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The first time I was pregnant, I interrogated my mother.

“Was your belly about this big at 14.5 weeks?” “What were your cravings at 25 weeks?” “Did you stop feeling like you could breathe, and if so, what week?” She told me she couldn’t remember, which baffled me. Pregnancy is so vivid, who could possibly lose sight of all the critical details? I assume…

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