A 62-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER REVEALED SHE WAS PREGNANT—BUT WHEN HER DAUGHTER DEMANDED TO KNOW THE FATHER, THE TRUTH SHOOK THE ENTIRE FAMILY

doctors had been completely honest. The risks were immense: high blood pressure, gestational diabetes, premature birth, heart complications, and serious dangers during delivery. The baby might survive. Socorro might not. They both might suffer.

And still, whenever she rested her hand against her lower belly, she felt not certainty, but connection.

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