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 Drugs. Take whatever pain meds you can get, at least forty-five minutes before you have to ‘walk’ to your car.

 Clothes. No, no, the Diesel jeans won’t work–this season you’ll mostly be wearing elasticated waistbands in very large sizes.

 Nerves of steel.

A good tip is to stuff your baby with milk and burp him well (see here for how) just before you leave. That way you can rule out hunger when he starts to yell (which he almost certainly will). Though your baby looks tiny, he’s relatively robust for someone that small. You’re in this together and if you want to enjoy the next few months you have–to a certain extent–to force yourself not to sweat the small stuff. From now, and for the foreseeable future, this is a very valuable thing to remind yourself of.