The Miracle of Love
Chapter 4
"Come with me dear." Gladly. The nurse invited him in and closed the door. "You don't need to be so nervous, I don't bite," she smiled. I know you don't, but if haven't noticed I'm not having the time of my life here. She handed him a plastic cup. "There is bathroom, I need you to fill this up. I can get you some water to drink if you like. Once you are done, put it here," she pointed to a tray, "And then come to me and I'll take some of your blood."
Bilbo did as he was told. The nurse was nice to him and when she took his blood he hardly felt a thing. After that she led him to the doctor's office. "Wait here, the doctor will right with you. I'll go get your mother."
His mother quickly joined him in the doctor's office, but they still had to wait another fifteen minutes before the doctor came in.
"I'm sorry that you had to wait so long," said the doctor. "Nice to meet you I'm Dr. Smaug." He first shook Belladonna's hand and then Bilbo's trembling hand. "Courage young man," smiled the doctor, "It's not the end of the world. Why don't you have a seat," Dr. Smaug offered.
"We did some test and they showed that you indeed are pregnant." Good job Sherlock. "I have to ask. Was this pregnancy planned?" Bilbo shook his head. "Okay then. Know that I had to ask this only because I meet a lot of different people, with different beliefs and religions. Have you considered terminating this pregnancy?"
Before Bilbo could say something his mother answered for him. "We have and it's not an option." We didn't but I agree it's not an option.
Doctor wrote something in the file before asking another question. "When did the intercourse occur?" Bilbo turned red at his question. "I know you are not comfortable talking about this, but I think you know that male pregnancies are different, there is a high chance of pregnancy if you have unprotected intercourse." The doctor looked expectantly at Bilbo.
"The 12th of June," managed to mumble Bilbo and the doctor quickly wrote it down.
"Did you give your consent to engage in it?" carefully asked the doctor because Bilbo looked rather uncomfortable sitting there.
Bilbo nodded in response.
"Did the protection fail or you didn't use it all? I apologize once again, but this is standard procedure and I have to ask you because you are underage."
"The last one," mumbled Bilbo.
"And… we are done with embarrassing questions. Like I said they are necessary if you want to force the other father to acknowledge this baby as his. Sometimes it gets ugly during the last weeks of pregnancy and that's why we do it early to avoid unnecessary stress later," doctor Smaug explained.
"So let's talk about the reason you are here, shall we?" He was talking to Bilbo and completely ignoring Belladonna. "You are pregnant, that means that from now on you are not responsible only for your life but a life of another being. I understand that this is hard to accept for most of the teenagers but I'm convinced that you understand it due to the fact that you are here with your mother, approximately nine weeks pregnant. Would you believe me that I get to meet most of teenagers in their third trimester? You are a nice change, believe me." Bilbo forced a smile. Lucky me. "Were you experiencing any symptoms? Nausea, dizziness…"
"I had a headache for a couple of days, then I started feeling dizzy and for the last few weeks I've been throwing up at the smell of food."
"But it's getting better," quickly added Belladonna.
"It should stop completely in the next few weeks. I sent you blood for analysis so that the next time we see each other we will be able to discuss your diet and maybe give you some prenatal vitamins, it all depends on the results. Let's talk about your baby for a moment. While your baby is still extremely small, he or she is now ready for rapid weight gain. The baby is beginning to look more like a person and is about the size of a grape, measuring a little over one and a half inch. What this means for you. The hormones in your body are causing changes and preparing it for the baby. This may cause some trouble sleeping so if you are having problems sleeping you might want to consider changing your sleeping position. A warning for the parents," Smaug offered a smile to Belladonna. "Mood swings are about to start so there is a big chance he will become an even more rebellious teenager. Try to take everything as calm as possible. You," he turned back to Bilbo, "Will start feeling more bloated and you will slowly start gaining weight, but there is no need to worry over it because weight gain it's completely normal thing so try not to stress yourself over it. I would recommend slowly increasing the intake of water during the day. That's about it for now. Do you have any questions?"
Bilbo shook his head.
"I would like to talk to you about a few things without your mother present," he turned to Belladonna, "If she agrees of course."
"I'll wait for you outside," she told Bilbo and left the office.
"Finally she is gone," Smaug tried to lift up the mood, but he didn't succeed. Bilbo was still glued to his seat.
"You don't look happy about being pregnant. I understand that this is not something you have planned for and that it probably destroyed all of your plans for the future." He sighed. "Do you wish to carry this baby to term?"
"Yes!" Bilbo quickly answered. He didn't understand why everyone was asking the same questions over and over. He wanted to keep the baby.
"Are you sure your parents are not forcing you to keep it?"
"I want to keep it. It's mine."
"I'm happy to hear this. Know that if you ever need anyone to talk to you I'm always available for all your questions, concerns or if you just want to talk, don't hesitate to call. I'll give you a note for your physical education teacher so you'll be excused from the class. I wouldn't normally oppose practicing sports so early in the pregnancy, but yours is a little different and that's why I'll advise you to exercise lightly. Try to go out, take a walk, you are not an invalid, but try not to push yourself to the limit."
"Thank you."
"Don't need to thank me. It was a pleasure to meet you Bilbo," he offered him his hand. "I'll see you in a couple of weeks."
Bilbo shook his hand and left the office.
The bus ride home was, as expected, wrapped in uncomfortable silence. Bilbo didn't feel comfortable talking about what happened with Thorin in front of his mother. He knew that she wasn't going to judge him and that she knows how babies are made but that doesn't mean he wanted to discuss this part of personal life with her. Talking with his dad was little less awkward but he still wasn't happy to discuss it with him.
He was fourteen when his father gave him the talk. He has never seen his father so nervous when he came into his room that day. Bungo was having trouble explaining it to Bilbo but at the end he managed to pinpoint the most important things. Bilbo couldn't help himself but to burst out laughing when his dad finished his in advance prepared speech. His dad apparently forgot that he was going to health class and that the mechanical part of sex has already been explained to him in school. After that was over they were able to talk like man to man and it wasn't awkward anymore. Bungo advised his son not to have sex if he didn't feel ready and he told him that there is nothing wrong if he decided to wait until he is older and more emotionally mature. Before he left his room he gave his son a box of condoms but also told him that he would be very happy if he decided to wait at least a few more years.
He did wait a few more years but not as many as Bungo has wished for.
Author's notes:
I have a confession to make. I have no idea what I'm writing about. I Google most of the stuff and the rest I just make up as I write the story. I hope it makes sense.
I would like to thank you all for reviews/comments. I like reading them and they really make my day. I also want to apologize for not replying to them, but I don't want to spoil things for you. I think that all your questions will be answered soon.
Short… I know, but I promise you another chapter tomorrow or maybe later today.