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The well-intentioned, misinformed, oversharing pregnancy experts

FOR 30-ODD WEEKS, MY BARISTA AND I HAVE HAD ROUGHLY the same routine. I order my morning coffee and he pretends he hasn’t heard me, filling in the blank with a joke. “Mocha double-shot no-fat soy latte?” I laugh every time. I like the line. I like that we can agree that that’s a terrible coffee order. And I like these small moments that can make life in a big city feel a

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