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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I found out I had cancer while pregnant.  I opted for an aggressive surgery while still pregnant ("essentially cut the cancer out") and then as soon as my child was born, I did chemo.  It is an AWFUL position to be in.  Don't judge. [/quote]

Here is to your continued good health.[/quote]

+1  I hope you stay healthy, PP.

And I have to think that this pregnancy probably wasn't your sixth child?  Part of the calculus with such a decision must involve thinking about the kids born already--I can't think how adding a micro-premie to a newly single parent household of five kids helped anyone. [b] This situation sounds like pro-life ideology stretched to an extreme, not thinking about all the lives involved.[/b][/quote]

Yes, this. The thought of the two-year-old breaks my heart. Another year or two with his or her mother would have made all the difference for this child.[/quote]

I think the point of pro-life ideology is that they value the life of the unborn child over everything else. They are not basing their decision on all the lives that will be impacted. It's not my philosophy, and I would not have made the choice she did since I have young kids at home and would rather spend that last bit of time -- however long -- with them. But I don't think you can say this is more extreme in philosophy than anything else. It's an extreme case, yes, but the underlying principle is the same.

At bottom it was the couple's choice. Many of us wouldn't choose it. But it's not like there were any good choices here. And having had friends whose mother died of brain cancer when my friends were in high school and college, I can say that it would impact the older children very significantly too. Just a shitty situation all around. Very sad. [/quote]

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