So, I was watching 16 and Pregnant with one of my nieces when this little story popped into my head. It's my first story so be easy on me but make sure to tell me what you think. :D You'll notice that all the girls are from Washington, I know that's not how it is in the show but I made it that way for a reason. You'll learn why in a couple chapters. :) So, without further ado, Read on.
Disclaimer: SM owns Twilight and whoever made the show 16 and Pregnant owns that.
Bella
39 weeks pregnant
The weeks ticked by and soon enough I was only a week away from becoming a mother.
To say that was overwhelming would be the biggest understatement known to man.
I would be responsible for a tiny being in just under seven days. Oh, boy.
I tried to keep my mind of it as best as I could but someone was always bringing it back up.
'Hey, Bella, are you nervous for the birth?'
Yeah, thanks for reminding me.
Ugh, the birth.
I shuttered just thinking about it.
Did you know that the needle they use for the epidural stays in your back? Up until I got pregnant, I did not know that.
I hate needles.
However, the alternative is an all natural birth which was not going to happen, ever. I'd like to be as drugged up as possible before I attempted to push my baby out.
"What's with that look?" Dad asked.
"Huh?"
"You look scared."
"Just thinking about...labor." I forced out.
"Oh, honey, it's not that bad," Sue said, patting my leg. "Once they give you the epidural, of course."
"I'll hold you too that," I said.
"Next week," Dad said, thoughtfully. "I'll be a grandpa. Do I look old enough to be a grandpa?"
"Yeah," Seth called over his shoulder as he continued to play video games.
"Nice."
"You and Carlisle will be the most handsome grandfathers around," I told him with a giggle.
"Damn right," Dad said, causing us all to laugh.
"How's Edward coping?" Sue wondered.
"He's calm," I said. "But does he really have a reason to spaz? He doesn't have to go through labor like I do."
"Being a parent is hard on both parents."
"Still..."
Edward was excited for our daughter's arrival. If he was nervous, he doesn't show it.
"Speaking of Edward," I said. "We talked about it and I think it'd be a good idea if he stayed with us for a while."
"How long is a while?" Dad groaned, no longer smiling.
I shrugged, "A couple weeks, months..."
"Which is it, Isabella?"
I laughed, "Dad, please."
Dad pursed his lips, "He can have the guest room."
"Dad."
"What?" he asked, innocently.
"We can share a room." I said. "It's not like I'm going to get pregnant again."
"Did you know some girls get pregnant by their six week check up?"
"Well, you don't have to worry about me dad," I said. "There will be no sex."
"He can stay here," Sue said, nodding. "In your bedroom, and you may close your door."
"Hey!" Dad hollered.
"Ssh, Charlie," Sue said, waving him off.
"Dad, seriously, I doubt I'll be up to doing anything after just pushing a baby out." I said. "I'll need time to heal down there."
"Ugh," Dad groaned, covering his ears.
I laughed, "Hey, I was being honest."
"Fine, he can stay here," Dad grumbled. "But no funny business. And if he stays longer than six weeks, the door stays open."
I rolled my eyes, "Sure, dad, whatever."
School let out in a couple weeks and Edward planned to stay with me as long as my dad would allow. I knew my Dad didn't want me to shoulder all the responsibility of Gianna, which was why he was agreeing to all this in the first place.
"Have you two thought about getting your own place?" Sue asked.
"No," Dad whined. "Don't put those ideas in her head."
"Not really," I admitted. "But it's something to think about."
Of course, right now, it wasn't an option but once I had a steady job we should definitely look into it.
"There's no rush," Dad said.
"I know, Dad," I said. "I still have a lot I need to get in order before I move in with him, like getting a job. After I have Gianna, I'll start looking for one."
"Gianna should be your main focus," Dad said. "Jobs can wait."
I shrugged, "I'll figure it out eventually."
Dad was right though. Gianna will be my main concern for a while, a very long while. I knew I'd eventually get a job but as of right now, the thought of leaving her for however many hours just wasn't that appealing.
But if I did ever want to live with Edward, I'd need that job.
Again, I shrugged it off and promised myself I'd think more about in the coming months.
That night, after Edward finished classes, he came over with a couple pizza's.
