“Is it normal for the baby to have hiccups?” Jennifer asks nervously. I give her hand a tight squeeze projecting all the calm I can through our bond.
Joanna gives her a warm, reassuring smile like always. “Hiccups are absolutely normal.”
Jennifer smiles up at me and instantly relaxes again.
“These mood swings are rough,” Matthan whines.
Being bonded mind, body, and soul to a pregnant woman sure as hell gives you perspective on how easy we guys have it. Jennifer tries to block me out to spare me most of it, but I have politely told her off about that. Do I enjoy waking up several times a night because I feel Jennifer waking up with an overwhelming need to pee? No, not particularly. But she’s an eighteen-year-old going through one of the hardest changes of her life. She’s creating life
