New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Family PLANNING

‘I did one of those cartoon-dog bewildered head shakes with a “Whaaat?” sound effect’

A handful of years ago, I was sitting in a hairdresser’s chair when she asked me a question I felt wasn’t mine to answer. We were new to each other, but

I’ve noticed that when someone is touching your head, you start telling each other intimate stories quite early in the relationship.

She was pregnant with her first child and I was delighted for her. She asked if I

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