Night and Day - Twilight Saga - Jacob and Renesmee

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A couple days had gone by since the meeting with Aro, and how I had wished it was just a distant dream. Nessie's pregnancy was going along normal with no complications. Since Carlisle didn't have the right equipment early on during her pregnancy, he wouldn't be able to perform an ultrasound until Nessie was further along with her pregnancy. He offered to reach out to his close friend who was an obstetrician. She agreed to come to Carlisle's home office, but wondered why the secret meeting and gag order was placed. She assumed it was someone famous that was trying to avoid tabloids. She arrived at the house and walked into Carlisle's office. Nessie was in her robe already sitting on the exam table while we waited patiently for her.

She was a petite Asian woman that looked too young to hold a doctorate's degree. She stared at me and was taken aback by my size. She broke a small smile and stretched out her hand to shake.

"You must be, Jacob. I'm Dr. Lee, a close friend of Carlisle."

She turned to shake Nessie's hand.

"And you must be Renesmee? Pregnancy has really brought out that natural glow in you."

If only she knew what the natural glow really meant. After the small talk, she explained the process of the ultrasound. Evidently it was a probe that would be inserted into Nessie. It would be able to determine the size of the fetus and help determine the date of birth. She set up her equipment which was enclosed in what looked like an over-sized laptop. She covered the probe and lubricated it.

"Renesmee, if you could lie on your back, bend your knees and scoot your bottom closer to me please. I'm going to insert the probe now. It may feel a little uncomfortable but not too bad."

The doc started tapping on the keyboard of the equipment and the image was nothing but black, grey and white all scrambled together. It didn't make any sense to me, but she pointed to the screen.

"There it is."

What was I looking at? I was horrible at this. I looked at Nessie all confused, and there she was with tears in her eyes staring directly at the screen with the doc.

"Doc, I'm sorry but what am I looking at exactly?"

She turned the knob on her equipment and it didn't take me long to figure out the sound. The rhythm was faster than I had assumed. It was hard to explain the sound but it was like listening to a helicopter but in slow motion. I was nervous that it was beating too fast.

"Doc, is that the heartbeat? Is it beating too fast? Is that normal?"

She gave me a smile, "It's a perfect healthy heart, Jacob, perfectly normal in every way. Do you see this dark black object, it's the placenta, and that little white object is your baby. He or she is probably the size of a blueberry right now."

I couldn't believe it. A blueberry. My baby was a blueberry. I couldn't hold back my tears. Nessie held my hands and wiped the tears running down my face. Nessie and I had created this little blueberry monster. A blueberry that I was going to protect with my life.

"Well, according to the measurements, Renesmee's due date is estimated at June 4th. I would also be careful with any strenuous activities at this moment since you're still early on your first trimester. Most pregnancy after 12 weeks is at their safest, but that's also never a guarantee. I did bring some prenatal vitamins for you. Otherwise, keep on with your daily activities and everything should be fine."

She pressed another button on her equipment and a piece of paper came out of the machine. She ripped it and handed it to Nessie.

"Congratulations, Mom and Dad! Here's your baby's first photo. I already know this baby is going to inherit the gene lottery with both your good looks."