Alcohol and Valium???? From a doctor????? Yikes! Although I remember my aunt with a stock of champagne splits. She was underweight and the doctor was concerned that the nausea would lead weight loss and worse problems. So she went in for B12 shots with orders to go home, sip champagne and eat something. The combination worked and she carried full term.

A few years back a book came out called "Wake Up L'il Susie". The author interviewed girls who had become pregnant as teenagers in the 50s and early 60s when abortion was not an option (for a variety of reasons and not a part of this discussion). Their families sent them to "live with relatives" or to "tour Europe" and kept the pregnancy secret. The baby was taken from them at birth and adopted. They went home and were expected to go back to living a care-free teenage life. Most were completely traumatized and emotionally scarred by he experience. Some had sought out their children later. All felt guilty. I knew a girl who went through this. Sad business. I often think of the son she bore and wonder what became of him.