A/N: Okay, I did all the calculations with a backwards due date calculator, so my weeks are finally correct, ha! Also, I am not in the medical field in any way, so my descriptions of the procedure/conditions are totally wrong.
Aug. 10 (12 weeks, 5 days)
Arizona felt Callie roll out of the bed and she groggily opened her eyes. 5:15 am. Ugh. Her whole body ached.
"Good morning, sleepy." Callie whispered in Arizona's ear, biting it ever so slightly.
"Not now, Callie, I'm not in the mood." Arizona sat up slowly, brushing her hand through her hair. She dangled her right leg on the side of the bed and felt the weight of her changing body press on the bed. Callie had been so insistent on her increased caloric intake, but eating that much was difficult, especially when she couldn't keep a lot of it down. Arizona was always full now, and she hated forcing herself to eat when she mainly just wanted to sleep.
Callie walked to the other side of the bed and sat next to Arizona, putting her hands on the left stump. She pressed her thumbs into the skin, rubbing in circular motions. "Is the swelling bothering your leg?"
"No, it's just that I feel like lead. My whole body. My back aches and I feel so heavy." Arizona lay back.
"We both know that you're barely straddling 125." Arizona felt Callie's hands move ever so slightly up, grazing the top of her leg. Arizona didn't feel like sex, but a visible shiver shook her whole body originating from where Callie's hands were all the way to her shoulders. "And exercise will help with those aches." Callie's hands inched up farther. Arizona's back arched in anticipation.
Callie crawled onto the bed and was kneeling over Arizona: "I think you do want something." Callie whispered, following by kissing Arizona and nibbling her lips ever so slightly. Callie kissed Arizona's neck, and reached her hands under Arizona's ratty Bowdoin nightshirt.
"Callie," Arizona groaned, as Callie cupped Arizona's breasts and delicately danced her fingers around her nipples. "Callie, I'm… I just… I don't… I'm just… pregnant."
Callie's lips cupped Arizona's naked shoulders, nightshirt thrown off.
"I feel so…" Arizona was hot. Her body burned for Callie. But she also felt heavy and uncomfortable and not herself. "unattractive" she finished.
"Arizona Robbins," Callie said, kneeling over her wife and staring straight into her eyes, "you are REMARKABLE right now. And every time I see you at work, I want to drag you into an on call room and do all sorts of things to you. You are stunning."
Arizona grabbed Callie's shirt and pulled her closer. "Tell me more."
"Your hair glows. It always did, but it's shinier and curlier now. And you can smile with your eyes. Like you are right now." Arizona lifted Callie's shirt over her head and pushed Callie so she was laying on the bed next to her.
She moved her hand down Callie's soft back and whispered, "so…"
"I love your changing body. I love that you still haven't gotten new bras even though you're definitely up a cup size and they're spilling out of your bra." Arizona grabbed Callie's wandering hands and placed them on her breasts.
"And I love your little bump and how it already sticks out so much on your delicate body." Callie moved her hands lower, rubbing Arizona's distended abdomen. Arizona body trembled and she convulsed, pulling Callie in and moving Callie's hands exactly where she wanted them to be.
"I love everything about you, Arizona. You being pregnant has only made me want you more." Callie manipulated her fingers and stimulated Arizona's pleasure center. Arizona grabbed the sheets tightly with both her hands and felt desire pulsate through her lower half.
"More, Calliope." Arizona gasped as Callie continued to rub her fingers methodically and as Callie kissed and nibbled her neck. Arizona felt a wet release between her legs which covered Callie's fingers.
"And I think you want me, too," Callie finished.
Arizona and Callie took a single car to the hospital that day. They still hadn't told Sofia, and were careful to contain their early morning excitement in their minds. Still, Arizona noticed a twinkle in Callie's eyes every time she looked at her. Callie walked Arizona to her lab after dropping Sofia off at daycare, as it was on her way to ortho.
"Now, 'Zona, don't forget: morning snack at 10 am. And the entire sandwich." The two had argued that morning whether a sandwich was a snack or a meal, with Arizona grumbling that it should be a meal, and Callie arguing that Arizona needed 500+ calorie snacks to make it to 3700. Arizona rolled her eyes. "AND if you don't finish, you have to drink this." Callie swiped a meal replacement drink out of her white coat and handed it to Arizona.
Arizona sighed and rolled her eyes to an extreme. Callie swooped in for a quick peck, before teasing "that's the attitude I know so well" and rushing to rounds. Meredith just happened to be walking by, and she raised her eyebrows, smiled, and said, "Lucky it was just me."
Arizona prepped for the day – she had one patient with Dr. Herman and a number of peds patients. Right as she was finishing her review, Dr. Herman walked into the lab.
"What's on the docket today, Robbins?"
"Abbie Forester, 27, supraventricular arrhythmia with a history of anorexia nervosa, presenting with a fetus with an atrial septal defect. Abbie broke her hips about a week ago, but her arrhythmia has presented as unstable and we've been unable to surgically fix them. We immobilized her and started parenteral nutrition. Her weight has stabilized as are her glucose and sodium levels. I consulted with Dr. Torres – "
"In bed" Herman interjected.
