Going by the book’s recommendations, if one were to rate Mila’s readiness for changes in life on a scale of one to five, she wouldn’t get any higher than a two. Alcohol, nicotine, excessive physical exertion and strict diets are off limits to pregnant women. The book says that a woman who is about to become a mother should take care of her future child’s health by eating well, avoiding psychological stress and spending more time outdoors. Let them give me whatever name they like.
I don’t like it – it sounds pretentious – but I don’t want to argue over trifles. I gathered this information when Mila (that’s my Mama’s name) was studying The ABC’s for Pregnant Women. This means that even before the officially recognized date of birth, the fetus is a living being, gathering enough strength so that five months later it can break out of its shell and begin to live in a new world. Modern medicine erroneously considers a child’s date of birth to be the day he or she comes into the world, although it does not deny that the embryo’s heart is already beating at four months. I knew that I existed before she knew it. Maybe this was for the best she would calm down and give up her wild life. I realized that I’d been found out – now she knew for sure that there was another life glimmering under her heart. „Excuse me, Olya, I don’t feel well,“ she said gruffly and hung up the phone, grabbing at her throat with both hands.
She reacted immediately when she felt my emotion. I shuddered, hearing that abominable word. The nausea, the colostrum… I’ll have to get another abortion.“ „Are you sure? Maybe you should go to the doctor?“ I’ve been late often, so I didn’t figure it out right away.“ „Mila, what’s up? What do you mean, ‘you’re in trouble’?…VD?“ When she called Olga from the editorial office, Olga didn’t get it at first either. To be honest, I didn’t realize at first that she was talking about me. As far as I could tell, she had three girlfriends – Zina, Valentina and Olga – and she told all of them: „I think I’m in serious trouble.“
Two weeks ago, she didn’t know that I existed, but she was worried about a vague pregnancy. Translated from Russian by Geoffrey Carlson If you do submit this information, it will be kept confidential and will be used in the compilation of data for reporting requirements.The first story The Messiah Who Might Have Been based on real events which take place in Siberia during the Cold War, when tensions between the Soviet Union and the USA affected the fates of ordinary people in a terrible way.
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