PregnancyAnna was now three months pregnant and Marco was accompanying her to the first ultrasound. In fact, the gynecologist had recommended an exam at twelve weeks, followed by another at twenty.
Despite the doctor’s reassurance that everything was going well, Anna was nervous: it had been nineteen years since she’d last been pregnant, after all.
Laying on the bed, her shirt pulled up to uncover her belly, she held Marco’s hand tightly. On the monitor, the fetus’ outline was clear, but the single parts couldn’t be distinguished yet: head, arms, hands, feet, and gender all would be visible in a few months’ time. For the moment Anna and Marco experienced the unique feeling of hearing the baby’s fast heartbeat.
A month after she’d broken the news of her pregnancy, Sergio had called. He’d
