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"I&amp;#039;ve never been a girl who coos over babies. I don&amp;#039;t notice strollers on the sidewalk unless they&amp;#039;re threatening to run me down, and when I scurry out of the way, I never look back to peek at their tiny occupants. If I hear a baby crying, instead of rushing to comfort it I&amp;#039;m more apt to be looking for the nearest exit. I haven&amp;#039;t actually held an infant since my days of moonlighting as a babysitter during high school. And I&amp;#039;m okay with that. Suffice to say, I don&amp;#039;t have any maternal instinct to speak of\u2014yet. I&amp;#039;m hoping by the time the baby arrives something kicks in. Still, my husband and I have spent the past several weekends with friends and their little ones, and I can&amp;#039;t say I get them. How&amp;#039;s a mom supposed to guess that screeching paired with flailing arms means &amp;quot;I want to be picked up and bounced,&amp;quot; while vigorous head shaking translates to &amp;quot;Hello, I&amp;#039;m ready for a nap&amp;quot;? Damned if I know.  With only a month to go, should I have a maternal instinct by now? Will it come for sure by the time the baby arrives? Or are baby and I both in for a rough start? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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