[Nifster]

The docs did not say because the baby is too young...they said it is not viable due to the mother’s brain death .

[gas_dr]

I have read the majority of posts, and the two of you are correct. I have taken a verbal beaten in the last few weeks from others as well. Stay steadfast in the facts, and do not lower yourself to the vitriolic emotional and factless name calling that many do.

This one is a tough case for me as a doctor. I completely disagree with the removal of the ventilator if baby were viable or there was a chance. That being said, you are entirely correct, mom is dead, and once mom dies, it effectively ends the pregnancy. So I suppose after weighing ll the facts this is a two corpse problem. I am heartbroken for both mom and child. If the PE happened when MOM was 27 weeks pregnant, then delivery could be accomplished. This is a sad, wrenching, awful case. I agree that baby should be delivered alive, but it does appear that moms brain death has irreversibly destroyed or damaged the child. It makes me want to cry all around, but my emotional disposition does not change the facts, unlike what others think...