The nausea hasn’t gone away—and neither has the pain. The baby’s been moving around for some time now, and sometimes I feel a heaviness around my hips, but ever since my last visit to the doctor, the kicking has gotten even stronger. The pain is entirely different now: an intense pressure on my organs that makes me feel like I can’t breathe. Sometimes it’s too painful to move. The baby seems entirely indifferent to my will. When I try to sleep, he starts kicking. Then, when it seems like he’s finally done, he launches into a somersault. When he presses against my bladder or my cervix, the pain
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