Nobody's life had ever been so completely documented: A sheaf of legal documents and contracts at the fertility clinic, receipts from the day of insemination and follow up visits, video leading up to and upon the day of birth, a vial containing the umbilical stump and some vernix, a lock of natal hair, blood, colostrum-laced sputum, the birth certificate with its footprint, the hospital-issued striped baby blanket, videos and diaries of a few days of recovery, continuous monitoring during breast feeding and diaper changing, sleep monitors recordings, notes from doctors and followup midwife visits. One week, so far. So much time to go!
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