I was in labor, exhausted and in pain, when my mother-in-law Regina decided my mom didn’t “belong” in the delivery room because she “wasn’t paying for the hospital bill.” But karma moved fast, and the second she turned around after kicking my mom out, she realized her little power play was overThe truth about childbirth isn’t what they tell you in those pastel-colored books. It’s not just about breathing exercises and magical moments. It’s about being stripped down to your most vulnerable self, your body and heart split wide open.You’re exhausted, in pain, and relying on the people around you to support you through it. So imagine my horror when, in the middle of my contractions, my mother-in-law kicked my mom out of the delivery room.
And her reason was this:
I wanted to scream and fight. But I was too weak and exhausted. And my mother-in-law, Regina? She was smirking… until she turned around. Because the moment she did, she gasped and went pale.
Let me back up…
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