We are just writing ourselves a new disaster.

Our study confirms animal experiments by showing that when used in the recommended doses, the (antidepressants) do not appear to increase the risk of congenital malformations.

Our study showed that women who worked with organic solvents throughout pregnancy or in a large part of their pregnancy, have more chance of having kids with malformations and with complications around the time of birth when compared with women not working with chemicals.

The only problem really is with occupational exposure where day in, day out, women are exposed to these potentially very harmful chemicals, ... It does not apply to women who are painting a room or doing very brief exposures to organic solvents in the household.

Our study showed that women who worked with organic solvents throughout pregnancy or in a large part of their pregnancy, have more chance of having kids with malformations and with complications around the time of birth when compared with women not working with chemicals,

I'd written Smashed not because I was ambitious and not because writing down my feelings was cathartic (it felt more like playing one's own neurosurgeon sans anesthesia). No. I'd made a habit--and eventually a profession--of memoir because I hail from one of those families where shows of emotions are discouraged.