My Mother lost two pregnancies in the first two years of her marriage. One was a set of twins. So when I was conceived in the summer of 1959 her and Dad were very happy and excited.
When Mom was in her first trimester of her pregnancy with me, she became serious ill with morning sickness. Nothing helped so she stopped eating. Because of this she became very dehydrated and malnourished. One day my Grandfather Chiaiese came over to our house for a visit & found my Mom unconscious on the floor.
Mom was transported to the hospital. Her doctor was to meet her there. After examining Mom the hospital doctor went to talk to my Dad and Mom’s personal doctor. The hospital doctor told them that I was poisoning my Mother and to save my her life they wanted to abort the pregnancy. That would not be great for me. Thank goodness my Mother’s personal doctor remembered reading in a medical journal about a new experimental drug to help with severe morning sickness and nausea. The new drug worked. Mom got back on her feet, enjoying her pregnancy. For awhile anyway.
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