Pregnancy seemed like a tremendous abdication of control. Something gr…

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Pregnancy seemed like a tremendous abdication of control. Something growing inside you which would eventually usurp your life. ✨ Erica Jong (2013). Fear of Flying: 40th Anniversary Edition, p.65, Open Road Media
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Pregnancy seemed like a tremendous abdication of control. Something growing inside you which would eventually usurp your life. ✨ Erica Jong (2013). Fear of Flying: 40th Anniversary Edition, p.65, Open Road Media

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