The Pregnancy

My OBGYN would later call our daughter - a true miracle.

We saw my OBGYN at least once a week during the first trimester. Ultrasounds almost every week. But our little Bug, my daughter's nickname, was growing and developing normally. Although monitored carefully by my doctor, things relaxed through the second and third trimesters. She recommended a C-Section.

I had stopped my meds - Cold turkey - the morning I saw those red lines.

How could I knowingly put poison into my body everyday, while simultaneously removing caffeine, hair dye, lunch meats, hot dogs, and a plethora of other things from my life?

Dr. G. was pissed. But as we walked out of his office just eight weeks into the pregnancy, his nurse said to us "It's the first of many difficult decisions you will need to make as parents."


She was worth it.