June
June asked:

What exactly does it mean by Esther getting 'fitted'? And what is the brown bix she carries out of the hospital? Also, why does she start bleeding after she has sex, does that have something to do with the fitting she got?

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Lene Kristine I assumed it was a fitting for a diaphragm, which she then carried out from the hospital in the box.. Not sure about the bleeding
Rachel She was fit with a diaphragm, it came in the box. She was hemorrhaging after sex. It’s rare, like the dr said in the ER, one in a million. He never tells Esther why, but he can see from where (perhaps she had a polyp, who knows). It’s not because of the fitting, it’s from having sex.
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