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In the valley of the shadow of birth

25 January 2022

8:28 AM

25 January 2022

8:28 AM

I was five weeks pregnant when I found out. At that point, it’s nothing more than a little gestational sac of potential. My ob-gyn informed me it wasn’t technically viable and, given my age and history — I’d had an ectopic pregnancy in 2019—not to get my hopes up.

“How do I make it stick?” I asked.

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