Having recently given birth to my first child, I am fresh from the experience of a physical transformation, the expansion and birthing and shrinking, that is unique to growing a child. Something which I discovered during this time is that pregnancy and motherhood are rich with metaphor. We expand physically, taking up more room everyday, and often are faced with intense discomfort. Swelling, nausea, heartburn—the woes of a pregnant body are commonly known, but the internal j