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I Had an Ultrasound. The Doctor Shook My World

WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I MAR-ried in September 2020, the biggest obstacle in our minds was COVID. We never anticipated that an entirely different virus was about to have such a profound impact on our lives.

We bought a house together and one year after we were married, I was nine weeks pregnant and attending a prenatal visit.

During what I thought would be my first ultrasound appointment, one of the doctors pulled me aside and gave me the news that shook my world: I had tested positive for HIV.

When they brought my husband in and shared the news

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