Maggie Nelson : "The Argonauts"

"I wait and wait and wait until I hear a sleep rattle enter his breath"

In Arabic, the word for fetus derives from jinn, which means “hidden from sight.” No matter how many ultrasounds your had, no matter how well you feel you’ve gotten to know your baby’s rhythms in utero, the baby’s body is still a revelation. A body! An actual body! I was so in awe of Iggy’s fantastic lite body that it took a few weeks for me to feel tha…