and turned the machine on.
"I'll just need you to pull up you shirt, Bella" she said, smiling at me. I nodded and pulled up my top. I've been through this once before with Nate, but I think my nervousness must be affecting me. It must be stopping my brain from functioning properly.
"Now, this'll be cold." she warned as she squirted the gel onto my belly. I shuddered as the cool liquid touched my skin. Carmen, got the Doppler and placed it over the gel and began to move it around in a circular motion. A picture appeared on the screen and she reached over to type something before squinting at the screen and typing something again.
"Ah, here we go." she said as a smile appeared on her face. Edward grabbed my hand as we both looked at the screen expectantly. Suddenly a stuttering thudding sound filled the room. I smiled a wide smile and turned to look at Edward who's bright smile matched my own. He squeezed my hand and leaned down to kiss me quickly. When we looked back up, Carmen was looking at the screen, a frown on her face.
"Hmmm" she mumbled quietly.
"What? Is there something wrong?" Edward asked worriedly. Carmen shook her head, but started typing again.
"There is, isn't there? There's something wrong, oh God…" I trailed off panicked.
"No, no, Bella, everything is fine" Carmen assured me, giving me a gentle smile. "It's just, I hear three heartbeats…" she trailed off, looking at the screen again.
"Three?" Edward asked. Carmen studied the screen and she then smiled happily.
"One of the heartbeats is Bella's" she said.
"Then…" I trailed off. I was having twins, right? There were two other heartbeats…
"Congratulations guys, you're having twins." she told us.
"Oh my God!" I squealed, turning to look at Edward. He smiled widely at me, squeezing my hand again.
"Twins, love." he whispered softly. We both turned and looked at the screen again. Tears welled in my eyes, as I watched the screen, showing that there was in fact two little babies there. They looked like blobs right now, but whatever, they're still my babies, mine and Edward's.
"Well, that seems about right, twins do run in your family, Edward." I murmured, still sitting looking entranced at the screen.
"I know you can't see all that much, but I guess you want pictures?" Carmen asked, looking from me to Edward.
"Yes, definitely." Edward said happily.
"How many?" she asked.
"Um…" Edward said, looking to me.
"Well, we want one, one for your parents, my parents, Alice will want one, and so will Emmett, so…we need five, but print six, just in case."
Carmen nodded and printed out the pictures. I looked up at Edward, he had tears in his eyes too. I smiled up at him.
"Can you believe it?" he whispered, bringing his forehead to mine.
"I know." I sighed happily. Edward leaned down and placed his soft lips onto my own. I immediately wanted more and I fisted a handful of his gorgeous head of bronze hair and deepened the kiss. Edward moaned quietly in response, pulling me closer to him. We jumped apart from the sound of someone coughing…Carmen. Crap, I forgot she was there.
"Sorry for interrupting…I just wanted to give you these" she said chuckling, holding out the pictures.
"Thanks, Carmen." I said quietly, blushing scarlet.
"So, your 7 weeks pregnant." she told me nodding.
"I want you to book another appointment for your twelve week scan. Has your doctor prescribed you some pre-natal vitamins?" she asked. "Yeah" I responded.
"Okay, good. I want you to come in if you have any questions or concerns, alright? Anything at all, if you get any cramps or pains, don't be afraid to call me, you have my cell number as well."
"Okay, thank you." I said, smiling as Edward and I stood up and walked towards to door. We said 'Goodbye' to her again before leaving the room.
We booked an appointment, and that stupid receptionist kept eyeing up Edward again. I suppose these pregnancy hormones can be a good thing, because when she looked up, her 'flirty' smile vanished from her face when she saw the glare I was sending her way and she quickly began typing something again.
After that was finished, Edward and I walked happily, hand in hand out of the doctors office and to the car. I couldn't wait to tell our family.
Okay, so, what do we think? Good? Lame? Tell me please!
So, yeah, I've never been pregnant, so I had to look this stuff up, and I think I got it right. =)
Yay! Lol.
Oh, you know that line: "I do stupid things when I drink, like sleep with my husband" - can anyone guess what movie that's from? It's a really good one. Lol. =D
And if you get the chance, please check out my story 'Stay With Me'. =P
So….please review, and give me some love!! =D
XXxxXX -Niamh.