As we grew closer to my due date, Edward didn't like leaving me. He's afraid I'll go into labor while he's gone and he'll miss everything. I assured him that it takes a while for me to get to the point where I'll actually push the baby out so he should have plenty of time.
Still, he'd rather stay close to me, you know, just in case.
I thought it was cute and I'll never turn down time with Edward.
"Okay, squirt, bedtime," I told Seth.
"Aw, come on, Bella," Seth whined as he and Edward played some racing game. "Just five more minutes."
"I gave you two more hours," I said, pushing myself off the couch. "Bedtime."
"Fine," Seth pouted. "Rematch tomorrow."
"Deal." Edward agreed, shutting off the gaming system.
I hobbled around and tried to clean up the mess we had made of the front room.
"Go lay down, I've got it," he said, gently pushing my hands away.
"Edward, baby, I'm fine, honest." I laughed, grabbing our plates. "The doctor didn't say I couldn't clean."
Edward didn't argue but I could tell he didn't like it. After I did the dishes and put them away, I locked the front door and climbed the steps to my bedroom with Edward.
"You sure your dad won't mind me crashing here?"
"He's fine with it," I said. "He's even cool with you staying here a couple months after Gianna's born."
"Really?" he asked, surprised. "I thought he'd shoot it down before you could finish."
"He doesn't want me to be responsible for everything," I said. "Why are you so surprised? Did you only ask because you knew he'd say no?"
I really hope that's not why he asked.
"No," he said, quickly. "You know that the chief and I have never gotten along. He barely likes me in his house for two hours and now he's letting me stay for a couple months."
Okay, I guess it was that surprising.
"We can always alternate to your parent's house for a couple days, you know, give dad a break?"
"They'd like that," Edward said. "My mom is bouncing off the walls with excitement. She can't wait to meet Gianna."
I sighed, happily, "As nervous as I am, I can't wait either. I keep trying to picture what she looks like. Will she have your hair, my eyes or my eyes, your hair?"
"I want her to look like you," Edward mused. "Wait, no, you're gorgeous. I don't want to go to jail for roughing up some kids. So, I hope she looks like me."
I snorted, "That'd make them boys run faster. I think you're just going to have to deal with the fact that our child is going to be adorable, all her life."
Edward sighed, "I'll start up on my gun collection."
I laughed.
My dad brought out his guns to "wash" them the night I brought Edward home for them to meet. For a while after that night, Edward was hesitant to step foot in my house and even when we did, he maintained distance from me. It's as if he feared my dad would shoot him just because he held my hand or cuddled with me.
"Whatever makes you happy," I said. "But let's not worry about that now. Let's get through her first year before we worry about who she's gonna marry."
"Sounds like a plan."
I grinned at him, "Good. Now, give me a kiss so we can go to bed."
Edward laughed and leaned down to give me a kiss on the lips, "Love you."
"Love you too."
40 weeks pregnant
"I want your assignments turned in by the end of the hour today," Mrs. Ellis told the class once she finished explaining what she wanted in today's paper.
I hadn't been listening at all, to be honest.
I was feeling uncomfortable. I've been feeling crampy all day and I wasn't sure what that meant. I bounced nervously at my seat and tried and tried to keep my mind off of how uncomfortable I was.
"You okay?" the girl next to me, Rachel I think, asked.
"I'm Fine," I said, forcing a smile.
I rubbed my hand over my stomach and scanned the bored, trying to understand what today's assignment was all about.
It was fairly easy so I pulled out my notebook and started to write my essay.
Writing was easy to me, I loved doing it, and so it took my mind away from everything. That was, until, I felt something wet flood my jeans.
Oh no
I blushed in embarrassment and looked up.
"Mrs. Ellis?" All eyes were suddenly on me, great. "I need to be excused."
"Is it an emergency?"
I groaned as I felt a contraction. This was kind of what I felt earlier only a bit more intensified. It was painful but tolerable, right now.
"Um, she wet the seat," Rachel gasped, leaning away.
Thank you for announcing that. I tried not to glare.
"Did your water break?" Mrs. Ellis asked.
"I think so," I said, biting my lip.
"Go."
I stood up, and flushed from embarrassment again as I noticed just how wet my pants were. No one seemed to laughing at this point but I knew they'd remember it, and probably would laugh about it later.
I waddled to the office and one look at me and Ms. Elms knew.
"Can I use the phone?"
