the.com/expectant mothers
humans currently outsourcing organ-building to a stranger they already love.
means women who are pregnant, in the stretch of time between conception and delivery when a body quietly becomes two.
from from latin exspectare, to look out for or await; the phrase leans on hope rather than biology, unlike the clinical gravida used in medical charts.
blood volumeincreases nearly fifty percent during pregnancy.
heart workspumps for two, literally, nonstop.
smell senseoften sharpens dramatically in early pregnancy.
due datesonly about five percent of babies arrive exactly on them.