ADULTHOOD
On September 17th 1925, Frida and her then boyfriend Alejandro Gomez Arias got in a bus accident. She wasn’t expected to survive; the good news was she did. The bad news was doctors told her she’d never be able to have children. Devastated by the news, she was determined to have a child somehow. In September of 1925 during her recovery Frida created a birth certificate for a son she never had. She named him Leonardo. She begins to paint while still in healing, she begins by experimenting with water color. In 1927 her boyfriend Alejandro departs to work in Europe. Frida by the end of the year regained contact with old school friends. She later reconnects with Diego Rivera which ends her relationship with Alejandro. They get married and she gets pregnant. Her pregnancy was terminated after 3 months. She underwent an abortion because the fetus was not positioned correctly because of her pelvic accident. She never was able to have children.