▁dist ra ug ht ▁and ▁sever ely ▁de pressed ▁B ella . ▁She ▁comes ▁to ▁care ▁deeply ▁for ▁Jacob , ▁though ▁less ▁than ▁she ▁lov es ▁Edward . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁Eclipse , ▁three ▁days ▁before ▁B ella ▁turns ▁ 1 8 , ▁she ▁becomes ▁engaged ▁to ▁Edward ▁C ull en ▁( who ▁is ▁still ▁phys ically ▁ 1 7 ), ▁and ▁they ▁marry ▁in ▁Bre aking ▁Da wn . ▁On ▁their ▁h one ym oon , ▁she ▁becomes ▁pre gn ant ▁by ▁Edward ▁and , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁peculiar ▁nature ▁of ▁her ▁baby , ▁B ella ▁nearly ▁dies ▁giving ▁birth ▁to ▁their ▁daughter , ▁Ren es mee ▁C ull en . ▁Edward ▁turns ▁B ella ▁into ▁a ▁v amp ire ▁to ▁save ▁her . ▁ ▁Con cept ▁and ▁creation ▁The ▁prem ise ▁for ▁both ▁the ▁B ella ▁Sw an ▁character ▁and ▁the ▁Tw il ight ▁series ▁origin ated ▁in ▁a ▁dream ▁Stephen ie ▁Meyer ▁had ▁in ▁which ▁an ▁" aver age ▁girl " ▁and ▁a ▁" f ant ast ically ▁beautiful , ▁spark ly ▁... ▁v amp ire ▁... ▁were ▁having ▁an ▁inten se ▁conversation ▁in ▁a ▁me adow ▁in ▁the ▁woods ." ▁In ▁this ▁dream , ▁the ▁pair ▁" w ere ▁discuss ing ▁the ▁difficulties ▁inher ent ▁in ▁the ▁facts ▁that ▁... ▁they ▁were ▁falling ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁each ▁other ▁while ▁... ▁the ▁v amp ire ▁was ▁particularly ▁attract ed ▁to ▁the ▁sc ent ▁of ▁her ▁blood , ▁and ▁was ▁having ▁a ▁difficult ▁time ▁rest ra ining ▁himself ▁from ▁killing