The birth went smoothly, and Sarah was born.
“So beautiful… so beautiful…”
Sarah’s mother asked for an hour to hold her.
Then, she asked for five more minutes. Just five more minutes.
The couple who were adopting Sarah agreed, and the doctor nodded to them.
He added a little something to the IV, and Sarah’s mother fell asleep with her baby in her arms.
The nurse picked up Sarah, and handed her to the new parents.
Sarah’s mother slept soundly for hours, dreaming of the perfect life with Sarah.
And when she woke up, she screamed to wake the dead.
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It describes a consequence of not thinking before giving an unborn child in adoption. If Sarah had waited to give birth, then maybe she would have decided differently and be able to keep her baby.
On a different perspective, it may have been a consequence of being a surrogate mother. Maybe in the beginning, it was an easy decision, but after nine months of gestation, her feelings for the unborn baby grew strong, and now she has to hand the child to the legal parents. A heart breaker.
I correct, Sarah’s mother. Sarah is the baby.