tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648370642003099666.post2017224009477080496..comments2014-08-28T04:05:04.234-07:00Comments on Shadow Mama: Air quotes McCainLinda Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435196820889074041noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648370642003099666.post-46513666720516949902008-10-18T20:09:00.000-07:002008-10-18T20:09:00.000-07:00We had this conversation in our local group--what ...We had this conversation in our local group--what does "health and welfare" really mean? When would it *really* be necessary to do that? It seems like most stories you hear are like the ones linked in the other comment, where the baby has a birth defect incompatible with life or has already died. So we were trying to find real reasons with a need for late abortion of a healthy baby. And one friend wrote this:<BR/><BR/>"I'm one of those "life/health" people.<BR/><BR/>I have a blood clotting disorder. When I'm pregnant, my clotting factors go wild. Without appropriate anticoagulants, pregnancy is a very dangerous state for me. (thus my blood clot last time)<BR/><BR/>Heparin/lovenox is great but I don't tolerate it well (sores, extreme bruising, etc.). People can develop severe intolerance to heparin that is itself life-threatening. I'm lucky I'm not there yet.<BR/><BR/>If I became pregnant and was later unable to tolerate my thinners I would have to make a decision:<BR/>1. Terminate<BR/>2. Attempt to carry a baby to term that had a good chance of dying in-utero due to a placental clot AND attempt to complete a pregnancy where I have a strong chance of developing a blood clot that could lead to my death due to pulmonary embolism. (PE is the leading cause of death in pregnant women in the developed world)<BR/><BR/>So.... as the mother of one child who really needs me... that would be an awful decision but one that would really have only one answer."<BR/><BR/>Other situations we came up with include severe pre-eclampsia that develops before the baby was viable, diabetes that is not responding to meds in pregnancy, cardiac issues, cancer diagnosed during pregnancy, ectopic pregnancies, a demised or conjoined twin, uterine infection, pulmonary embolism, extreme multiples, disseminated intravascular coagulation, uterine rupture, seizures...<BR/><BR/>Definitely always a sad and horrible situation. But it seems there really are times when a mother cannot wait a few weeks to deliver a healthy baby. Especially if she is literally choosing between her baby's death and her own, and has other children at home who need her... well, I hope none of us are ever in that situation. :(Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283754462877446225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648370642003099666.post-46648565763333043532008-10-17T15:49:00.000-07:002008-10-17T15:49:00.000-07:00http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/feb/08021507....http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/feb/08021507.html<BR/><BR/>http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2046/<BR/><BR/>http://flotsamblog.com/2008/10/16/more-wounded-that-eloquent-im-afraid/<BR/><BR/>http://www.uppercasewoman.com/wastedbirthcontrol/2008/10/dear-john-mccai.htmlUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561351603953511057noreply@blogger.com