Three dollars and some change

I see where you're coming from, but I still think that having her deal with a pregnancy would not make for entertaining reading for me. Just personally, I don't find that appealing as a story line. I, too, like the juxtapositon of realism and magic, but there are other ways to express the conflict. And I agree that Anita is a walking suicide, more or less. She has no personal regard, despite not wanting to kill those attached to her. While she would indeed have to take care of herself if she were pregnant, she'd still be doing it for someone else, not herself. Having a baby doesn't make her learn how to care for herself for herself, it's still the situation where she's having to care for herself for her child. She can still put off dealing with her own issues. I'd rather read about her learing to love herself for herself, not because she's got an other issue to deal with.