Brain-dead women gives birth to little girl

[QueenOfQuotes]

here

What saddnes, but with a touch of joy mixed in it must be for the family.

[Kelly1978]

omg what a strange situation to be in. Must be such mixed emotions for the family.

[Hulababy]

Such a difficult, emotional situation.

[kid]

so sad

[bundle]

She died after her life support was removed, following the birth.

[Hulababy]

[edam]

That's terribly sad. But also morally questionable - were they right to keep her alive for her baby-to-be? By withdrawing life support after baby arrived, weren't they treating her as an incubator? She wasn't having medical treatment for her own sake, but for the unborn baby's - is that the right thing to do?

[Hulababy]

Not sure if there are any right and wrong answers though.

Either she was kept alive, knowing that she'd die once the support was turned off - but the baby survives.

Or both die there and then.

Tragic all round.

[colditz]

Better than letting a baby die.

[colditz]

looking back, if you had been in this situation when pregnant, would yu have wanted your life support switched off immediatly or would you have wanted to give your baby a chance to live?

[hunkermunker]

Terribly sad, but IMO yes, totally the right thing to do. Why wouldn't it be?

[tiffini]

Hulababy

If she was brain dead, surely she had no awareness of what was happening?

[bundle]

I think it's the best thing to do in a terrible, tragic situation

[Hulababy]

Sorry, I worded that wrong - I mean that the fmaily would know she was to die afterwards.

I, persoanlly, feel that it was the best thing to do, in these circumstances. At least there is some good/happiness in this family's life now, after a tragic situation.

[Gobbledigook]

I think definitely the right thing to do. It's how I'd want it if it was me.

So, so tragic and sad though

[QueenOfQuotes]

I agree - imagine if it was your DH faced with not only losing his wife (which seemed inevitable in this instance) but also losing your unborn child.



Just discovered that she also had a 2yr old boy too

[hunkermunker]

I can't imagine anything else happening in a situation like this.

[eefs]

"Doctors said she was brain dead, but they offered to keep her alive for the sake of the unborn baby. " Was it really up to the doctors to "offer" to keep her alive - surely that was the familys decision.

Edam - i would say that to let her die after the stroke, given she was already braindead, would be acceptable (? not sure what the right word there is) for her on her own, but as it would kill an otherwise healthy baby, wouldn't that be murder? They did the only thing they could have done (still strangely uncomfortable with the idea of her being an incubator though). Wonder what they'll tell the little girl when she's older?

[Nemo1977]

i would want that to happen if something happened to me. If the baby is well and has good chance of survival then keep me going until the baby could be born.

so sad for the family

[bundle]

very sad update

[pootlepod]

[QueenOfQuotes]

[whimsy]

How sad

[RnB]

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[suedonim]

and how awful to have to raise money to pay the medical bills. Tragic.

[Yorkiegirl]

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