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As Wendy drives Jonah to her parents’ house, she tells him there is nothing personal about the change; she just thinks it will work out better. Marilyn asks Jonah when she should wake him up, but he keeps assuring her that he has his alarm set. While he says he can walk to school, she tells him that David can drive him if he would like. Marilyn and David offer to help him with his homework.
Marilyn and David decide to have another baby when they notice how tall their three girls have gotten. Gillian is Marilyn’s doctor, and Marilyn finds this a little uncomfortable because Gillian is David’s colleague. David cannot make it to one of the appointments, and Marilyn begins to cry because pregnancy is making her feel lonely and exhausted.
The family goes out to eat to celebrate a play that Wendy joined because she had a crush on one of the boys involved in the production. Wendy tries to tell her family about the experience, but Marilyn is in a lot of pain with contractions. Wendy is grossed out by an explanation of what practice contractions are. Wendy remembers the story of her birth and how she was large as a baby.
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