Chapter 17

By twenty-four weeks, Rhys’s transfer to Georgia had been approved. He had rented an apartment twenty minutes from the inn. He attended our first childbirth class because I had invited him to learn about emergency decisions and support roles. I had invited him because the instructor planned to cover emergency decisions and support roles. He arrived with a notebook, two bottles of water, and no assumptions about where to sit. The classroom smelled faintly of disinfectant and rubber mats....