The Mom Who Became a Foster Parent After a Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy

Ever since Angela began working in child care — first as a day-care teacher, and later as a nanny — people told her that she would be a great mother. And she agreed with them: For as long as she could remember, she had wanted two or three kids. So when she married Brad, she told him she wanted to start trying for a baby right away. The couple, who lived in Chicago, were both conservative Christians. Angela’s periods had always been irregular, so she was convinced it would take them a long time to conceive. 

But around the same time, Angela also decided that she could no longer live with the back pain she’d been dealing with for the last six months, ever since she’d bent over to pick up one of her babysitting charges and felt something pop. She made an appointment with a surgeon who ordered an MRI and then recommended surgery to remove a herniated disc.

The Virgo sun and unpredictable Uranus work together today to shake up your life and draw you out of your comfort zone. This might sound like the last thing you want, but when you’re stuck in a rut, a bit of unexpected change can be exactly what you need. Find out what this means for your sign.

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