WHEN I SAW THE BABY MY WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO, I WAS READY TO LEAVE HER — BUT THEN SHE SAID, "THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED TO TELL YOU." My wife and I are both Black. We've been together for 10 years and married for 6. We'd been planning to have a baby for a long time, so when my wife finally got pregnant, I was overjoyed. But she asked me not to be in the delivery room, even though I wanted to support her, so I respected her wishes. When the doctor came out, his expression terrified me. "Is something w