"Absent are the dramatic screeches and cries of television sitcom labor. This is the sound of someone exploring their limits. This is the sound of someone's life changing.

"The woman moans through each contraction, and you feel a tug deep inside of you, an urge, an awakening, that you never knew was there before. Your body nearly sways with the force of it. There are entire oceans, planets, universes, in your womb."

- East Side Girl, Unnecessary Use of the Second Person in a Post, May 30, 2008

If you're all not reading East Side Girl, you are missing out. A good majority of the pregnancy journals I've read (admittedly, not a lot) are all peppered with the usual inspiring and loving platitudes you'd think, but not many chronicle an incredibly difficult pregnancy. ESG is on bed rest, and has been for some time now, and her writing through it is just humbling, amazing.

SHE is amazing.

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