Chapter 32

The smell of disinfectant was too strong but I couldn’t complain. I could barely pay the bills but I saved enough for my childbirth. Several expectant mothers like me experienced the same pain of labour, but the only difference was, that they had someone to pat their back while I had nobody.

I was alone!

Then, a sickening pain shot through my stomach, and I wrapped my arms tightly around it. It was all I could do so that I wouldn’t collapse and wither on the floor. My stomach hurts, and my back hurts. I winced in pain while I tried to massage my back. It was challenging, and my clothes were already drenched in sweat.

Then, it was gone, and I was relieved!

However, a few seconds later, I could feel a dull ache on my back and lower abdomen, and it was like I was having the worst menstrual cramps. I wanted to scream in pain, but I chose not to. Panic gradually took over for a brief moment, and I believed that a way out of the pain seemed increasingly implausibl