Expecting Adam
A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic
By Martha Beck
(Berkley Trade, Paperback, 9780425174487, 336pp.)
Publication Date: August 1, 2000
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Paperback, Hardcover, Compact Disc, Compact Disc, MP3 CD
Categories: Women, Parental Memoirs, Specific Groups - Special Needs
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Description
John and Martha Beck had two Harvard degrees apiece when they conceived their second child. Further graduate studies, budding careers, and a growing family meant major stress -- not that they'd have admitted it to anyone. It was hard enough to admit it to themselves. As the pregnancy progressed, Martha battled constant nausea and dehydration. And when she learned her unborn son had Down syndrome, she battled nearly everyone over her decision to continue the pregnancy. She still cannot explain many of the things that happened to her while she was expecting Adam, but by the time he was born, Martha, as she puts it, "had to unlearn virtually everything Harvard taught [her] about what is precious and what is garbage".
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