"Wha-aa-aat?" Arizona stuttered. "Dr. Torres and I… we're coparenting."
"It was bound to happen, Robbins. Your reaction just confirms it." Dr. Herman flipped through the file, finally looking up after Arizona didn't respond. Arizona tried to put on her most frustrated face. "Calm down, Robbins. I saw you two holding hands in the parking lot yesterday. We're not in middle school."
"Yes, erm, Dr. Torres and I are together. Back to the case, I consulted with Dr. Torres – "
"Call her Callie, for God's sake. She is your wife."
"I consulted with Callie" Arizona frustrated, continued, "and we agreed that we should set Abbie's hips today and place the screws. If Abbie is stable following that surgery, I will attempt to fix the atrial septal defect with a intrauterine probe surgery."
"Sounds good, Robbins. I think you can fly solo on this one."
"Thank you, Dr. Herman. I'm ready."
Arizona didn't watch Callie's surgery on Abbie – her part of the surgery was at 1:00 p.m., and after taking her heart rate and blood glucose levels at 11:30, she knew she needed a big lunch in preparation for the important surgery. She scrubbed and walked into the OR.
"What's the status, Dr. Torres?" Arizona tried to remain as professional as possible.
"Stable throughout the whole surgery. Heart rate remained above 60 the whole procedure, and fetal heart rate was strong as well."
"Great. Let's prep the incision site. Betadine, Bokhee." Arizona sterilized the large belly on the tiny woman and prepared the probe to insert to light up the uterus.
"Angle check?"
"Correct, doctor."
Arizona carefully inserted the probe and lit up the uterus. Deftly maneuvering over the course of three hours, she closed the tiny hole in the fetus's heart. Sweat dripped down her neck by the end. She needed to navigate the tiny probe she had used to repair the heart out of the chamber and out of the womb and then she would be done.
"Dr. Robbins, do you need a washcloth."
"No, Tracy, thank you." Tracy was her favorite scrub nurse. "But can you steady my back?" Everyone would think it was because of her leg, but her back ached from her pregnancy. She knew Tracy would have to scrub again, but this would help steady her. "I'm holding the probe tightly, so whenever you can, I could use a steadying hand on my back."
Arizona felt a hand on her back, and then one on her stomach, too. She hadn't expected Tracy to put a hand on both, but it did make sense. She felt Tracy's gaze on her. "Okay, pulling out." Arizona successfully got the probe out and was beginning to close.
"Doctor, we've got sinus brady!" Damn, Arizona thought. This was a typical reaction of patients with anorexia.
"Push two of atropine" Arizona instructed, and she massaged the carotid to increase the heart rate. She glanced at the fetal heart rate, which was normal, thank goodness. Abbie's heart was still in sinus brady. "Two more of atropine," Arizona instructed after a minute and a continually lowering heart rate.
She watched the monitor with anxiety. Finally, finally, the heart rate normalized. Arizona closed her up and washed up. "Make sure she's on beta blockers after for the sinus brady, and test her sodium levels. Restart her on PN nutrition." Abbie was going to pull through, but it wouldn't be an easy recovery.
Arizona's own heart was racing. Adrenaline rushed through her body. Her aches and pains of her changing body weren't quite so present, and she felt that surgery high. This had been her hardest surgery yet. She texted Callie from the scrubbing area, "Callie, come to the gallery of OR 4."
Arizona headed up the stairs and waited. The OR emptied as Abbie was taken to recovery and then the OR was resterilized. Where was Callie? Finally, she heard the door open.
Arizona walked toward Callie wordlessly. Arizona smiled, big, and met Callie's deep caramel eyes. "I missed you." Arizona took control this time, pushing Callie up against the gallery wall and sneaking her hands underneath the brunette's navy scrubs. She unhooked Callie's bra while exploring Callie's neck with her lips. Callie gasped in enjoyment. Arizona massaged Callie's breasts and then pressed her body against Callie's. Arizona felt Callie's nipples harden and felt a tingling between her own legs.
"Arizona," Callie inhaled, squeezing Arizona's shoulders with her hands as her body convulsed. Arizona felt attracted to every single bit of Calliope and energy rushed through her body. They were a tangled single unit, kissing and grasping each other like never before. "Arizona…" Callie said quietly as they stumbled closer to the gallery window. Arizona opened her eyes, and looked down to the operating room below them.
The next surgery had begun to be prepped – and below them, there was Alex, Bailey, Webber, and a half dozen nurses.
"Well, I guess our secret's out now." Arizona said.
"I'm okay with everyone knowing that I love you," Callie smiled, and she dove in for a final kiss as Alex let out a single cheer, followed by clapping by all. Arizona let Callie take all her weight and hold her tightly. Arizona simultaneously kissed back and looked intently at Callie. They were both smiling with their eyes.