How Long Bella Was Pregnant In Twilight
There are many questions surrounding Bella’s pregnancy in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, including how long it lasted actually.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 left viewers with many questions regarding Bella Swan’s pregnancy, including one about how long it was. The Twilight Saga brought to life Stephenie Meyer’s book series, which follows the story of Bella as she’s welcomed into the world of vampires and werewolves in Forks, Washington. The final book was split into two films, with the first one focusing on the wedding between Edward Cullen and Bella. After they are married, they quickly conceive a child, thrusting the couple into the uncharted territory of a seemingly impossible pregnancy.
Meyer later clarified how Edward got Bella pregnant in The Twilight Saga, stating that in her universe the venom present in vampires is a liquid moving throughout the body similar to how blood moves through humans. The male vampires carry something close to seminal fluids genetic containing information capable of inducing human pregnancy. With this explanation shedding light on how Bella was able to become pregnant, viewers were still left wondering about the seemingly brief duration of the pregnancy.
Bella Was Pregnant With Renesmee For 28 Days In The Twilight Movies
Examining TheTwilight Saga’s timeline, Bella and Edward were married on August 13 at the Cullen mansion. The pair traveled to the isle of Esme for their honeymoon, which is where Bella and Edward had sex for the first time on August 14. They had sex for the second time on August 21, and by August 31, Bella noticed her period was five days late. Considering a standard ovulation cycle, it’s clear that their child, Renesmee, was conceived during the couple’s initial sexual encounter. Renesmee was born on September 11, meaning there were only 28 days between Bella’s conception and the birth of their child.
Why Bella’s Pregnancy Was So Short
Bella’s pregnancy in Twilight incredibly fast due to her child being a hybrid, as she was half-human and half-vampire, caused Renesmee to rapidly grow. Renesmee is a dhampir, a hybrid resulting from the union of a male vampire and a human female. Hybrids experience an accelerated growth rate during their early years, achieving full physical and mental maturity by around seven years of age. At this point, their development stops, leaving them in the same unchangeable state as a full vampire. The hybrid nature of Renesmee makes it impossible for Bella to consume human food, as her diet was similar to that of her father’s.
The baby was consuming Bella’s blood for nourishment, putting her life at risk. Once Bella began drinking blood to sustain Renesmee, the infant grew stronger and faster. Following Renesmee’s birth, Bella was transformed into a vampire, when Edward’s blood was injected into her. After waking up two days later as a vampire, Bella witnessed Renesmee’s accelerated growth for the first time outside the womb, as she did not look like a three-day-old baby. In the movie The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, it was clear that Bella’s pregnancy progressed rapidly, as Renesmee’s hybrid nature made it last just under a month from conception to birth.
