Status Updates From 9 Months In, 9 Months Out: ...

The first 140 pages are pretty immature—a lot of whining on the "experience" side (clearly she doesn't believe she's carrying an eternal soul but rather "just" a fetus—"parasite," "debacle," & other phrases expressing annoyance & inconvenience made me question why she decided to have a child in the first place) & a lot of condescension & poorly cited, even untrue, statements on the "science" side. Gets better though.

The opening was a little abrasive but if I've gained anything from pregnancy so far it's a greater sense of compassion & higher threshold for judgement. I simply never cared about my career that much & it was easy for me to ditch the career model for the trad family model. I'm stoked to be a wife, mother, and homemaker. I feel, more than anything, a deep sense of pity for those who feel torn by competing desires.