Motherhood. It changes everything. The pace. The depth. The texture. The journey to motherhood itself has been full of rich layers. The molding, shaping, and transforming that starts to take place within us, even before it has started. Everything begins long before we can even feel it. Our fingers press against a blank canvas, drumming lightly in anticipation for what is to come to fruition. Dawn arrives with a single mark, a single stroke, a single gesture. Perhaps this gene