I also knew that concern could become gossip at astonishing speed.

By the following weekend, someone had left a comment under Hannah’s photograph of Hope: Such a brave mama.

Some men just can’t handle responsibility.

Other comments argued about whether a child with a disability should have been brought into the world.

I read two and felt sick.

Hannah deleted the post.

“I wanted to show my cousin the baby,” she said.

“Now strangers think they get a vote on her life.”