Teresa Matheny

It's a perfect scam.

Heart attack, stroke, cancer.

Heart attack, stroke, cancer.

Heart attack, stroke, cancer.

No, no, not at all. And we knew it was bullshit. We knew.

No, no, not at all. And we knew it was bullshit. We knew.

No, no, not at all. And we knew it was bullshit. We knew.

Our birth mom is hooked up to the monitors. She is frantically trying to get a hold of her partner who doesn't have the phone. She's terrified. She's alone. She doesn't know us. She has no support there.

Our birth mom is hooked up to the monitors. She is frantically trying to get a hold of her partner who doesn't have the phone. She's terrified. She's alone. She doesn't know us. She has no support there.

Our birth mom is hooked up to the monitors. She is frantically trying to get a hold of her partner who doesn't have the phone. She's terrified. She's alone. She doesn't know us. She has no support there.

And that's when I started recording.

And that's when I started recording.

And that's when I started recording.

She whispered to me and said, you know you still have a balance due to me.

She whispered to me and said, you know you still have a balance due to me.

She whispered to me and said, you know you still have a balance due to me.

She was like, just go to the NICU or whatever. And I'm sitting here looking at this human being, a woman who has carried this baby for nine months, has given this baby up for adoption and has no one there with her. It was heartbreaking. The most important thing to me at that moment was consoling her. And I asked her permission. I said, is this okay? Is it okay for me to go to the NICU?

She was like, just go to the NICU or whatever. And I'm sitting here looking at this human being, a woman who has carried this baby for nine months, has given this baby up for adoption and has no one there with her. It was heartbreaking. The most important thing to me at that moment was consoling her. And I asked her permission. I said, is this okay? Is it okay for me to go to the NICU?

She was like, just go to the NICU or whatever. And I'm sitting here looking at this human being, a woman who has carried this baby for nine months, has given this baby up for adoption and has no one there with her. It was heartbreaking. The most important thing to me at that moment was consoling her. And I asked her permission. I said, is this okay? Is it okay for me to go to the NICU?

And she said, yes. And so that's when I went to the NICU.