Dr. Hill was always telling me that some discomfort during pregnancy was perfectly normal. It had gotten to the point where the two things were linked in my mind: the discomfort was the baby, and the more I suffered, the healthier the baby would be. This wasn’t just me being a martyr. Pregnancy books all said women who experienced morning sickness were less likely to have a miscarriage. It put me in the bizarre position of hoping for the pain, the nausea.
