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"I pretty much thought I knew what pregnancy does to a person. I mean, I&amp;amp;#8217;ve seen literally dozens and dozens of good friends and relatives go through the transformation. But I was wrong&amp;amp;#133;Last night we were lying in bed, and I was checking out the growing belly. And the inflating breasts (it happens, you know). And then Blossoms and I got to talking. Pregnancy doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t just change the silhouette you cut, it basically transforms your body from head to toe in a pretty profound way neither one of us had really understood. Your feet swell, your veins bulge, your nipples can get weird (again, the pregnancy books; thanks for freaking us out!), your hips expand, your hair changes in texture and starts growing like weeds in the rain forest. We got out of bed and stood in the mirror and just beheld the insanity. &amp;amp;#8216;I can&amp;amp;#8217;t imagine what that would be like,&amp;amp;#8217; I said to Blossoms. And she said, &amp;amp;#8216;You know what&amp;amp;#8217;s weird? I can&amp;amp;#8217;t either, and it&amp;amp;#8217;s happening to me!&amp;amp;#8217; Then I asked her how she felt about it. And she said, &amp;amp;#8216;To be honest, sometimes it really freaks me out. A lot of the time it&amp;amp;#8217;s the best feeling in the world, my whole body changing to create this thing. Other times I feel certain I was kidnapped by Martians who replaced my body with someone else&amp;amp;#8217;s.&amp;amp;#8217; Do you guys get freaked out about the whole my-body-is-no-longer-mine-alone thing? The weight gain? The totally human metamorphosis? If you&amp;#x27;ve never been through it, are you looking forward to that part, or scared about it? Photo: iStock "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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