When Helena de Groot got married she didn't want children, but her husband did. For eight years, love was enough to paper over their differences. Then an unplanned pregnancy forced them to finally choose.
Listen to her terrific new podcast Creation Myth, out now from the CBC.
This episode was produced by Andrew Dunn.
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