Pregnancy bias

Summary

My water broke on Halloween night.

My mother-in-law blocked the front door. "Hold it in! Having a baby today is a bad omen! It’ll curse the whole family for a year. It's bad luck!"

Later, when she was sick with a stomach bug, puking her guts out and desperate to go to the hospital, I pulled up a horoscope app on my phone. I showed it to her with a sweet smile. "Oh, shoot, Carol. What a shame. Mercury is in retrograde. The stars say it’s a terrible day to travel."