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WE SHOULD TALK MORE ABOUT THE GOOD PARTS OF PARENTING

FROM THE MOMENT I ANNOUNCED I WAS PREGNANT, the comments started rolling in:

Hope you’re ready to never sleep again.
All your hair is going to fall out.
Just wait until he’s a toddler.
Just wait until he’s a teenager!
Do you know what an episiotomy is?

They came from friends, from co-workers, from strangers who saw my belly. (OK, the last one was my doctor.)

At first while picking their nose and wiping it on your unused diploma.

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