Chapter 31

• Amelia's pained cries echoed through the hospital room, as the medical team hurriedly prepped her for the C-section. I stood there, helpless, watching as they carried on with the procedure. I tried to focus on the reassuring beeps from the heart monitor.
• The moment had arrived—the birth of our son, and it was happening through a C-section. The seconds stretched into eternity, and I could hardly breathe until the doctor's voice finally broke through the tense silence. I stood by her side, holding her hand tightly, trying to offer as much comfort as I could. It was a tense moment, one that had been marked by a difficult journey, but here we were, on the brink of welcoming a new life into the world.
• "It's a boy," the doctor announced, holding up our newborn son, wrapped in a tiny white blanket.