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“Cool!” The six-year-old cocked her head to the side. “That sounds a whole lot easier than trying to shove a whole baby out of a hole this big.” She held up her thumb and forefinger, leaving barely a centimeter of space between them.
“That hole grows when it’s time for the baby to be born.” Rose lifted her hand beside Sianin’s and spread her thumb and forefinger as wide as they could go. “Ten centimeters.”
Sianin looked to her mother’s hand, then to Hannah. She grabbed Rose’s hand and moved it to the top of Hannah’s head. “Her head’s a lot bigger than that.”
Rose snorted. “Remember, her head was a lot smaller when she was a newborn. And do you remember when Daddy and I told you to be very careful with their heads? It’s because their skulls weren’t fused. So the tops of their heads were soft and squishy to make it easier for them to squeeze through. And the birth canal is a bit soft and stretches to help.”
Sianin didn’t look convinced. “Doesn’t that hurt?”
“It can,” Rose answered. “Some women have a harder or easier time in childbirth.”
“How was it for you?” Ainsley asked, popping a grape into her mouth.
“All of you were different experiences,” Rose said. “Ainsley, you came so early that I was too concerned about your health to notice much of anything else. Sian, you were my biggest baby and took your sweet old time coming out, so you were a tad painful. And the twins… Well, I kept expecting it to get worse when suddenly they were born. But I would do it all again, a million times over, to have you four in my life.”
James smiled at his incredible wife, his heart swelling in his chest. She was the strongest woman he knew. He was so proud of her, and so thankful for her for giving life to their children.
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