i think i understand now

why some people can talk of nothing other than pregnancy when they're pregnant. it's the three-month wait to say anything. every time see a pregnant woman on the street car i want to say, "i'm pregnant too!" not too mention how many of my friends i'm sure have guessed something is up by my constant exhaustion (new wrinkle there: now i wake up at three or four o'clock in the morning, and can't fall asleep again for at least an hour). one friend has guessed that i'm pregnant twice. co-workers have said "maybe you've got what r. has" (r. being pregnant herself).

i can see how all of this bottled-up everything would lead to an explosion after a while.