Seven Months Pregnant, Then My Baby Vanished

Seven months pregnant, I dozed off on the ride home after my prenatal checkup.

When I woke up, the baby inside me was gone.

I lost it completely. But my husband just laughed, his face full of that indulgent warmth. "Still half asleep? You were never pregnant, babe. What baby?"

I thought he was joking. I turned around and rushed back to the hospital.

The nurse told me I'd come in for a general physical, not a prenatal exam.

The OB-GYN shook her head too, said she'd never seen me before.