Hannah Pain and blood. And then even more pain and blood. Not that anything could compare to the pain I was in now. With my breast heavy as a stone and my heart even heavier. Not giving birth on a filthy mattress, with no pain relief. Feeling as if I was being ripped apart with every tightening was nothing, absolutely nothing compared to this. I would do it over, a million time just to hold my baby in my arms. Out of all the tortures in the world, this was the worst. This abandonment. My baby was gone. I had held her for only a few minutes just seconds after she was born. She had been slippery with my blood, but I had looked upon her tiny face and felt such heart-breaking love I thought I would die. And then they had ripped her from me. clutching her to my chest uselessl

