[TNdandelion]

As a nurse, you should be very familiar with the fact that the ONLY cure for pregnancy related hypertension is to end the pregnancy and hopefully once the baby is full term or at least developed enough to survive outside the womb. There are treatments available to give the baby more time to develop before the pregnancy is terminated but they are not intended to be used long term. Additionally, some cases of pregnancy related hypertension do not respond to treatment. One of friends almost lost her life this past year due to HELLP syndrome. Fortunately, she survived and she was at 35-36 weeks and the baby did just fine, too.

A case like this during the 11th week of pregnancy is just tragic. I propose that it would have been medical malpractice to continue with the pregnancy with both lives at stake.

[Judith Anne]

As a nurse, you should be very familiar with the fact that the ONLY cure for pregnancy related hypertension is to end the pregnancy and hopefully once the baby is full term or at least developed enough to survive outside the womb.

I'm familiar with it because I HAD IT. At no time did I want to be "cured," only treated until my children could survive. since pregnancy is self-limiting. I'm not going to turn myself inside out for you, as my earlier concern for your feelings is not reciprocated. (I'm sorry, wagglebee!)

Those who find risky pregnancy unacceptable are those who require a guarantee for life, and there is none. Those who find a less than perfect outcome unacceptable are the kind who will kill a Down's syndrome child. I think I'm overly concerned for someone who will kill a child if something other than perfection obtains. My mistake.

Humans are not perfect. We don't get to kill children because everything doesn't go perfectly. We don't even get to be depressed about it -- God says rejoice in His Gifts! We all die, after all. My fourth child is the light of my life, a young mother of three herself in a happy marriage to a man who was ADOPTED. The fact that I nearly died during her birth is inconsequential 30+ years later. At least I am not grieving over killing an unborn child.

Am i RABIDLY pro-life? According to you, I guess I am. My only concern is, according to God, am I? Pregnancy related hypertension is treatable, survivable, and we are to trust in Him and have no fear.