Days pass, and her worries multiply.
She can hardly focus as her pregnancy begins to speed up.
Each day feels more intense than the last. She visits the hospital for check-ups, but the concerns remain.
How is she going to feed them, take care of them and protect them when she can barely do the same for herself?
“Maybe... maybe it would be better to terminate the pregnancy,” she thinks, heart heavy with the idea.
“They deserve a better chance at life than what I can offer.”
* * *
A week later, Maya finds herself back at the hospital.
She needs to discuss what she wants to do with the pregnancy before it gets too late.
Her heart pounds as she sits in the waiting room, watching families come and go. Parents cradle their newborns; laughter mingles with the beeping of machines, a har
