الجمعة، 19 أبريل 2019

A letter to... new mothers, from a health visitor

I want to tell that you didn’t need to put on makeup, you didn’t even need to get dressed – certainly not on my account

You open the door with a smile, I see you are tired. You walk slowly and carefully. I wonder if you are in pain. I notice you are dressed, you’re wearing makeup. I wonder if this is for my benefit. Probably.

I sit and do my paperwork, conscious of the long lists of visits that will follow this one. There are a million things that I want to say to you.

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from Pregnancy | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2IJ7LZh

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