The main function of this medication was to stop the growth of the fetus. After taking it for a few days, one should follow up with another kind of medication and the dead fetus would be extracted from the mother's body.

However, perhaps it was to attract attention, or it was meant to keep her in the dark. With a little alteration made to the prescription, she would appear to be having her normal monthly flow of blood.

The price to pay was that she would lose the ...