"I didn't expect that would apply to me. Like every other pregnant woman who blithely says that they couldn't imagine how having a baby would change their life that much, I thought that meeting up every week with a group of women I might have nothing in common with other than having spawned offspring in the same month wouldn't be my thing."  Glad to contribute to this great piece by Annie Brown: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/motherhood-has-connected-me-to-my-neighbourhood-more-than-ever-before-20180705-p4zpo7.html