Summary
Highlights
The baby describes its early development, feeling alive, its heart beating, and enjoying the warmth and safety inside its mother. It expresses love for its mother and the comfort of her heartbeat as a lullaby.
The baby reveals it's a girl and hopes it makes its mother happy. It senses the mother's sadness, which makes the baby sad too, and wishes to cheer her up.
The baby shares its physical growth, like hair developing and exercising by moving its limbs, feeling its fingers and toes. It also mentions hearing discussions about being a 'blob of cells' versus a baby, affirming its existence and calling itself alive.
The baby expresses dislike for the doctor, finding him cold and heartless. It then describes a confusing and painful experience of something poking into its home, which the doctor refers to as an 'eel'.
The baby recounts the terror and pain of the abortion. It finds comfort in a 'nice man' (guardian angel) who tells it about abortion and says both he and the baby love the mother and hope for her forgiveness. The baby sorrowfully expresses all the experiences and interactions it will now miss with its mother due to the abortion.