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In 1971, I had it made. My husband and I were partners in a successful consulting business, we were renovating a wonderful old house in Princeton, New Jersey, we were expecting our first child together, and my son from my first marriage was making the dean's list as a day student at his prep school. I'd have to have a Cesarean. But I was sure we'd get through it all fine. Then everything fell apart.