Monique Thelen is lying on an operating table and is crying. On the radio, Ed Sheeran sings about a woman who is stronger than anyone he knows. From a woman who is the love of his life and one day the mother of his children. “Our wedding song,” Monique sobs, then smiles at the doctor sitting between her spread legs.

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