The weeks leading to delivery are a paradox of time.
You spend minutes listening to the sound of your breath, perplexed by the weight of your steps, watching your weight, too- no pun intended. Minutes that stay.
You kill hours awash in curiosity- about your little human and life after them. It’s your first time. And so, instead of getting lost in blind wonder, you read (some more) about little humans; usually beginning your search terms with ‘how to’ (insert verb), [a] (insert object – baby’). How predictable you can be!
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