The hospital was hectic, as the nurses bustled around to check on patients, whizzing around the receptionist’s desk as she filled out the required paperwork. The labor and delivery floor had only about thirty rooms, not including the operating room, and recovery rooms. Waddling behind a nurse as she hurriedly ushered them into the last available room on the left. As Melissa sat down on the bed, the nurse began taking her vitals all over again, as she made small talk with Nathan. The small frame of the nurse left Melissa wondering if she would get her small frame back as quickly as she had after Aiden’s birth, if she didn’t, she would be ok with how her body looked. Her body had done something miraculous that required pride in her own body.
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