Parents Conceive baby to save son's life

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Parents Conceive baby to save son's life
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Sat, 05-24-2008 - 8:11pm
Parents Conceive baby to save son's life


What are your opinions on this

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iVillage Member
Registered: 10-17-2006
Sat, 05-24-2008 - 8:18pm
Well... people have children for all sorts of reasons, so I think if they love and treasure him as they do his brother, I'm okay with that.

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-27-2008
Sat, 05-24-2008 - 8:33pm

I'm not seeing the problem.

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-17-2006
Sat, 05-24-2008 - 10:35pm
Yup :)

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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Sun, 05-25-2008 - 9:52am
But is it ok to make sure that genetically he is exactly correct for being a donor before he is born???
iVillage Member
Registered: 02-27-2008
Sun, 05-25-2008 - 10:48am

Not much point in doing it for the purpose of bone marrow transplant if the new child won't be a match for the old child.

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-17-2006
Sun, 05-25-2008 - 4:00pm
Good points.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 05-27-2008 - 5:15pm

"My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Pouliot examines the down side of this thourougly.

 


 


I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-27-2008
Tue, 05-27-2008 - 10:45pm

Interesting.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 05-28-2008 - 6:50am
In the initial case the parents had a child to donate cord blood to his brother.
iVillage Member
Registered: 05-29-2003
Wed, 05-28-2008 - 8:37am
I have that book and not read it yet ..
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