"And I'm going to be enormous," Annie noted, which was going to be a whole thing for someone with her existing body issues to grapple with, but she also could already feel those particular, vain anxieties already making themselves known. "Especially if -- you know, we've been getting accurate previews the last few years."

Annie was trying not to have expectations, but it was hard when the island where you lived made a habit of inviting your future children to visit.