We did try to be quiet for her sake, but sometime around the third to fourth round, we lost that battle. And given the fact that we were making up for lost time, the noises should be pretty much excusable.

...Not that I'm going to tell my mum that, of course.

"She is pregnant, after all. It's quite normal for pregnant women to sleep long," mum adds, and I feel some of the panic die down.

Not completely because there's a glint in her eyes that tells me she's well aware of everything.

"It's good she gets as much sleep as she can. Because as soon as that baby comes,...