When I arrived at the hospital in the evening with contractions, my husband and I were waiting for the appearance of our fourth child. That is, at that time our family was already «hopelessly large».
My second and third boys are twins, although neither my husband nor I had twins in the family. Therefore, upon the fact of my next pregnancy, the main family question (with a bit of humor, of course) was: «what if there are twins again?».Our grandparents were very surprised, we had to help everyone at first. Thanks to the ultrasound, it was possible to find out whether the twins were twins or not at the second screening. But no, the fourth «ninja» went alone.». Our grandparents were very surprised, we had to help everyone at first. Thanks to the ultrasound, it was possible to find out whether the twins were twins or not at the second screening. But no, the fourth «ninja» was walking alone.
Finally, it’s all over… I was put in a paid single room, which my husband and I paid for in advance. And a couple of hours later they brought me my baby for feeding. A few minutes later, the head doctor came to my room and spoke with downcast eyes.
— We have such a situation here …this morning, an 18-year-old woman gave birth to a girl, wrote a rejection letter, called a taxi and left the hospital. She barely walks after giving birth, but she didn’t want to stay in the hospital for a minute. Hysterics, I had to let go.
— And the girl is so pretty, healthy. And you, as I know, really wanted twins.
— I ‘ve been thinking … Can you take the baby?
— And we will write that you gave birth…
— So I don’t want to give the child to the baby’s house. What kind of life is there for a baby? Tears alone ….
— Of course, it’s illegal, you can go through the official adoption procedure, but it’s MONTHS, and it’s not a fact yet that they will give it away.
— And all this time the child will be in the orphanage. Sorry …
To be honest, I was stunned …
She was well acquainted with the manager, Lyubov Stepanovna. A nice woman, very kind. We also talked outside the hospital. Therefore, apparently, she turned to me with such a «slippery» offer. But at stake is the life and fate of the child who was abandoned… I made the decision almost instantly!
— Ah, — I say, — it wasn’t, — come on. We just don’t have enough fifth child to equal the score.
I said it as a joke, of course, but in every joke, you know…By the way, all my children are boys, and my husband dreamed so much about his daughter… It was in the dashing nineties, then children were not registered through the guardianship authorities.
My Oksana was just recorded as mine, the second in a double. And she explained to her family as follows, they say, it happens that the second child is not visible on the ultrasound for the first child. Therefore, the relatives did not ask a lot of questions, they were surprised only, wow, twins twice.
Only my husband was aware, and accepted my decision «with a bang». The funny thing is, Oksana is very similar to him, the same blue-eyed and blonde.
Now the children have grown up, and no one even suspects that Oksana is not our native. Yes , I forget about it myself … dear!
Would you dare to make such a difficult decision?