She nodded, staring at me wide-eyed.
I dialed Edward's number first.
"Hello?" he asked, sleepily.
"Edward," I gasped out as another contraction hit. This one was slightly more painful than the less.
"Bella! What's wrong?"
"My water broke, I need you to come get me," I said, lessening my grip on the counter.
"I'll be there in five minutes."
"Okay." I hung up the phone and took a deep breath.
"Should I call an ambulance?"
"No, someone's coming to get me," I told her. "I'm going to...I'll be outside."
"I'll let your teachers now what happened," she said, nodding.
I waited outside. Every time a contraction passed, I'd ball up my hands in fists and take a deep breath.
"Ow," I whimpered
"Bella!" Edward yelled. "Baby, are you okay?" he asked.
"One minute," I gasped out as a painful contraction hit. "Ow, Ow, Ow..."
When it passed, I opened my eyes.
"Get me to the hospital."
I didn't have to tell him twice. He rushed me to the car and then sped to the nearest hospital. He may have broken the speed limit by a lot but thankfully, we arrived at the hospital unscathed.
"Go park the car," I told him. "I can walk."
"It's fine."
"Edward, just go park it. It doesn't need to be towed while we're inside."
Edward glared but did as I asked.
"Hello, how can I help you?" a kind woman who was operating the front desk asked.
"Um...I'm...in labor," I forced out.
"Oh!"
It didn't take them long to get me into a room and into one of those god-awful hospital gowns. Edward stayed by my side through it all and let me squeeze the shit out of his hand during painful contractions.
"Did you call my dad?" I asked.
"They're all here," Edward said, nodding.
"Good, Good,"
As time passed, the contractions got more painful and started happening even more frequently. They went from being twenty minutes apart, to ten, and then down to eight.
I tried to switch positions to ease the pain but nothing worked.
"Ugh," I whimpered.
I wanted to cry, it hurt that much.
Edward sat in the chair beside me, stroking my back and trying to help.
I blew out a breath as another contraction started.
"This hurts so bad."
I was starting to wonder when I would get my epidural when the nurse announced that I could. I was dilated to five centimeters at that point, only five more to go the nurse reminded me cheerfully.
But I knew that five more centimeters could take hours.
At least I got my epidural, although when I first saw the needle I wasn't so sure I wanted it.
I stared at the needle and then looked at the nurse as if she had grown three heads. It was a huge fucking needle, and they wanted to put that in my back?
No...No...No...No.
"I'm good at what I do," she said. "You will barely feel it."
Sure.
"You'll feel a lot better once you get your epidural, trust me, sweetie," she told me.
I bit my lip and looked at Edward. He nodded encouragingly and so I gave the nurse a nod.
Getting the epidural wasn't as painful as I thought it would be. I did feel it but what I felt afterwards made it all the worth it.
Soon enough, when contractions hit, I only felt a small pressure, I didn't feel any pain.
The only side effect was that I felt kind of itchy.
"How do you feel?" Edward asked.
"A lot better," I told him.
"My mom wants to know if she and Sue can come say hello," he said, glancing at his phone.
I nodded, "I want to see my dad too."
He sent his mom a quick text and only five short minutes later, our moms and my dad entered the room.
"Hey, sweetie," Sue smiled, softly. "How are you feeling?"
"Better now that I had the epidural," I answered honestly. "Before that..." I grimaced. "No more babies for me."
"Don't declare that yet, missy," Esme said. "I want a houseful of grandchildren."
"Does Edward have a sister or brother I'm unaware of?" I asked.
"Nope," she said, grinning.
"A houseful mom, really?" Edward asked.
Esme shrugged but continued to smile.
"How dilated are you?"
"Five centimeters," I breathed out. "I still have a while to go."
"Maybe," Sue said. "It's different for each mother. It took me about twelve hours to become fully dilated."
"It took me about eight hours," Esme said.
I've already been here for six hours so maybe, just maybe, I was closer to having to push than I actually thought.
I looked at my dad, he had yet to say anything, and saw he had unshed tears in his eyes.
"Aw, dad, what's wrong?"
"Nothing," he said, looking away.
Sue rubbed his back soothingly, "You're his baby girl."
She didn't need to say anything more, I understood.
He didn't think he'd see me here, about to give birth, this soon.
