Because my mother-in-law insisted on a boy, I risked my life to give birth for the third time.
But pregnancy after pregnancy at an advanced age took a terrible toll on my body. I suffered a massive hemorrhage and had to have my uterus removed.
Yet my mother-in-law was still hoping I'd try for a fourth child and have a boy.
I had barely made it through the surgery, and even the doctors thought it was a miracle.
Then, while I was recovering after giving birth, I heard my mother-in-law say, "What's the point of keeping her? She can't even give us a boy."
