Blood Moon

Be Strong

Laying on a gurney Bella had woke up from being unconcious. The last thing she remembered was crying as blood was pooling about her feet, she was unsure what was happening but she knew it wasn't good.

"Mrs. Black, do you know where you are?" A random female doctor spoke. Shaking her head quickly, tears welled up in her eyes as she began panicking.

"You are in the hospital; your body is trying to reject the fetus it is carrying, you are having a miscarrage."

At those words Bella began crying, grabbing at her stomach she began quickly rubbing it. "No... no no no... no baby don't leave me." She cried "Be strong for mama, you can do it, you are just like your daddy, you are strong." Bella added.

"Mrs. Black, do you know how many months you are?"

Stuttering, Bella finally spoke "I-I I'm arou-around 3 or 4 mon-months, I'm twenty five percent sure about that though."

Turning to the nurse behind her, the doctor addressed her. "We are going to need a portable ultrasound machine, we need to know exactly what we may be dealing with"

Quickly the nurse ran from the room, only to return 3 minutes later, rolling in a bulky machine. Moving it beside Bella's hospital bed, the nurse rose up Bellas shirt revealing a small bump that was her belly. Squirting a clear gel on her stomach, the nurse placed the prob on her stomach and began smearing around the gel with it. Stopping once it was evenly coated, the nurse turned to look at the screen which showed a small baby that had a heart beat.

"She's about 22 weeks along, if the baby is born now the chance of survival is less than 15 percent."

Staring at her stomach, Bella began talking again, this time at a much faster pace. "Come on baby, you can do it. I really want to hold you right now but you need to stay in there. Mommy loves you, daddy loves you."

Suddenly a sharp pain flowed through Bella's uterus, causing her to cring and grab at her stomach. Screaming Bella arched her back. "Whats happening to me" she cried.

The doctor came and sat down between Bella's legs to get a better look. "We need to prep labor and delivery ASAP! She is going into premature labor, make sure NICU is on immeadiate stand by."

Bella closed her eyes for a moment, and when she opened them the ceiling was moving quickly.

"Bella?" Jake said as they passed him up, sitting in the waiting room. Following them into the delivery room, Jake looked around. "What's going on? Can someone please tell me what the hell is happening to my wife?"

The NICU nurse placed his hand on Jakes shoulder. "Your wife is going into premature labor, your baby is being born right now." Patting him twice on the back, the male nurse looked at him gravely. "Be with your wife."

Jacob took a deep breath, looking at his wife, he walked slowly to her side. "Bella, are you okay love?"

"I'm fine" she lied, apparently in pain, he words coming out strained. "It's the baby I'm worried about, they said the chance of survival is less than fifteen percent."

Jake closed his eyes for a moment, before looking back at Bella. "Everything is going to be fine" Jacob said convincingly, though he didn't believe a word that he had just spoke.

Suddenly Bella let out a blood curtling scream, grabbing at her stomach she felt the urge to push.

"This is it" a doctor called out as she walked into the room. Standing at the foot of the bed, the doctor had her two assistants push back Bellas legs and hold them apart. "Mrs. Black, your baby needs you to push. So push hard and down."

Gritting her teeth, Bella grabbed her husbands hand with both of hers and squeezed as she herself pushed. Screaming Bella pushed as hard as she could, a huge pressure went through her and then finally it was released. Letting out one last scream, Bella fell back onto the bed as she knew it was done.

"It's a boy" the doctor spoke before quickly cutting the imbilicle cord and handing the baby off to the NICU.

"Is he alright! Is my son alright?" Bella screamed.

"We are trying to determine just that Mrs. Black. I need to you relax."

Bella quieted down, turning to stare at her husband, her lip quivered. "I want my dad here"

Nodding his head Jake quickly left the room.

"Yes Charlie, Bella just had her baby. Its a boy" A long pause happened as Jake was listening to Charlie speak. "Yes she was pregnant we found out today, I found out today. The baby was born premature, Bella told me she overheard the doctors say that it had a less than 15 percent chance of living. She wants you here. We are at Seattle North Medical Hospital" another long pause as Charlie exchanged his words. "Okay, I'll see you soon. Hanging up the phone Jake slumped against the wall before sinking to the floor. Putting his head in his hands, Jake began shaking. "Be strong" he whispered as he thought about his newborn son. "Be strong."