After years of fertility struggles and heartbreak, Anna’s husband suddenly wants to be a dad. To another woman’s baby, not hers. He once cried with her through failed attempts, now he’s drawn to his pregnant, single friend, leaving Anna stunned and heartbroken.
Here’s a letter from Anna and her story:
Hi,
My husband Nick and I have been married for 12 years. We’ve spent over 8 of them trying for a baby. Doctor visits, fertility treatments, heartbreak after heartbreak.
I’m infertile, and we grieved that… or at least I thought we did. Enter Emma, his childhood best friend.
She’s always been part of our lives. I never liked their closeness, but I respected their history. Until now.
Emma got pregnant after a brief fling with a guy whom she barely knew. He bailed. She decided to raise the baby as a single mom.
Now, weeks from her due date, she wants Nick to be her birth partner, and not just that, she wants him listed as the baby’s father. Her reasoning? “He’s the closest thing to a dad the baby will have,” and “he doesn’t have kids, so what’s the big deal?”