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The Tentative Pregnancy: How Amniocentesis Changes the Experience of Motherhood by Barbara Katz Rothman.

Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Format: Paperback, 281pgs

As more and more women are having children when they are overy thirty, amniocentesis is becoming a routine part of prenatal care. In this groundbreaking book, Barbara Katz Rothman shows how this simple procedure can radically alter the way we think about childbirth and parenthood, forcing us to confront agonizing dilemmas: What do you do if there is a "problem" with the fetus? What kind of support is available if you decide to raise a handicapped child? How can you come to terms with the termination of a wanted pregnancy? Drawing on the experience of 120 women and a wealth of expert testimony, Rothman's important book is a must for anyone thinking of having a child.

Barbara Katz Rothman is also the author of Recreating Motherhood: Ideology and Technology in a Patriarchal Society and In Labor: Women and Power in the Birthplace.