Chapter 28
Eden
"You want to deliver them now?" Panic gripped me, and I clutched tightly to the side rails of the exam table. I had come in for a routine checkup, and the doctor saw a problem on the ultrasound.
"Yes. The umbilical cord is wrapped around baby B’s neck, and I don't like the look of it. Baby B doesn’t seem to be in distress at the moment, but I'm nervous about you going home because who knows what might happen. Those babies are moving around in there, and sometimes they find themselves in the most precarious situations. Baby A is breech. He’s got his rear end on the exit door so we’re going to have to do a C-section." Doctor Taslimi’s lined face bespoke years of experience, and there was no denying his authority. Arguing with him was not an option.
The babies were only th
