She took another breath, just for the joy of it. Then she looked down at June, who was already scrunching up her tiny face, rooting for milk, utterly unaware that for her mother, every clear breath from now on would feel like a small miracle.
She blew it. Nothing.
His eyes went wide, then soft, then he burst out laughing. “Wait. So the stuffy nose…?” pregnancy symptoms stuffy nose
He looked up from his book. “Did you figure out the nose thing?” She took another breath, just for the joy of it
The first sign wasn’t a missed period or a wave of morning sickness. For Maya, it was the nose. Nothing
She tried everything. Saline spray, a humidifier cranked to jungle-level intensity, spicy ramen for lunch. She even did a headstand against the living room wall, convinced that gravity would drain the mysterious swamp in her sinuses. Leo walked in to find her upside down, feet wiggling, looking like a very frustrated yoga instructor.
She laughed, then immediately had to stop because laughing made it harder to breathe through her mouth. “It’s a small price.”