Stephanie owns twilight.
EPOV
Bella and I were currently in my car on our way to the clinic. Bella was nervously fidgeting in the seat next to me.
"Are you nervous?" I asked her.
"Yeah, I am. I'm not looking forward to the internal examination," she said while looking at her hands.
"You'll be okay," I reached out and squeezed her hand.
"What if the baby's not," she whispered. "I didn't know I was pregnant. I haven't been taking vitamins and I probably haven't been eating right. What if I did something to hurt our baby?"
"Bella, you almost always eat healthy so don't worry about that. And what could you have possibly done to hurt our baby? The baby is fine, love. You don't have anything to worry about," I tried to reassure her. She didn't say anytime, she just sighed and looked out the window. I squeezed her hand again and then pulled it up to mouth and kissed it, trying to comfort her.
I pulled into the clinic parking lot and pulled into a space. I then turned to Bella and pulled her as close to me as I could with the center counsel in the way and kissed the top of her head. "It'll be okay. I won't ever leave the room unless you specifically ask me to. I'll hold your hand the entire time if you need me to. I love you, Bella."
"I love you too," is all she said. I let go of her and got out and went around the car to get her door. I helped her out and then drew her body into my side and she leaned her head on my shoulder. I checked Bella in at the front desk and we took a seat in the waiting room.
The waiting room seemed to be telling us we messed up. There were signs all around about birth control and using proper protection. There was one sign that was focusing on birth control being the girl's responsibility. It said 'girls get pregnant, boys don't'. What a load of crap; it's just as much my fault that we're having a baby as it is Bella's, if not more because I was in charge of protection. There was also some very graphic pictures of vaginas with babies inside them. There was a particularly gory one that seemed to have attracted Bella's attention as well.
"Oh my god, that is a lot of stretching. Edward, I want to be able to recognize my lady parts when we're done with this. I'm so getting a C-Section," she said quietly. I chuckled nervously.
"What did we get ourselves into, Bella? For your sake I hope we don't have one of those ten pound babies."
"How much did you weigh when you were born, Edward."
"Don't worry I wasn't a ten pound baby. More like eleven pounds and three ounces. And ironically enough I was a pretty small kid." Poor Bella, our kids got good chance of being giant like I was.
"You're joking, right?" she said. I didn't say anything. "Edward, tell me you're joking," she said again.
"Sorry, love, I'm not. How much did you weigh when you were born?"
"Over eight pounds, Edward. Our baby is going to be huge."
"Don't worry; woman deliver big babies every day. Who knows maybe we'll have a normal sized baby," I said.
She looked like she was about to argue further but just then the nurse called her.
"Isabella?"
We got up and went to the nurse.
"If you would please follow me," the nurse said.
We followed her back to a small room with two chairs and a small desk with a chair across from them. We sat down and the nurse began her questioning.
"Hello, my name is Amber. Is this your boyfriend with you today, Isabella?" the nurse asked.
"Yes, this is Edward. And please, call me Bella."
"I see here it says you're here to confirm a pregnancy. Is that correct?"
"Um, yes," Bella said nervously. Remembering my promise I reached out and grabbed her hand.
"Okay, and have you taken a home test yet?"
"She took four. Three were positive and one was negative," I answered.
"Probably just a bad test. Since you've already taken a home test, I'm going to skip over that. I'm going to take your blood pressure and a blood sample and then I have some questions for you, okay?"
"Okay," Bella squeaked out.
The nurse took her blood pressure with no problem. Drawing blood proved to be a little more difficult. She nearly hyperventilated when the nurse put the needle in her arm. Nurse Amber pulled out the needle when she was done but I don't think Bella noticed.
"Bella? Bella, she's done she took out the needle. You need to calm down, Sweetheart," I said. I reached up and caressed her cheek and she seemed to settle down slightly at my touch. "Take a deep breath." She did as I said and her breathing slowly became normal again.
"Do you not like needles, honey? Or is it the blood?" Amber asked kindly.
"Both," Bella answered quietly.
"That's okay. I see people just like you every day. You actually reacted better than some; you didn't faint," Amber said.
"This time," Bella chuckled quietly. I squeezed her hand.
"I have a few questions for you, Bella, and then we are going to go to a different room to wait for the doctor. First of all when was your last period?"
"Um… the first day of my last period was 40 days ago," Bella answered. The nurse took some notes before asking her next question.
"And how long have you been having sex?"
"Six months."
"And have you ever had unprotected sex?"
