I thought I would check and present the information on Louisa Adams' pregnancies.
1. Her first pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage. John Quincy Adams writes in his diary describes her as "fighting for her life and her unborn infant's life." Her situation is described as descending from instability to a severe crisis; her health varies precipitously from day to day; "the pregnancy was in danger. So was her life."; and, finally, "she survived the miscarriage, barely."
2. In January 1798, although still troubled by headaches and fainting fits, she quickly became pregnant again. Her health cast "the darkest shadow" on John Quincy's life. She often exhibited many of the same symptoms she had when pregnant so it can not be said that the pregnancies caused her ill health. By March she was confined to bed. She was in extreme pain. She, again, suffered a miscarriage.
3. She was pregnant again in 1800 and suffered from Fainting fits and cramps almost amounting to convulsions.
4. The biography, John Quincy Adams: American Visionary relates a fourth miscarriage.
5. In July 1800 JQA writes that it was now certain that she was pregnant again. She was described as being sick almost to death. George Washington Adams was born 4/13/01.
6. Her next pregnancy was "comparatively easy" easy until April (year?). In April she became extremely ill; had violent headaches; her health is precarious. In June she was half distracted with pain; had small abscesses on the back of her throat. Her legs and thumbs became swollen. The baby was born dead after 20 hours of labor.
7. John Adams II was born in 1803.
8. In 1807, Charles Francis Adams was born. He at first showed no signs of life until, after 5 minutes, he started breathing.
9. In August 1810, she lost another child.
10. In November 1810, she was pregnant again. In June- high fever; skin disease; headaches; and she was bled with leaches. Louisa Catherine Adams was born in 1811 and died a year later.
11. At age 46 in 1821 she became pregnant for the last time. JQA feared for her life. She had another miscarriage.
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"He has told you, O man, what is good; And what
does the LORD require of you but to do justice, to
love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
The Micah 6:8 Class is a community in which we seek to Open:
Our Hearts to each other;
Our Minds to truth; and
Our Doors to everyone.
OPEN HEARTS
We believe that the love of Christ has the power to open every heart to every possibility.
OPEN MINDS
We believe that open minds are made possible by the love of Christ having first opened our hearts. We strive to keep our minds open to the truths that can be learned through scripture, tradition, experience and reason. Open Hearts and Open Minds can keep us open to all the sources from which truth can be made evident.
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Open hearts cause us to want to open doors to all whom we love. Open Minds cause us to reject the artificial distinctions which closed hearts erect among the children of God. We pledge to keep our doors open to all who would seek to love God and their neighbor.
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