Induce so terminal sibling can meet baby?
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Induce so terminal sibling can meet baby?
| Tue, 01-10-2012 - 11:39am |
I don't even know what I would do if I was in this position, but my heart breaks for this mother.
A woman asked her doctor to induce her three weeks early so her 10 year-old daughter, who has an inoperable brain tumor, could meet the baby.
Would you induce labor under these circumstances?
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As someone who had a baby born 3 weeks early, I definitely wouldn't.
I've been closer to that situation than I wanted, and I guess I'd say "no". My MIL unexpectedly died in a car wreck.
So do I!
>>How scary!
It was bad. I missed the funeral, the baby was in ICU, and everyone figured "She just had a baby; she'll cheer us up because she can't help but be ecstatic".