She sat in silence, holding the hand of her lover. She thought about what happened with her life. How was she going to cope? How was she going to go to school? How was she going to deal? She was in a daze as questions swirled in head when someone tugged on her hand.
"Jo come on it's time." Wyatt said standing in front of her.
"What?" she said snapping out of her daze "Right let's go." She said getting up and following him. She squeezed his hand tight as they walked down the hall with her mother behind them. The nurse led them in a room with an examine table and some chairs.
"The doctor will be in shortly" the nurse said as she left the room and shut the door.
Everybody sat in silence. Brennan was thinking about the road her daughter was about the go down. She remembered her days in the foster homes helping with her friends with their kids. She remembered the stories they would tell her. She knew her daughter was going to have to grow up fasted than all of her friends. Brennan though about if her daughter would go to prom, if she would go to college, if she would ever be normal. She thought how Jo would never have the experiences that she had. She would never be able to go back packing around Europe or go partying with her friends.
The doctor came in and Brennan snapped out of her thoughts.
"Hi I'm Dr. Abigail Mills." She said shaking their hands. Dr. Mills was a tall woman with long brown hair. She had a medium frame and was skinny but average. The doctor sat on a stool in front of Jo.
"Well today we are going to draw some blood, and you will have an exam, is that okay?"
"Yes" Jo said sitting on the exam table.
"Okay, I just have a few questions for you. Have you ever been pregnant before or have had any surgeries?"
"No" Jo said
"Do you have any medical conditions or taking any medicines?"
"Just Advil"
"Okay. Right now it looks like your due date is going to be December 2. I'm going to send a nurse in to get some blood and than I'll to the exam. Do you have any questions?"
"I do" Brennan said interrupting. "What are the health risk for her being a teen?" Dr. Mills turned and faced Brennan
"Well she is at risk for premature labor, high blood pressure, low birth for the baby, postpartum depression after the baby is born, and there is a slight risk of spine or hip bone injury because a teen's bone structure is not fully developed." Dr. Mills said turning back to Jo.
"Um should I change my diet?" Jo asked.
"No just try to keep your sugar to a minimum and we will give to some prenatal vitamins today that you will need to take throughout the entire pregnancy." Dr. Mills said getting up. "Okay I'm going to go get the nurse to get some blood and then we will do the exam." Dr. Mills said shutting the door. A few minutes later the nurse came in and got 3 tubes of blood. About half an hour the Dr. Mills came back in.
"Okay the blood test came back positive for pregnancy. Now I'm going to do your exam." Dr. Mills said putting on gloves.
"Come one Wyatt" Brennan said standing up and heading for the door. "We'll be outside." Brennan closed the door behind them. About 20 minutes later Dr. Mills came out and went to go get Wyatt and Tempe while Jo changed. Dr. Mills sat next to Brennan in the waiting room.
"Everything looks to be normal. Right now she looks to be about 8 weeks. Once she gets changed I will do a ultrasound. I will take you back to her room." Dr Mills got up and walked back down the hall way, Brennan and Wyatt followed. Dr. Mills knocked on the door.
"Come in." Jo said. They all walked in and Brennan and Wyatt sat down.
"Now I'm going to do and ultrasound. So Jo if you will lie down." Dr. Mills said moving the ultrasound machine out of the corner top a place where they all could see. "Okay here we go" She said lifting up Jo's shirt and squirting gel on her lower abdomen. Dr. Mills moved the probe over Jo's stomach. They all looked at the screen in aw.
"Okay that is the heart beat and those are the arms and that is a leg."
"Where is the other one?" Wyatt asked shocked.
"It's right there." Dr. Mills said laughing.
Jo looked at her baby, the thing inside her. It was really there. She started crying she could believe she had this beautiful thing inside her.
Brennan leaned over and rested her arms and heard next to Jo. Brennan wisped to her.
"It's beautiful isn't it. That's how I felt when I saw you for the first time on the screen."
They looked at each other.
"Mom I'm I going to be able to do this?"
"Of course. I did and look at you. You turned out normal" They both laughed a little.
"You're going to be fine I promise." Brennan said as they booth turned back and looked at the screen.