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I agreed to carry my sister’s baby — but when he was born, my mom took one look at him and cried, “Oh God… not again.” My sister Claire had wanted to be a mother for as long as I could remember. Not in a dramatic way. She just always talked about it like it was part of her future. A house, a steady marriage, two kids running around the kitchen. But after seven years of treatments, losses, and doctors using soft voices, Claire and her husband, Evan, were told she couldn’t carry a pregnancy safely. I already had two kids. My pregnancies had been easy. My marriage was steady. And Claire was my little sister. So when she asked me, crying at my kitchen table, if I would carry their baby, I said yes before she even finished the question. My husband worried. My father said it was too much. But my mother? She went strangely quiet. “You don’t have to fix everything for your sister,” she told me once. “I’m not fixing anything,” I said. “I’m helping her become a mom.” For nine months, Claire came to every appointment. She cried at the first heartbeat. Painted the nursery pale green. Rested her hand on my stomach and whispered, “That’s my son.” For nine months, I told myself this was simple: my body, their baby, our family helping each other. Until the day he was born. The delivery room was full of happy tears. Claire stood beside my bed, shaking as the nurse placed the baby in her arms. “He’s perfect,” she sobbed. Then my mother walked in. She had been smiling when she entered. But the moment she saw the baby, all the color drained from her face. She grabbed the side of the bed like her knees might give out. “Mom?” I whispered. She didn’t look at me. She stared at the newborn in Claire’s arms and began to cry. “Oh God,” she said, covering her mouth. “Not again.” ⬇️
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