The bright light of the early morning sun flooded into the bedroom on what was the morning after the fourth consecutive night of sleeping without interruption. The baby had moved into the nursery several months earlier but had always ended up in the middle of the super-king size bed, right between them both. The perfect aid to killing passion! These last four nights had been pure bliss.
Will woke with a start. "What time is it?!" Bleary eyed, he glanced across the bed. Jasmine was still sleeping soundly. She looked so peaceful and at ease during her slumber, a beautiful sight. Suddenly, the red flashing digits came into focus on her bedside table. "Shit! Seven forty-seven! I'm late!"
During Will's frantic attempts to get ready for work on time, Jasmine arose quite the opposite. Feeling both refreshed and elated after a full night's sleep without any interruptions, she slowly began to get herself ready. Her morning rituals used to be the most important to her, second only to her pre-date rituals. Since the progression into the third trimester, they had steadily become fewer and fewer, to a point where even managing to brush her teeth and hair was a bonus! But for the last three mornings, she began to make more of an effort to feel her version of normal again, after all, she would be returning to work soon, and the industry isn't as forgiving as the aging postman she sees six days a week. She may as well take full advantage of the baby's lie-in!
Taking her time, Jasmine slowly undressed in front of the full-length mirror in the bathroom. Taking in every inch of her silky, olive skin, she assessed the changes that bringing forth life had done. She had been warned of all the horrors of pregnancy by the girls in the office, something she found very odd, seeing as not one of them had actually been through it! Jasmine didn't care how her body had changed, she was proud of her stripes and the way her breasts had swollen to the size of honeydew melons, slightly softer than they once were. Breastfeeding meant that she had lost all of the very little baby weight that she had gained very early on after birth, and the baby yoga classes helped her to regain her pre-baby muscle tone. She felt very comfortable with her new body.