Expecting Adam
Expecting Adam "A wonderful book, funny unbelievably tender, and smart. Further graduate studies, budding careers, and a growing family meant major stress--not that they'd have admitted it to anyone…
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Expecting Adam
"A wonderful book, funny unbelievably tender, and smart. Further graduate studies, budding careers, and a growing family meant major stress--not that they'd have admitted it to anyone (or themselves). It shimmers."--Anne LamottIncludes an all-new afterword about Adam.John and Martha Beck had two Harvard degrees apiece when they conceived their second child.
And when she learned her unborn son had Down syndrome, she battled nearly everyone over her decision to continue the pregnancy. As the pregnancy progressed, Martha battled constant nausea and dehydration. 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