The problem, as she saw it, was that right when she would finally get her fingers back, and BAM!! She would find herself pregnant again, and the whole cycle of gaining and losing would start up once more. The children had to be reborn whenever they got themselves into trouble and had to leave the world, or else had been pushed out by accident ( a car crash, maybe; Cassy was once perished in a hotel fire ) or malice ( like the crisis that had claimed their lives in the seventeenth century), and Joanna would begin to feel the symptoms. 

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It usually happened after she hadn't heard from her girls in a century or two. First, her gray hair would turn to blond again. She would marvel at her changed appearance, the loss of wrinkles, the fat in her cheeks, string hands that did not ache from arthritis. Then it would happen: the vomiting, the nausea, the exhaustion. And she would realise: she was pregnant!

It was like a reality split personality but in a physical form. It had happened so many times over the centuries that she had almost forgotten how many times. **ALMOST...**


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*This is a continuation free write prompt which turned into a short story novel. Perhaps, not so short anymore; anyhow hope you enjoy it. For previous prompts about the Witches of Farrenmore Heights; scroll below for each link*

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[Ingrid Part 1](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-a-curse-2019729t3016300z) | [Part 2](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-manipulation) | [Part 3](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-opens-a-lot-of-doors) | [Part 4](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-creature-201982t5028942z) | [Part 5](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-contour) | [Part 6](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-digital-human-2019814t206218z) | [Part 7](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-super-food) | [Part 8](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-burnt-skin) | [Part 9](https://steemit.com/weekendfreewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-weekend-freewrite-3-prompts-continuation-31-08-19) | [Part 10](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-hat-band) | [Part 11](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-mystery-books) | [Part 12](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-engine-sound) | [Part 13](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-ferry) | [Part 14](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-damp) | [Part 15](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-or-sea-level) | [Part 16](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-or-helmet) | [Part 17](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-weekend-freewrite-prompt-continuation-or-perfect-nanny) | [Part 18](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-18-futility)| [Part 19](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-19-or-iced-coffee) | [Part 20](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-20-or-tap-dancer) | [Part 21](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-21-or-lazy-wind)| [Part 22](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-22-or-broken-toenail) | [Part 23](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-23-or-main-street) | [Part 24](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-24-or-vegetables) | [Part 25](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-weekend-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-25-or-let-s-eat)| [Part 26](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-26-or-recycle)| [Part 27](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-27-or-knitting-needle) | [Part 28](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-28-or-backwoods) | [Part 29](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-29-or-mashed-potatoes) | [Part 30](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-30-or-radish) | [Part 31](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-31-or-virus) | [Part 32](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-32-or-night-sky) | [Part 33](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-33-or-eye-witness) | [Part 34](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-34-or-peacock) | [Part 35](https://steemit.com/hive-161155/@ireenchew/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-continuation-part-35-or-beach-towel)

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