Send a text In this episode of Metro Detroit Birth Stories, my friend Erica shares the story of welcoming her middle child—the only one she carried herself—into a family built through both adoption and a deeply desired, long-awaited pregnancy. With pre-existing reproductive health concerns, Erica and her care team thoughtfully planned a cesarean birth. She reflects on what it was like to prepare for a surgical birth, how it felt to finally experience pregnancy after years of navigating fertil...