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Nordmadr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-24-09 07:52 AM
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18. My wife is 7 and a half months pregnant and you all are
freaking me out.

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  -An old friend of my husband's died in childbirth yesterday. juno jones  Apr-23-09 08:51 AM   #0 
  - Sad. No one should have the right to tell a woman what she must do.  AndyA   Apr-23-09 08:54 AM   #1 
  - My daughter nearly died of pre-eclampsia and had to have an emergency C Section.  CTyankee   Apr-23-09 09:00 AM   #2 
  - Yes.  LWolf   Apr-23-09 09:02 AM   #3 
  - I am so sorry for your friend.  succubus.blues   Apr-23-09 10:36 AM   #12 
  - So sad.  AirmensMom   Apr-23-09 09:28 AM   #4 
  - I'm so sorry. n/t  myrna minx   Apr-23-09 09:29 AM   #5 
  - This is so sad, but you don't mention anywhere that she didn't want this child.  OmmmSweetOmmm   Apr-23-09 09:31 AM   #6 
  - She did want this child.  juno jones   Apr-23-09 04:24 PM   #13 
     - Your point was that women should never be forced or coerced and she wasn't. And yes,  OmmmSweetOmmm   Apr-24-09 07:44 AM   #17 
        - my sister's second child had the cord wrapped around the neck and  ejpoeta   Apr-24-09 08:04 AM   #22 
        - I am so sorry for your sister's loss.  OmmmSweetOmmm   Apr-24-09 08:32 AM   #23 
        - I am happy things went well and you are here with your children.  juno jones   Apr-24-09 07:36 PM   #24 
           - Yes, abortions should always be a woman's choice. I have been pro-choice since I was  OmmmSweetOmmm   Apr-26-09 08:38 AM   #30 
  - I "died" in childbirth at age 24  SoCalDem   Apr-23-09 09:36 AM   #7 
  - I am so glad you are here to tell that story!  glitch   Apr-23-09 10:17 AM   #11 
  - I'm glad you're here to tell that story, too.  pacalo   Apr-23-09 08:11 PM   #16 
  - even normal pregnancies change a woman's body. my thyroid is nearly gone  mopinko   Apr-23-09 09:54 AM   #8 
  - I agree with you mopinko. To force that on anyone is slavery  Triana   Apr-23-09 10:00 AM   #10 
  - In some areas of the US, we have higher maternal deaths rates than some African countries.  knitter4democracy   Apr-23-09 09:54 AM   #9 
  - Thanks to all who have replied and shared their stories.  juno jones   Apr-23-09 04:35 PM   #14 
  - I had a colleague diagnosed with cancer  northernlights   Apr-23-09 05:18 PM   #15 
  - there is no way to know that even had she aborted and done it earlier that she would  ejpoeta   Apr-24-09 08:00 AM   #20 
  - My wife is 7 and a half months pregnant and you all are  Nordmadr   Apr-24-09 07:52 AM   #18 
  - don't freak out. as long as everything seems normal in the pregnancy, then chances are  ejpoeta   Apr-24-09 08:01 AM   #21 
  - Don't freak out!  tnlefty   Apr-24-09 08:07 PM   #27 
  - my mother had problems when she was pregnant with my younger sister.  ejpoeta   Apr-24-09 07:54 AM   #19 
  - Doctors are absolutely necessary in many deliveries.  Manifestor_of_Light   Apr-24-09 07:46 PM   #25 
  - You would never have been a candidate for home birth then  riderinthestorm   Apr-24-09 09:56 PM   #29 
  - I know more women who have had complications in pregnancy than those who haven't.  Kitty Herder   Apr-24-09 07:50 PM   #26 
  - I had a friend who nearly died in pregnancy.  Withywindle   Apr-24-09 09:10 PM   #28 
  - awful  alcibiades_mystery   Apr-26-09 08:47 AM   #31 
 

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