Chapter 19
Eden
I spent the rest of my first trimester going back and forth from my mom's ranch to my apartment in Austin. I went to the gym several days a week, but other than that I took it easy. It amazed me how much a person can sleep while gestating.
I stocked my eReader with every pregnancy book I could find, and as I made my way through them, I filled my brain with information about my changing body and the developing fetus it housed. The doctor in me was fascinated with the medical side of pregnancy, and I shopped around until I found an OB/GYN I really liked.
Visiting the ranch was therapeutic, and I soon fell into mom's routine, helping feed the animals and doing chores. I was particularly fond of the mother alpaca and her baby, who had been born since my last visit. I loved
