As I’ve said before, all of our friends are having babies. The Wife and I are in our early 30s — the real baby-making years — so you can imagine how the infants are dropping all around us like soft pink raindrops. And it isn’t just our friends; it’s friends of friends. Third cousins, casual acquaintances and co-workers… they’re all multiplying like gremlins.
My German wife is still on the fence about the whole ‘having kids’ idea (as am I), so she really notices when someone in her daily life is about to make sperm blossoms. She has all sorts of colorful ways for describing the different stages of human gestation, and I was not at all surprised when she said of her new co-worker:
THE WIFE: “When I first met her, she was highly pregnant.”
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Oh God, My Wife Is German. 
Haha sure translates right into german. Hochschwanger is what we call a woman in her last weeks of pregnancy.
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Totally! I had no clue at the time, of course. :) It’s been a real educational journey.
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I believe you get that through the air. Must buy mask!
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Haw haw! I know, right? Don’t catch that baby-fever!
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Your children would have a fantastic advantage though, growing up bilingual in English and German! I wish I could have offered my kids such a chance.
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