A baby's a full time job for three adults. Nobody tells you that when …

Erica Jong
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A baby's a full time job for three adults. Nobody tells you that when you're pregnant, or you'd probably jump off a bridge. Nobody tells you how all-consuming it is to be a mother-how reading goes out the window and thinking too. ✨ Erica Jong (2006). Fear of Fifty, p.43, Penguin
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