Baby and Me
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"Baby and Me" stars Joyce Indig as Laura, a woman who meets a member of the Merchant Marine named Bill. Bill proposes, Laura accepts and the couple marries. Soon thereafter Bill ships out with the Merchant Marine. Laura (pregnant and with syphilis, though unaware of the disease) learns that a ship on which Bill was believed to be working sinks and none of the crew survives, so she assumes Bill is dead. But prior to the sinking Bill had been prohibited from boarding the ship because he had syphilis. Blood tests were given to crew members; anyone who tested positive was not permitted onboard. Bill returns home and informs Laura of his previous condition, now cured with penicillin, and recommends that Laura seek care for the disease. Laura asks Bill to leave, then sees a physician and is given penicillin early enough in the pregnancy to prevent damage to the fetus. Laura gives birth to a healthy boy; Bill returns to his wife as the story ends.
[Description adapted from Alan J. Sofalvi, https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1196133.pdf]
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