When I was younger, I had this idea that somebody was going to come save me at some point.

Whether it was in my marriage or during my divorce, I just felt like someone will intervene.

And yeah, that didn't happen.

This is Death, Sex, and Money.

To show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot, I need to talk about more.

I'm Anna Sale.

Sarah Short was 18 years old when she and her then boyfriend found out she was pregnant.

I had started going to college, but I didn't know what I wanted to do.

And so my first impulse was, okay, I'm going to look into adoption.

Sarah went to her first prenatal checkup, and I got her worried about how she was going

to pay her medical bills.

I didn't understand how health insurance worked, I mean, as far as I know, I think I walked

into the hospital and asked them, where do I go if I'm having a baby.

But then they told me, oh, this health insurance that you have for your dad won't cover OB

type services.

And I asked them, you know, is there something in place for poor people?

Can I set up a payment plan?

And they just said, no, no.

And so at that point, I really didn't know what to do.

And I just didn't go back to the doctor.

Sarah eventually decided to keep the baby.

She didn't have another doctor's appointment until she was seven months into her pregnancy.

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