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over all the mirrors in the house is a testament to this. However (see last paragraph) she will ask you if she is still attractive to you. Summon up all your courage and tell the truth. Yes.

When the end is in sight, there are some things to bear in mind. One, as hard as you think it has been on you, it's been twice as hard on her, and your waddling companion is just as ready to experience the joys of get this thing out of me as you are. My wife for example, being two weeks past due, after watching a particularly serious commercial about not shaking children, grabbed her abdomen and shook vigorously shouting "Come out! Come Out! Come out!" Not surprisingly, alarmed by the rough treatment, our daughter was born the next day. In any case, the purpose of all the training, all the reading, all the breathing lessons that teach the correct way for a man to hyperventilate during delivery, all of this is to make sure that you understand exactly how little you have to say about the whole event. Any Dad who's been relegated to contraction counting (the modern day equivalent of bowling water) can attest to this.

Still unclear how to connect with the hormone crazed being who once was your loving companion? The answer is simple: just do it. Get the pickles, find the pineapple, bring the peanut butter for the pizza. Tell her she is beautiful, buy the tissues, compliment the shoes on the feet she can no longer see- the insanity, the insomnia, the hyperventilation (yours and hers) is all worth it when you hold the end result; a tiny slice of miracle, that you know could never have come from the two unbalanced people that hatched it.

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