August 11th 2011
Bella POV
I turned away from the oven to be met instantly by Edward, who took my elbow and steered me in the direction of the living room where we had been previously been sitting with his parents before I had gone to check on dinner.
I frowned at him as he pointed in the direction it seemed we had both come, "Go and sit down."
My brows furrowed harder and he pouted, "Please?"
I smirked at him before turning and walking back into the lounge.
Esme smiled sympathetically at me as I gently lowered myself back onto the large amount of cushions that had been set in my usual place on the sofa. My back was killing me, and it hurt pretty much all the time.
Carlisle glanced in the direction of the kitchen before he spoke quietly, "Had it been bothering you a lot?"
I to glanced over my shoulder in the direction of the kitchen, as it was imperative that Edward didn't over hear this conversation, "It's mainly at night when I'm stuck on my side sleeping, or if I've been on my feet all day."
Carlisle nodded and Esme smiled at me, "Have you thought anymore about when you'll be leaving work?"
I sighed and rested my hand in my palm, elbow on the arm of the sofa, "After just getting the principal job I'd like to carry on ideally to full term, but with my experiences with Emma, and with him on my case every five minute it's know it's unlikely I'll be working past the end of September."
Esme sighed and nodded, "It's probably for the best dear, and you did struggle towards the end of it with Emma."
I swallowed slightly, "Yeh I know."
May 11th 2005
Edward POV
I sat on the edge of the hospital bed facing Bella who was laying on her back, holding my hand tightly in hers, her other by her head. I stroked her forehead gently and her eyes flashed to mine.
"It's going to be okay." I whispered and I saw tears pool in the base of her vision.
"Hey... hey shush." I breathed and kissed her forehead gently, "Relax sweetheart it will all be fine."
She swallowed, "But what if its not."
"It will be." I said firmly, "Regardless of whether the ECV works or not you and the bay will still be fine."
At our last scan we had been told that the baby was in the breech position, in other words, it was the wrong way up. We had been offered the ECV procedure due to Bella's age and the fact that the baby was showing no signs of distress, this basically involves a doctor moving he baby round to the correct position physically, by manipulating the muscles and sac surrounding the baby.
Since arriving at the hospital for the procedure, Bella had been given an injection to calm and relax her, which had been an ordeal in itself due to her dislike of needles.
She had also been strapped to a heart monitor for twenty minutes, and receives a sonogram.
It came to my attention as we due closer to the actual procedure, that Bella had just got herself more and more anxious.
The door to our small room opened and my father walked in, shadowed by a nurse. He smiled encouragingly at Bella and myself, and I think it helped both and and her in knowing that he would be perfuming it.
He smiled at us, "So how are you doing Bella?"
She sighed slightly, "Nervous."
I kissed her knuckles and my father smiled encouragingly once more, "it will be fine, Edward will be with you all the way through it, and it should be over quiet quickly."
Bella swallowed and nodded and the nurse rolled up Bella's shirt. I got off the bed and Bella glanced at me before looking back at my father.
"So Bella basically what we do is we guide the babies legs out of the pelvis and then turn it and replace the head in the Pelvis." He told us, "It should be painless, but there might be some pressure at the start and at the end okay... now given the size of the baby it might take a bit of getting sued to, but there are o serious risks."
Both I and Bella nodded and he smiled, pouring Jelly onto Bella's stomach and washing his hands. He then placed his hands on the bottom of her stomach, and pushed slightly.
Bella turned her head towards me and shut her eyes.
I stroked her forehead soothingly and her eyes flickered open to look at mine. I smiled and she did slightly to.
I suppose men watched what the doctor was doing during the procedure, but my eyes stayed fixed on Bella's face, watching for any signs of discomfort.
They quickly came and my father through her an apologetic glance.
"Sorry Bella just bear with me." He said and she let off a small moan.
He then shifted his hands quickly to the other side of her stomach ad pushed a little.
Again Bella whimpered and I threw him an anxious glance. He looked at me and smiled slightly, Bella them gasped and his hands gently left her stomach.
"There you go sweetheart." He said and put the ultra sound probe on her stomach, moving it around so we could see that the baby's head was firmly in her pelvis.
I kissed her forehead and she smiled at me, squeezing my hand, "I love you." She whispered.
"Love you to." I whispered and she smiled, and we both looked back at our baby on the screen.
August 11th 2011
"I don't have to be psychic to know that you are talking about me." Edward said as he walked back into the lounge. I sighed but Emma didn't look up from what she was doing, Carlisle and Esme both frowned.
"I was just asking Bella how long she planned on working for, it seems she's looking at it with the ideal amount of level headedness." My mother in law scolded her son.
Edward frowned, "She shouldn't be working in her condition."
I raised my eyebrows in surprises, "she can still hear you."
He sighed and leant back in the sofa as he sat next to me, wrapping his arm over my shoulders. I sighed and leant into his side, letting him kiss my hair and stroke my stomach.
Carlisle moved on in an attempt to change the subject, "so what are we thinking, a boy or a girl this time?"
Edward smiled, "Well since I was right last time I'm thinking boy."
I kissed his cheek, "I still say girl."
Esme smiled, "Whatever it is they'll be beautiful."
Edward pulled me further into his side and kissed my temple, whispering against my hair.
"Just like their mother."