Regina It was hard to imagine that just a few months ago, I had seriously considered aborting this pregnancy. Since that time the idea of motherhood had slowly grown on me, and I had fallen in love with the little soul that was growing inside me. The idea of losing her now was… terrifying. I was also worried about informing my bosses at the publishing house that I was on leave, effective immediately. I could do a lot of my work from my laptop at home, but effective immediately, I would not be able to come into the office. Luckily, I now had a capable junior editor working with me. He would be able to take over most of the work which required in-person meetings. But I was still a little worried about my job. The publishing world was an intense, dog-eat-dog business. Taking a regular m