Ruminations on the Triple Nipple

Most humans have two — but there are plenty of outliers

Photo by Laker from Pexels; (third orange added by author)

When my mom casually mentioned that what I thought was a birthmark below my left breast was actually a third nipple, I was horrified.

To be honest, I was horrified by most things at the time. I wasn’t the girl reading Are You There God, It’s Me, Margaret? wishing things would hurry along. I…