"No, we think one the condoms broke and we didn't notice." The nurse some took some more notes before asking another question.
"I need you to answer honestly to this one, Bella. I know your boyfriends in the room but how many sexual partners have you had?"
"Just one."
"And I'm sorry I have to ask this but you wouldn't believe how many woman answer no to this question. Is your boyfriend the father of your baby?"
"Yes, Edward is the father," Bella glanced at me as she said this and I gave her a small smile that she returned.
"And this one is for both of you. Do either of you have any sexually transmitted diseases that you know of?"
"No," Bella and I both answered at the same time.
"Have you had any other sexual partners other than Bella, Edward? We need to know just in case there is a chance that Bella has contracted a disease from you."
"No, I've only ever been with Bella," I answered honestly.
"Okay, so I will show you to the room where you will be seeing your doctor. Your blood work should be ready soon. As soon as we have the results Dr. Kaure will be informed." Nurse Amber then led us through the hallway to a bigger room with a few machines and a table with stirrups. Amber took a gown out of a cupboard and told Bella to change into and to take off her undergarments. The nurse left the room.
"Do you want me to leave so you can change?" I asked Bella.
"No, it's not like it's something you haven't seen before. If you hadn't we wouldn't be here right now," Bella stated. I didn't know if that meant she wished we never had had sex or if she was just being funny.
"Do you need any help taking your clothes off?" I ask her.
"Edward! We are in a public place, about to be told if we are having a baby or not. Though there is no doubt in my mind that I am pregnant. We are not fooling around in a doctor's office!" Bella whispered yelled. She was trying to look angry but I could see that smile she was trying to fight.
"Your turned on, aren't you?" I said only half joking. I laughed quietly when she blushed.
"That's beside the point," was all she said before she started to undress. I watched as she stripped down to her birthday suit before she pulled on the gown. "Help me tie it?" she said like a question.
"Sure," I said. I tried the strings on the back of the gown that didn't help hide much. You could still see her ass when she moved. I helped Bella sit up on the table. "Are you going to want me to leave while the doctor inspects your lady bits?"
"No, I don't want you to leave, Edward. Even if the doctor asks you to leave, I want you to stay with me," she instructed.
"Okay I will. Now give me your hand. I promised I'd hold it the entire time," I said with a smile. She smiled at me and gave me her hand. We sat in a comfortable silence until the doctor came in nearly fifteen minutes later.
"Hello, I'm Dr. Kaure and you must be Isabella," the doctor said.
"Bella," Bella corrected.
The doctor smiled at her. "Bella then, and you are?" she questioned me.
"Edward Cullen, Bella's boyfriend.
"Cullen? Carlisle's boy?"
"Yes, ma'am," I responded. Rumors better not start because the Chief's daughter and the best doctor in Forks son are having a baby. I don't want someone to tell Charlie before we get the chance to. That would be even worse.
"So, we have the results back. Ms. Swan, Mr. Cullen, congratulations. You are having a baby," Dr. Kaure said. We already knew that but the conformation sent a huge smile to my face that was mirrored on Bella's face. I squeezed her hand and brought her hands to my lips and gave her fingers a light kiss.
"So if you could please lay back on the table put your legs up here for me, Bella, we are going to see if we can get a look at your baby. By the information you have provided I would say you at the most four weeks pregnant so I will be doing an internal ultrasound. This will be a little uncomfortable; I apologize.
She took out a long probe as I helped Bella lie back on the table. I grabbed Bella's hand again and stroked the top of her head. I locked eyes with her as the doctor began her work. Bella winced a little when the doctor inserted probe into her vagina. That has to be uncomfortable. There was a back dot on the screen with a small grey spot with a blinking white spot in the grey.
"That Black circle right there is your uterus and that right there is your baby," Dr. Kaure pointed out on the screen as she talked.
"Really," Bella whispered. She had tears in her eyes and a huge smile on her face.
"Yes, and that flashing white do there, that's the heartbeat. Let me turn the sound on and we can listen to it. She pushed a few buttons and then a very fast heartbeat filled the room.
"Is it supposed to be that fast?" I asked.
"Yes, it will be that way for a little while. Do you here that echo?"
"Yes, what is that?" I asked.
"Well it could just be that; an echo. But there is a chance that you're having twins. I only see one baby but another one could be hiding."
Suddenly Alice's joking from the day before became reality. Twins.
"Twins," Bella squeaked. Then her eyes seemed to roll back into her head before they closed.
"Bella?" I asked in a panicky voice.