“El bebé tiene dos brazos!” Dr. Mario said. He turned and looked at me expectantly.
“Uh, bueno!” I said. Two arms was good, exactly the number of arms we were hoping for.
Dr. Mario, a fetal development specialist, was referred to us by Andrea’s OB-GYN. At age 40 Andrea is staunchly in the “geriatric pregnancy” category and with that particular and vaguely…
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