Our parents stayed with us for quite a while. When it was time to check how dilated I was, they left the room and promised they'd come back in a little while.
All too soon, it was time to push.
I had been in the hospital for close to nine hours at the point my doctor told me it was time.
Suddenly, I felt nervous.
I didn't feel ready.
I stared at Edward with wide eyes and he looked back at me with the same expression.
We were going to be parents soon.
Shit.
"Alright," Dr. Keller said, smiling. "Edward, I want you to hold her leg for me...yes, just like that..."
"Wait," I squeaked out. "I'm not ready."
"You don't have to push until you feel a contraction," Dr. Keller said.
I gnawed on my lip nervously.
"Okay, Bella, I want you to push down as hard as you can when you feel your next contraction, okay?"
I took a shaky breath, "Okay."
When the next contraction hit, I followed instructions and pushed as hard as I could.
"Excellent." Dr. Keller said. "Again."
I pushed again.
That was the pattern for a couple minutes; push, breath, push, breath.
"I can see the head." Dr. Keller announced. "Don't push for a second."
Edward shifted a bit and I could tell that he was about to take a look. His eyes widened slightly before he turned away and looked everywhere but my crotch.
I bet that was horrifying.
"That bad?" I asked.
He grimaced.
"You shouldn't have looked."
"Okay, ready, Bella?"
I gave a slight nod.
"Push, sweetheart."
I gave another push and this time I felt a tingly burning sensation but my mind was quickly taking away from it when I heard a tiny little cry.
"It's a girl!" Dr. Keller announced, happily.
My eyes landed on my little baby girl and the tears just came on their own.
"Hi, baby girl," I cried. "You're so beautiful."
I looked to Edward and watched him wipe away his tears.
"She's perfect," Edward whispered, kissing me. "I love you."
"I love you too."
Soon my little girl was taking from me to be cleaned and weighed. My eyes never left hers, and neither did Edwards.
After nine long months, my little girl was finally here.
My little Gianna
Gianna Marie
May 16th, 2013
6lbs, 11oz
21 1/2 inches long
Once both Gianna and I were cleaned up, and moved into a different room, our family came in to visit.
Esme and Sue were both in tears as soon as they stepped in the room and watched Edward bounce our daughter near the window.
I myself was near tears as well as I watched him interact with her.
"Let me see my granddaughter," Esme sniffled.
Edward grinned and gently set Gianna in Edward's arms.
"Oh!"
"How are you baby girl?" Dad asked, kissing my head.
"I'm good, Dad," I said, smiling. "I'm really good."
"That's what I like to hear."
"She's already got Edward's hair," I heard Sue coo. "I wonder if she'll have green eyes or brown eyes."
"I hope she looks just like Edward," I spoke up.
"She's got your nose," Esme said. "And the shape of your eyes,"
"She's a perfect mixture of us," Edward said.
I nodded my agreement.
Our family took turns holding Gianna and snapping pictures. I tried to hide under my covers when they wanted a picture of Edward and I together but in the end, they got one.
When it was time for them to leave, they passed her back to me and promised they'd be here bright and early tomorrow morning.
Edward and I got to spend a little more time with our little girl before the nurse wanted to take her to the nursery so I could get some rest.
But before she did so, I got to change her and breastfeed her.
It was weird at first, the breastfeeding, but Gianna took at it like a pro. I read somewhere that some babies have a hard time breastfeeding and so they have to be on the bottle.
Once I finished feeding her, Edward took her and the nurse instructed us how to burp her. Edward was barely tapping her back when the nurse told him it was okay to go harder.
Edward looked terrified but started to pat her back harder. When she let out a burp, he soothingly rubbed her back and gave her a big smile.
"Get some sleep," The nurse told us when Edward placed her down into the plastic bassinet. "I'll bring her in as soon as you wake up, I promise."
I nodded, and settled back against my bed.
"We're parents," Edward said, settling in the bed with me.
"We are," I laughed, snuggling against him.
"Weird."
"A good weird, though."
"Yeah, a good weird."
I just love me some daddyward. Okay, well, we have only one more full chapter and then we'll have Bella's epilogue and then it'll be Rosalie's episode. The next chapter is sorta prewritten, I just have to add a few more things and Bella's epilogue still has to be written but that doesn't take me very long so yeah.
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