“We are trained to be unsure of our own conceptions, to leave it in the hands of an exterior industry. I fight back against this conditioning in small ways, like giving different dates of my last menstrual period when asked.”
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“When you unexpectedly find yourself in hospital with a poorly newborn (and still recovering from a c-section yourself) 35 miles from home, missing your husband and other children, frightened for the baby you’ve just brought into the world, then magic, prayer and ritual have never been more important, but also must be improvised.”
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