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operations. After the second baby, my doctor told
me I must not have another one—but he did not
tell me what to do. With the last baby I was three
months pregnant before we realized it. My doctor
said there was nothing he could do, that I would
have to take my chance on the third Caesarean.
"I am afraid every time my husband looks at
me. I love him dearly and want him just as much
as he wants me. We honestly have not slept to-
gether, Doctor, since our last baby was born nearly
six months ago. He is beginning to act peculiar. It
seems at times as though he were a stranger.
"Oh Doctor, isn't there something we can do?
Why do I hear so much about birth control, and
yet no one really seems to know anything about it?"
Her voice was rising with a ring of hysteria.
The pleading expression on her face was mingled
with a look of fear.
In contrast, the doctor's tone was soothing.
"What method of contraception have you and
your husband been using, Mrs. Smith?"
"Oh, we have tried nearly everything. When I
was married, a friend told me to use a suppository,
but I was pregnant within three months. What a
joke they are! I had a good position and planned on
working until we paid for our new furniture. We
also wanted to buy a car. But we didn't mind.
I