Just before her thirty-seventh birthday, Rose Ainsworth has her first attack of baby fever. She adores children, especially her sister's kids, but she's facing a dilemma. Not only is her husband refusing to commit to becoming a parent, but her friends are drowning in the joys of mothering. She feels cut off and, worst of all, she's worried that maybe she isn't motherhood material. Rose's journey through the potential pitfalls and prospects of parenting is a roller coaster ride - a journey that many women travel as they work, play and listen to their biological clock ticking away. The Pregnant Pause does for women who are considering motherhood what Bridget Jones's Diary did for single women in their early thirties - it unites them around shared experiences and invites them to recognize that they are their sisters' keepers.