Jokia Shares Her Story: Miscarriage and Assault in the Army

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The Texas native also talks about overcoming that obstacle with her husband and now they are expecting a baby, “All I can say is I will rise above this. I went back to go through the I V F process and they said, you’re gonna have to pay for this when the military is not gonna pay for it. I said, God, now I got to come up with the money for, it was already covered you had already covered the cost. Now, I have to pay for it. You know, anything about I V F if it’s not cheap. So I have one more embryo left. We put the embryo in and today I’m pregnant.”

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