> | Anybody see any sense in these actions? Beyond doing her level best to
> | NOT have this child, I can't. To me it betrays a serious lack of
> | judgment IF the object is to nurture a premature, high-risk,
> | special-needs fetus. But then, had she lost the child at 35,000 ft, I
> | guess she could have then said it was 'God's will'.
> |
> | Flow chart of labor.
> | <
http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/4628/sarahpalinla4.png>
> |
> | Not the sort of judgement I support in my chief executive.....
> |
> | jak
>
> I see you know nothing about labor. Leaking amniotic fluid does not mean the
> baby is on the way. I've seen women go for 2 to 3 day before delivery after
> "their water broke". She had 4 other children and knew well how her labor
> was going. You have a very weak argument.
Moe, Moe, Moe....
She went 26.5 hours, and only seven hours after she finally arrived at
the hospital...not days. By the time she arrived there, she had gone
reportedly without medical attention for 17+ hours from the time she
noticed leaking. How many of those women you've seen went without
medical attention for that long? Oh...forgot, you *gave* medical attention.
Again: 1) premature labor 2) special needs fetus 3) older mother 4)
NO examination before deciding to take eight hour flight...only
conversation with personal doctor...then totally out of touch for eight
hours. 5) NO medical attention on layover in Seattle or on arrival in
Anchorage 6) long drive AWAY from best hospital in region to have birth
in 7) Wassila?
From the Anchorage Daily News: <
http://www.adn.com/626/story/382864.html>
""I am not a glutton for pain and punishment. I would have never wanted
to travel had I been fully engaged in labor," Palin said. After four
kids, the governor said, she knew what labor felt like, and she wasn't
in labor.
Still, a Sacramento, Calif., obstetrician who is active in the American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said when a pregnant woman's
water breaks, *she should go right to the hospital because of the risk
of infection.* That's true even if the amniotic fluid simply leaks out,
said Dr. Laurie Gregg.
"To us, leaking and broken, we are talking the same thing. We are
talking doctor-speak," Gregg said.
Some airlines have policies against pregnant women onboard during the
last four weeks of pregnancy, and the American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists advises against flying after 36 weeks."
Finally, I do know a fair amount about labor. I have two natural
children (the last delivered at the same maternal age as the governor)
and a grandchild. I was present from the beginning of labor through the
births of all three (shooed me out just before grandkid delivered).
Additionally my ex and I hosted two pregnant women through the last
trimester of their gestation and subsequent deliveries.
I've picked up a fair amount.....
jak
