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When we mentioned we would soon be welcoming a new addition to the household, we were generally met with one of three responses: silence; suggestions of bravery; declarations of stupidity. Rare were the squeals of delight and outpourings of emotion we’d received four months previously when we announced I was pregnant with a baby expected in late October, instead we were issued with warnings of bad timing and a ridiculously heavy workload. ‘Can’t you wait?’ they asked us. ‘Do you really think that’s wise?’ The honest answer to both questions is most likely the same: no… Share your views with The Contented? Maybe.