
"The Prom Mom"
You're Wrong About
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The Politics of Babies
There is a term for this very thing. When you become pregnant, you are in deep denial of being pregnant. The new mother relates to the baby not as a joyous event but as an traumatic reminder. Denial is a coping mechanism that gives us some distance from a shocking piece of information before it sinks in.
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