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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:51 AM Original message |
An old friend of my husband's died in childbirth yesterday. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Sad. No one should have the right to tell a woman what she must do. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. My daughter nearly died of pre-eclampsia and had to have an emergency C Section. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes. |
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succubus.blues (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I am so sorry for your friend. |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. So sad. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm so sorry. n/t |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. This is so sad, but you don't mention anywhere that she didn't want this child. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. She did want this child. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Your point was that women should never be forced or coerced and she wasn't. And yes, |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. my sister's second child had the cord wrapped around the neck and |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I am so sorry for your sister's loss. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I am happy things went well and you are here with your children. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Yes, abortions should always be a woman's choice. I have been pro-choice since I was |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. I "died" in childbirth at age 24 |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I am so glad you are here to tell that story! |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I'm glad you're here to tell that story, too. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. even normal pregnancies change a woman's body. my thyroid is nearly gone |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I agree with you mopinko. To force that on anyone is slavery |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. In some areas of the US, we have higher maternal deaths rates than some African countries. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Thanks to all who have replied and shared their stories. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. I had a colleague diagnosed with cancer |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. there is no way to know that even had she aborted and done it earlier that she would |
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Nordmadr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. My wife is 7 and a half months pregnant and you all are |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. don't freak out. as long as everything seems normal in the pregnancy, then chances are |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Don't freak out! |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
19. my mother had problems when she was pregnant with my younger sister. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. Doctors are absolutely necessary in many deliveries. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. You would never have been a candidate for home birth then |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. I know more women who have had complications in pregnancy than those who haven't. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
28. I had a friend who nearly died in pregnancy. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
31. awful |
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