Akuyona imfihlo yokuthi umdlali wezentengileke wasemakhaya uNatalia Podolskaya olwedlule ngonyaka owedlule waba ngumama. Manje umculi futhi oshade naye akabakhuli nje indodana endala kuphela, kodwa futhi ne-vanya encane. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi isikhundla "esijabulisayo" somdwebi sifihlwe emphakathini kuze kube sekupheleni. Ngasikhathi sinye, abahlonishwa abathembekile basakwazi ukumbheka njenge-tummy eyindilinga. Usaziwayo wakujabulela kakhulu ukuba umama futhi. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi othandekayo uphumule kudala ephupha ngendodakazi, uVladimir Presnyakov wacishe waqhuma lapho ethatha umntwana osanda kuzalwa.
Uma ngoDisemba, uPodolskaya wavuma ukuthi aye ezinqubweni zokudubula kwamanye amaphrojekthi, khona-ke kamuva wanquma ukuqeda ngokuphelele zonke izingqinamba ezisebenzayo kusuka kuhlelo futhi uzinikele kwizindlalifa. Manje umlingisi ulungiselela ekhaya, uhamba ngezinyawo nezingane, futhi unakekela indodana enezinyanga ezi-3. Ngenkathi umlingisi ukhetha ukufihla ubuso bengane emphakathini, kodwa uthanda ukukhuluma ngempumelelo yengane. Ngezikhathi ezithile, umdlali akalali ebusuku, ngoba ingane i-colic. Yebo, umlingani usiza umkakhe ukukhulisa izingane, futhi amholele ngezinsuku zothando.
Ngolunye usuku, umlingisi watshelwa ukuthi ekupheleni kwenyanga yamanje ahlose ukuqeda ikhefu lokuya esikhathini. Unesiphithiphithi emndenini, kepha ubengeke afune ukuhlala ngaphandle komsebenzi ngaphandle komsebenzi. Futhi akayifihli lokho umsebenzi osekukwazile ukuwuphuthela.
"Yebo, ngincamela ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi phakathi kwezihlobo zami. Nginesheduli eguquguqukayo kusukela ukuphela kukaFebhuwari. Ngiyawuthanda kakhulu umsebenzi wami, ngakho-ke angifuni ukumlahlekelwa. Ukwethembeka, ngokwezikhathi ezithile ukwethuka kwami kuqala, njengoba nami angiqondi ukuthi ngizoyishiya kanjani osanda kuzalwa usuku lonke. Kusukela ekuseni kuze kube kusihlwa ngeke ngibe sekhaya. Indodana yami iyakhula. Kungekudala uzobe enezinyanga ezi-4. Ngiyazi ukuthi ogogo bazokwazi ukungimboza, bazobhekana nengane. Ngifuna ngempela ukuhlanganisa ngokujwayelekile nomsebenzi, kanye nokuba ngumama, "kusho uPodolskaya.