Loneliness encircled Jenna when she lay in bed at night. She woke up several times in the middle of her sleep.

She felt scared being alone.

"Not knowing how she would endure such long nights alone in the future, she wondered when would days like this end."

She stroked her belly with her hand.

"There was always a faint, bloating pain in her belly. She felt as if it was going to blow up at any second. She looked up information from the internet and found that this was a normal sign during the development of the fetus. Her belly was going to be like a huge, round cannonball."

"The...