My runaway ex ran into my ER with his injured daughter, not knowing I was the doctor on duty. He begged me to save her. But when the sweet little girl pulled me close and whispered, “Grandma said your baby shouldn’t be born,” I looked at my ex-husband as his face turned pale with fear…

neck. If she doesn’t cry the exact second she is out, you clear her airway with your pinky and rub her spine firmly to stimulate breathing.”

“I won’t let anything happen to her, Valerie. I swear on my life, I’ve got you.”

The next contraction was utterly, unimaginably brutal. I screamed, a primal, animalistic sound that echoed violently off the tight,continue reading …