This program from The Doctor Is In follows several couples through pregnancy and prenatal care. Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop talks about the risks of smoking, and the late Michael Dorris, author of The Broken Cord, discusses his life raising an adopted son with fetal alcohol syndrome. Viewers see a boy struggling in a grade two years below his age level. A media campaign in Vermont is shown reaching out to the poor and uninsured to persuade them to get the necessary prenatal care to prevent these problems. A Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center production. (28 minutes)

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