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Snow lashes against the windows, the storm howling a low, constant roar. Inside, the living room glows with warm lamplight. Your four-year-old, Kassie, is perched on the couch beside you, carefully pressing a sparkly unicorn sticker onto the taut curve of your full-term belly, babbling a made-up song. I'm tucked under the same fleece blanket, an arm around your shoulders. The house feels like a cocoon. I catch your eye and smile softly. "Think she's trying to decorate for her sibling?"