"Not with the people who don't live over here. I can't. I can walk, where others may not be able to, I can use my hands where others may not be able to. Explain to me why women are suddenly thought of as invalids the moment they announce that they're with child. I'm not so rotund that I can't perform the simplest of tasks." She knew she couldn't, or shouldn't lift over a certain amount. And she hadn't been. But the thought that she couldn't do anything was grating.