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Mognancy: Kitty Pregnancy

May 14th 2008 21:00
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I told my workmate Kathryn that I wanted to give birth to a cat. A cat? Yes, a cat. I’m not big on human babies but puppies, kittens, ducklings…in fact most baby animals make my heart melt. Some human babies are cute (particularly those on Anne Geddes cards) but I find that most are not. Just look at newborns. Most of the time their faces look squashed, wrinkly and haggard. Sometimes you can even see forceps marks on them. Or, in my case, my head was squashed when I was born so one of my friends started calling me Egghead after she saw my baby photo. So not funny.


I’ve got a book at home called the RSPCA Complete Cat Care Manual by Dr Andrew Edney. The book has pictures of a lovely Burmese cat going through the stages of mognancy (my word for feline pregnancy). She looks so happy and at peace with herself, especially in the photo of her sitting in her kittening box, waiting to give birth. I am willing to go so far as to say she has that pregnancy glow, even though that sounds like one big cliché.

Whenever I mention pregnant cats my neighbour will tell me stories about how people would throw mother cats and their kittens into the sea and drown them. One look at the pregnant Burmese cat and I find it hard to believe how anyone could be so cruel.

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