Rain was pouring down relentlessly the night everything shifted. By the time I finally made it home, I wasn\u2019t alone\u2014and the expression on my husband\u2019s face said everything the moment he realized who was with me.<\/p>\n
When I left work that evening, I barely recognized my own body.<\/p>\n
My feet were swollen, my lower back ached with a constant, heavy pain, and the baby pushed upward so fiercely it felt like my ribs were being pried apart from the inside.<\/p>\n
At eight months pregnant, nothing feels magical. It feels slow and exhausting\u2014like carrying a truth so heavy you can\u2019t put it down, no matter how much you need to rest.<\/p>\n
I shuffled toward the parking garage, one hand supporting my belly, the other gripping the railing for balance.<\/p>\n
I\u2019d kept working full-time throughout my pregnancy\u2014partly because finances demanded it, but mostly because staying busy was easier than sitting at home and watching my marriage quietly fall apart.<\/p>\n
Around my sixth month, Travis had decided the pregnancy was entirely my responsibility.<\/p>\n
He never said it directly. He didn\u2019t need to. My 32-year-old husband simply stopped showing up. No more doctor visits. No cooking. No asking how I felt.<\/p>\n
Instead, Travis started going to the gym twice a day\u2014once in the morning and once at night.
\n\u201cSomeone in this family has to stay in shape,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The first time, I laughed because it sounded like a bad joke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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