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In recent years, he had started talking about modern medical procedures, about assisted reproduction and about women who had become mothers at an advanced age.
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I always told him that we already had a beautiful family.
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But he kept looking for information.
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Three days before he died, he had convinced me to go for a consultation.
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The doctor had explained to us that a pregnancy at my age would involve extraordinary medical risks and that he did not recommend such a procedure.
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I had not started any treatment.
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Then Robert had had a heart attack and died.
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I had never talked to anyone about that visit.
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— And why did you hide this from us? Daniel asked me.
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— Because I was ashamed. I was afraid that you would think we had lost our minds.
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The doctor intervened gently.
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— I understand why this memory bothers you. But the consultation from twelve years ago cannot in itself explain what we are seeing today. We need to find out what the formation is.
