The room was filled with a tense silence as the doctors gathered around the elderly woman lying on the hospital bed. Her heart pounded in her chest, the anticipation quickly transforming into anxiety. The doctors’ grave expressions were enough to unsettle anyone, let alone someone about to give birth.
“What’s wrong, doctor?” she asked, her voice tinged with both fear and the resilient determination that had carried her through the past nine months. The doctors hesitated, searching for the right words. Finally, Dr. Miller, the head physician, stepped forward and spoke gently.
“Ma’am, we’ve conducted a thorough examination, and it appears there’s been a significant misunderstanding,” he said, carefully choosing each word. “Your symptoms and physical changes were not due to a pregnancy.”
