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Patricia, tell me the backstory to this photo.

So believe it or not, it's 13 years ago, just the other week.

My son, I was pregnant with my first baby, and I didn't know what I was having.

And because I was a professional dancer, I knew Lois Greenfield. And we had many friends in common. She had, you know, is a very famous, wonderful, beautiful dance photographer. And she's known for getting people in flight. But I said to her, you know, Lois, I never took any photos. And I'm due in a few days. And she's like,

you know what? Let's do it. Let's clear the calendar. And I was like, all right. And I went after my

patients were done on a Tuesday. And I ran in. We did all sorts of like beautiful posed photos.

And then at the end of the shoot, she's like, I mean, you're almost dude. Do you want to jump? And I'm like, I don't advise my patients to do this, but let's do it. You know? And so I did. And she's like, look, worst case scenario, your water breaks. Like, I know what to do. You know, and who knows? Maybe you'll have them on my birthday. So wait. So what happens?

I jump about, I don't know, it felt like I was like literally like this much off the floor,

but she has this beautiful photo that she captured and the air was going in my face. I felt like,

you know, a superstar. And, and then I was, I took about maybe 15 or so

jumps and we got the shot and I just fell in love with it. And that was that. It was just for me

and my family. And then, uh, I was definitely swollen after that. And I gave birth three days later to my first sons of nine pounds vaginally without

anything, not even an epidural.

And right on Lois Greenfield's birthday, right on her birthday.

It was crazy.

That's an crazy story.

Yeah, that's something that I would not imagine myself doing nine months pregnant a few days before.

Maybe my due date.

What would you tell your younger self now about motherhood if you had the opportunity to talk to her?

I would say relax and enjoy it because it passes so quickly.

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