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Question: How did Bella get pregnant!?
In the first book, SMeyer said vampires don't have blood, only venom, they aren't alive, and their bodies don't change!.
So wouldn't she have turned into a vampire, and even then Edward couldn't fertilize!. And how did Edward, you know!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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She would have, yes!. If Meyer were able to stick to her own rules!.

Basically, Bella getting pregnant contradicted everything Meyer ever said, and she did it because she ran out of plot ideas and to please her fans, and herself!.

Every bodily fluid Edward had was venom, his 'blood' his 'saliva', even his eye moisture was venom, but apparently not his sperm!.!. hmm!.

Meyer said that vampire's bodily fluids closely resembled a human's, and that male vampires have something close to sperm that carried genetic information!. Only a human sperm can fertilize a human ovum, so that renders that idiotic!. Even if it were close to sperm, it still would have been venomous, and would have turned Bella anyway!.

Her books are full of stupid, self-fulfilling plotholes like this one, though this is the biggest!. And what was all that nonsense about chromosomes!? Did she even take biology!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well Mrs!. Meyers later on in the series realized that Being a mommy is very important and everyone should be one just as everyone should be married (Since she is married and also a mommy) so Bella had to be one as well!.

That's it, that's the only reason!. Since she also realized critics would never like her stories yet the fans would like any piece of crap she could come up with regardless of plot holes (read breaking dawn for example) she thought, hey why not just say vampires can impregnate people!.

There you have it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

that is a seriously good question!.!.i was wondering that the other day!.!.!.and if they could have a baby, then how come the other vampire together couldn't have one!.!.!.and you need both sides to produce, so does that mean that edward had fertilizer but no blood!? i guess this will be a question for the rest of eternity!.

MahoganyWww@QuestionHome@Com

Stephenie said that the they were frozen in they're state of change!. That means no Cycles of fertilization!. guys dont have that obviously!. so bella (as a human) still did, and no one ever tested it w/ a vampire guy before!. so then they found out that guys dont change they still r normal-ish!.!.!.!.ya know wat im trying to say!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Because Stephenie Meyer broke all her own rules in order to make Bella's Mary Sue level skyrocket up to maximum!. She *shouldn't* have got pregnant!. She hasn't yet come up with a decent explanation for it and I highly doubt she will!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

She cheated on the dude, duh!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Vampire Sperm!. Strongest sperm in the universe!. The whole bloody series is stupid!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

She did a Q & A about it, just look up on the internetWww@QuestionHome@Com

Plot hole!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

They had sex!. But if he doesn't have blood, he shouldn't be able to get one up, if you understand what I'm saying :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Vampires and pregnancy: when did that idea occur to you!? How does that work!?

The first seed (no pun intended) was planted when I did Bella's computer research in chapter seven of Twilight!. Bella reads about several real vampire legends—the Danag, Estrie, Upier, etc!. In the novel, I only mentioned a few of the many legends I read through!. One that I didn't mention at this point was the entry on the Incubus!. The unique feature about that legend was that the incubus could father children!. Hmmm, I said, and I filed that kernel of an idea away for later!. When I decided to write the first sequel to Twilight (Forever Dawn), I knew it was going to revolve around a hybrid baby from the outset!.

When my editor and I decided to go back and really develop Bella's last year of high school, I did so with the knowledge that it was all going to end up with the events in Breaking Dawn!. Everything I wrote was pointed in that direction!.

I was always very careful when I answered the "Can vampires have babies!?" question, because I didn't want to say anything incorrect, but I also didn't want to make the future super-obvious!. I focused my answers on the female half of the equation—female vampires cannot have children because their bodies no longer change in any aspect!. There is no changing cycle to begin with, and their bodies couldn't expand to fit a growing child, either!. I purposely evaded answering the question, "Can a male vampire get a human female pregnant!?" to preserve a tiny bit of surprise in the last book!. There were many statements on this subject purported to have come from me, but I never made those comments because, obviously, I knew where this was going!.

Now, on to the "how is this possible!?" question!. First of all, of course it's not possible!. None of this story is possible!. It's a fantasy story about creatures that don't actually exist!. Within the context of the fantasy, however, this is how it works:

Vampires are physically similar enough to their human origins to pass as humans under some circumstances (like cloudy days)!. There are many basic differences!. They appear to have skin like ours, albeit very fair skin!. The skin serves the same general purpose of protecting the body!. However, the cells that make up their skin are not pliant like our cells, they are hard and reflective like crystal!. A fluid similar to the venom in their mouths works as a lubricant between the cells, which makes movement possible (note: this fluid is very flammable)!. A fluid similar to the same venom lubricates their eyes so that their eyes can move easily in their sockets!. (However, they don't produce tears because tears exist to protect the eye from damage, and nothing is going to be able to scratch a vampire's eye!.) The lubricant-venom in the eyes and skin is not able to infect a human the way saliva-venom can!. Similarly, throughout the vampire's body are many versions of venom-based fluids that retain a marked resemblance to the fluid that was replaced, and function in much the same way and toward the same purpose!. Though there is no venom replacement that works precisely like blood, many of the functions of blood are carried on in some form!. also, the nervous system runs in a slightly different but heightened way!. Some involuntary reactions, like breathing, continue (in that specific example because vampires use the scents in the air much more than we do, rather than out of a need for oxygen)!. Other involuntary reactions, like blinking, don't exist because there is no purpose for them!. The normal reactions of arousal are still present in vampires, made possible by venom-related fluids that cause tissues to react similarly as they do to an influx of blood!. Like with vampire skin—which looks similar to human skin and has the same basic function—fluids closely related to seminal fluids still exist in male vampires, which carry genetic information and are capable of bonding with a human ovum!. This was not a known fact in the vampire world (outside of Joham's personal experimenting) before Nessie, because it's nearly impossible for a vampire to be that near a human and not kill her!.

I didn't get into all of these details at my signings because it's a long, complicated mouthful!. also, it's hard to be clearly heard with all the screaming!. Mostly, though, I waited to do this in writing because I have an immature, Homer Simpson-like tendency to giggle when I say the words "seminal fluids" in public!.

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simple answer- They had sexWww@QuestionHome@Com