Pregnancy& Maternity
“It’s probably nothing,” she said.
The nurse did not agree.
She wrote abdominal pain, severe bloating, weakness across the top of the hospital intake form.
Then she looked at my mother’s face, and something in her expression shifted.
“I’m going to have the doctor see you as soon as possible,” she said.
My mother tried to joke again.
“See? VIP treatment.”
Nobody laughed.
At 9:46 AM, the doctor came in.
He was calm, polite, and careful.
He asked questions my mother answered with less patience each time.
Pregnancy& Maternity
Then he pressed gently around her abdomen.
She flinched.
She tried to hide it, but the movement was there.
