“Her whole body felt like lead. She was so tired, so incredibly, achingly tired. A heaviness that started at the top of her head pressed down, compressing her sinuses and making her temples pound. Her arms felt weighted, her thighs and calves ached.The baby’s cries became more insistent. With tremendous effort she raised her head. A strong wave of nausea enveloped her. She groped to the bathroom, heaving miserably. Nothing came out. Nothing could come out. She had been too nauseated to eat for d...ays now.A virus, she told herself, giving herself hope. Mrs Kombluth upstairs had it. The grocery lady had it. It was going around. She groped for a bathrobe. As she put it on, her breasts ached. They felt swollen, tender. Many women didn’t get their periods so regularly so soon after giving birth, she told herself. She hurried to the baby, lifting him. His diaper was wet and dirty, wetting her clothes. She put him down, and he screamed in protest. “Leave me alone,” she shouted at him, furious.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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