Love's End Leads to New BeginningsChapter 1
My husband, an obstetrician, had insisted I endure a natural birth, even though I carried a massive four-kilogram baby. His reasoning was grounded not in compassion or medical necessity, but rather in his irritation, believing that I was burdening the kind, accommodating nurse.
“Millie is not your servant,” he had scolded, eyes sharp with disapproval. “Why do you keep ordering her to bring you tea and water? Pregnancy is no excuse for acting unreasonable!”
Enduring wave after wave of relentless contractions, I cried out until my voice was raw, my hand gripping the bed’s guardrail so tightly that it finally gave way under my grip.
The baby’s head was wedged in my pelvis, immovable. Exhausted, desperate, I looked to my husband, the man I had trusted and shared a life with, who held medical knowledge and skill that could save us both. “This is your child too,” I pleaded, each word a plea through my ragged breaths. “Give me a C-section. If we wait any longer, we may both die.”