My Husband Left Me Alone in My Car While I Was in Labor – I Begged Him to Come Back, and When He Finally Called Hours Later, I Let the Phone Ring Until It Stopped

to my ear, staring at nothing while the next contraction tore through me hard enough to make me cry out. Not sob. Cry out. A sound that didn’t feel like it came from me.

I don’t remember deciding to leave. I just remember finding myself in the driver’s seat, hands shaking, belly tight, keys trembling in the ignition. I pulled out of the driveway and continue reading …