But a single tumble down the stairs of their home put all of that out of reach. She hadn't told her husband she was expecting yet. There had been other babies after their son was born that hadn't survived long. She was terrified that the pregnancy they had been hoping for would end like all of the others but one. Her mother struggled with miscarriages throughout her too-short life. Whatever was the cause of her misfortunes appeared to be passed on to her daughter.