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Part II
She's 21 years old, with three children and 4 previous abortions. I didn't ask her the sequence. She's pregnant again, and wants to be checked out. She complains of pain, but she's not really tender on exam. It's too early to hear fetal heart tones. I suspect she just wants an ultrasound. She knows the routine. When the examination is completed, we find that she has a viable intrauterine pregnancy. I ask her what her plans are.

"I think I'll keep this one," she said.

She must be rich, I thought to myself. I can barely afford my two kids, and I certainly couldn't have supported four at her age.