LAURA
Today was my first OB-GYN appointment and I was excited for it. Alex, too. We were eager to see how the baby was doing.
We'd just finished showering together—only because we cared about the earth and wanted to conserve water and not at all because we couldn't keep our hands off each other, of course—and I'd scoured my underwear drawer for the most boring set I owned and found this full coverage cotton panties I couldn't remember ever wearing before.
I WAS WEARING FULL COVERAGE PANTIES.
Why did I feel the need to wear boring underwear, one might ask. Well, because I was going to the doctor's and I felt like it was warranted. I wasn't sure why. I just felt like it.
I was dragging plain black leggings up my legs when Alex walked out of the closet, eyes lingering on my b
