When our daughter came into the world, I thought the moment would overflow with joy and tears of happiness.
Instead, it became the most heartbreaking experience of my life. I had just delivered a beautiful baby girl with blonde hair and blue eyes – something that surprised us both, since my husband and I share the same dark features.
But instead of delight, I saw confusion and suspicion cloud his face. Within hours, his warmth turned cold. He began questioning everything including me. His doubts deepened so quickly that he demanded a paternity test and left to stay with his parents. For weeks, I was alone caring for our newborn while my mother-in-law coldly warned me that if the test proved the baby wasn’t his, she would “make sure I paid the price.”