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My Mother Had No Idea I Survived Her Abortion
Growing up in Storm Lake, Iowa, I always knew I was adopted. My sister, Tammy, who's four years older than me, was also adopted.
That was the norm in our house.
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It was actually a thrilling surprise when our mother, who suffered from a hormonal imbalance that made getting pregnant difficult, found out she was expecting our little brother just before my seventh birthday.
Tammy and I were typical sisters, and we fought like it.
It was during one of these explosive arguments, when I was 14, that I learned the devastating truth about my birth. "At least my parents wanted me!" she blurted out. I couldn't understand why she thought she was more wanted by her biological parents than I was.
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She told me to ask mom and dad for the truth.
Melissa, age 18.
I waited up for our mom to get home from work that night. When I asked, I could tell it was something she didn't want to talk about.
It took a long time before she finally s