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Chapter 28

Complications

EPOV

I quickly opened the email with my heart in my throat and began to read.

February 27, 2012

From: Dr. Leah Clearwater

To: Edward Cullen

Subject: Bella Swan

Dear Mr. Cullen,

Please call my office as soon as possible 206-555-1992, press option 2 and my direct extension is 1012. Bella is okay, but she is having some complications with the pregnancy. I will explain her condition in more detail when I talk to you, thanks.

Dr. Leah Clearwater

"Oh no, please be alright." I said as I quickly dialed the number to the prison and pressed in Dr. Clearwater's extension.

"What's wrong, why do you look like you just saw a ghost?" Emmett asked as I punched numbers in my phone.

"It's Bella's doctor, she emailed me to call her, Bella's having complications." I said waiting for the phone to ring and pressing in her extension as the automated system instructed me to do.

"Dr. Leah Clearwater, how may I help you?" she answered on the second ring.

"Hi Dr. Clearwater, it's Edward Cullen, I just saw your email."

"Edward, thank you so much for calling right back and let me assure you first that she is okay. Bella started having contractions and they were pretty intense and when I check her uterus she was starting to dilate. So we have given her meds intravenously to stop the contractions and I have put her on total bed rest, which means she will remain in the hospital until she delivers the baby. Also she is showing signs of preeclampsia, not too bad, but we will continue to closely monitor her. She is approximately thirty and a half weeks and we would like for her to deliver no earlier than thirty eight weeks, although we will do a c-section as early as thirty six weeks if necessary. We are also giving her steroids through her IV to strengthen the baby's lungs in case we have to deliver early."

She stopped talking and my brain was going one hundred miles a minute trying to process all the information, because when it came to the medical world and lingo, I was lost.

"Hello Edward, are you still there?"

"Yes… I'm sorry Dr. Clearwater, it's just I'm an attorney so law is my language, what exactly are you saying and is Bella and my so… and the baby going to be alright, that's all I need to know." I said feeling like the biggest idiot for not being able to understand what she was telling me.

"Yes Edward, Bella and the baby will be just fine. The baby was trying to come out early, but we were able to give her medicine to stop that from happening. Preeclampsia is high blood pressure during pregnancy, but Bella's is borderline so I am not too worried. She will remain in the hospital under my care for another five to seven weeks. Did you have any more questions for me?"

"Will she be able to… you know, talk and email or is she too ill?"

"Yes, of course she can, she has a phone in her hospital room and she will have access to one phone call a day between 6 & 8 pm and she will still have her three emails a day and I will see to it that she has access to a computer here in the hospital, any other questions?"

"Um, yes one more, is there a way for me to be there, you when she has the baby?"

"You would need to be fingerprinted and have a background check done before they will give you clearance and that process can take up to three to four weeks to complete; With that being said if that is your plans, you need to start now."

I sat there in shock trying to wrap my mind around all this, while listening to the doctor speak.

"When can I talk to her and can I come see her?"

"You can only see her on the scheduled visitation days and as far as talking to her, I will have her contact you by phone or email when she wakes up from her nap, right now she is resting."

"Thank you, Dr. Clearwater I really appreciate you calling me and letting me know what is going on with Bella."

"It's not a problem at all, she has you down as her emergency contact person, but even if you weren't I still would have called you, you are the one person she would have wanted me to call."

My heart swelled when she said those words and I once again longed to hear from Bella. I finished eating breakfast with Emmett, eager to get through our day so that I could make it home in time for Bella's call.

A/N: Hey guys I'm a little under the weather today, but I wanted to give you something. I will more chapters tomorrow. Thanks for the reviews.