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Imagined Life

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4.8 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

To outsiders, your life seems free and easy. But there’s something missing — a part of yourself you worry you’ll never get back.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members! You can listen to Imagine Life, add free on Amazon Music. Download the app today!
0:14.0	Aging, Dr. McGee.
0:16.0	Imagine you're in a hospital.
0:19.0	21 years old.
0:21.0	Alone on a small, cold, cot in the charity ward.
0:25.0	The only way you could afford to be here.
0:27.0	The smell of antiseptic, barely masks, even uglier smells.
0:32.0	Vomit, urine, infection.
0:35.0	Oh!
0:37.0	A wave of pain washes over you.
0:40.0	Another contraction.
0:42.0	The strongest one yet.
0:44.0	Flimsy hospital gown that barely covers your body is soaked and sweat.
0:49.0	Hello? And somebody help me?
0:53.0	Silhouettes appear behind the pale blue curtain that surrounds your cot.
0:57.0	She came in alone. No wedding ring.
1:00.0	All right, I'll prepare the paperwork.
1:03.0	Oh!
1:05.0	The pain is so intense that your vision blurs.
1:08.0	You can barely make out the two nurses who strap your feet into metal stirrups.
1:13.0	Push. Deep breaths. Push. Almost there.
1:18.0	You close your eyes and give one final body wrenching push.
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