The Mommy Miracle (2011)
“asked Dr. Reuben on Tuesday morning.
Everyone waited for her response. Mom, Dad, Elin, Jodie’s physical and occupational therapists, the neurologist and the obstetrician who’d delivered DJ nearly twelve weeks ago.
And Dev.
DJ herself was at home with Lisa. She and Elin were both schoolteachers, with the summer off, which Mom had pronounced to be a blessing. Jodie wasn’t so sure. Dev seemed restless about the baby’s absence, moving as if his empty arms needed filling, although Jodie herself had agreed there was no point in bringing the baby in for this meeting.
“No, I think I’m fine. For now,” she said brightly. “I mean, you’ve all said I can call, talk to anyone about anything at any time. You’ve said—” she turned to the obstetrician, Dr. Forbes “—that my body recovered very well from the birth itself, and that there’s no reason why I shouldn’t conceive again in the future.”
She bit her lip. Why parrot this back to him, this reassurance about her future fertility, when she hadn’t even... begun to deal with the baby she already had?MoreLess
Everyone waited for her response. Mom, Dad, Elin, Jodie’s physical and occupational therapists, the neurologist and the obstetrician who’d delivered DJ nearly twelve weeks ago.
And Dev.
DJ herself was at home with Lisa. She and Elin were both schoolteachers, with the summer off, which Mom had pronounced to be a blessing. Jodie wasn’t so sure. Dev seemed restless about the baby’s absence, moving as if his empty arms needed filling, although Jodie herself had agreed there was no point in bringing the baby in for this meeting.
“No, I think I’m fine. For now,” she said brightly. “I mean, you’ve all said I can call, talk to anyone about anything at any time. You’ve said—” she turned to the obstetrician, Dr. Forbes “—that my body recovered very well from the birth itself, and that there’s no reason why I shouldn’t conceive again in the future.”
She bit her lip. Why parrot this back to him, this reassurance about her future fertility, when she hadn’t even... begun to deal with the baby she already had?MoreLess
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