Your life or your baby's life?
By cheenlly
@cheenlly (3476)
Philippines
August 4, 2009 9:02am CST
Assuming that you will be in a situation where you need to choose whether your life or your baby's life?This is a very difficult choice but here's the situation. You learned that you were two months pregnant. You and your husband are very happy to know that and that you both excited. After couple of days you complained about having pain in your chest. You often felt that but just ignored it. One day you decided to go for check up alone without your husband. The doctor said the bad news about you that you have a rheumatic heart disease. You were very shocked to her that sad news. The doctor said its very dangerous for you to continue the pregnancy. Upon hearing that it crashes your heart to think that you will lost your baby. The said you have the option to choose your life or the baby's life which means there's a possibility of getting cured by operation but the life of you and the baby will be endanger no assurance or maybe you choose to continue the pregnancy and the possibility of saving the baby with the expense of losing your own life and that would crash your husband heart and life. I know its really a hard decision to make since its life that we are talking about. So if your in such situation, would save your own life or your baby's life?
5 responses
@jessi0887 (2788)
• United States
4 Aug 09
I think it would be best to leave stuff like this in gods hands. If god chooses the baby to live on thats in his plan. If it were my time to go I would accept it and give the baby a chance. This would be the best choice but not telling your husband would be a bad choice as well and your husband should be involved in what ever the choice is in the end. It would be a tough decision but alot of stuff is best left in gods hands.
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@cheenlly (3476)
• Philippines
4 Aug 09
I agree, this stuff is best to leave with God's hands. However it will be very difficult to be in such situation if you are not ready to accept it and it will be hard to understand as well but i believe like you said it is best to leave with God's hands. I am sure there was a good purpose.
@4mymak (1793)
• Malaysia
5 Aug 09
this is really is not an easy decision to make,
and i do not think there one right or wrong decision -
it has to be based on the people making the decision.
i think both my husband and i would opt to abort the pregnancy..
not to sound selfish, and to say my life is more important than
an unborn child, but i think it is more important to save a 'living'
person.. as that person may also have affects on other lives around her,
other people depending on her, etc..
and if God is willing, my health will recover and i
may have the chance to conceive another child..
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@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
4 Aug 09
From a man's point of view, I think you would save the mother's life. If healthy enough, after the opperation, you could start a family then. I really don't think the other option is a possibility, and I'm anti abortion, except under grave circumstances, which these are.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
6 Aug 09
At the risk of sounding selfish or callous, I would probably choose not to continue the pregnancy.
Don't get me wrong I love my kids and if I had been in that situation it would have been a very hard decision to make. But what would be the point of bringing up a child that would have no mom anyways?
By choosing my life I would be able to consider other options, like adopting, which could be a wonderful thing for a baby/kid that is already here and in need of parents.
@3superkids (446)
• Philippines
19 Aug 09
It would be the most selfish thing to do if i pick my life over my baby. But i also love my husband very much which is also the reason why i want to have a baby and start a family with him. Isn't it so ironic that you got married to the man of your dreams then got pregnant then you'd find out that you have this kind of illness and that you have to choose between your life and your coming baby. Anyway, if i would be in that situation i would rather take chances and believe in the power of prayer and faith. I would still continue the pregnancy and leave everthing to God Almighty. And if i die giving birth it would still be worth it because i gave life to the most precious gift from God. I know my husband would be in deep pain but i am sure he will surely get over it. Dying becomes sweet because i am bringing together the 2 persons that i love the most.
