To save the mother or to save the child
@mildredtabitha (16137)
Nairobi, Kenya
September 14, 2017 3:11am CST
I am watching a movie here and the mother is pregnant with her first child. She has a kidney condition and the doctor told the husband to choose between saving the mother or the child.
It is really tough. If you save the child, the child will grow up without the love of a mother. If you save the mother, she might get well soon and give birth to many children in the future.
Who would you want to be saved and why?
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@mildredtabitha (16137)
• Nairobi, Kenya
14 Sep 17
She doesn't want to be saved. Will it be okay if the doctors forced her to terminate the baby?
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
14 Sep 17
Oh my gosh that is really heartbreaking but if I have really need to choose I will the mother.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
14 Sep 17
@mildredtabitha I really say if they did the right thing.
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@mildredtabitha (16137)
• Nairobi, Kenya
14 Sep 17
@ilocosboy That is the worst situation a woman could find herself in
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@mildredtabitha (16137)
• Nairobi, Kenya
14 Sep 17
She has been forced by the husband and doctor to terminate the baby. She doesn't want and is crying. Do you think they did the right thing?
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
18 Sep 17
I think the choice would be up to the mother. I knew one couple that faced that dilemma and the mother wanted her child to live. The husband later remarried and the new wife helped to raise the child which was a girl.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
18 Sep 17
@mildredtabitha There was no way they could save both. The doctors tried hard.
You are right! I know my mother would have done the same.
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@mildredtabitha (16137)
• Nairobi, Kenya
19 Sep 17
@1hopefulman Mothers are the best2 people like this
@mildredtabitha (16137)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Sep 17
It is so sad the mother had to lose her life. But nothing beats the love of a mother. :)
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@Letranknight2015 (52072)
• Philippines
15 Sep 17
I don't think it's that easy to just tell her that she can have new babies again even if the child didn't make it. That would be her first and it would be traumatic if she learns that she was chosen over her child. I would chose the child.
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@mildredtabitha (16137)
• Nairobi, Kenya
15 Sep 17
Nice point. :) That is what the mother wants too :)
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@mildredtabitha (16137)
• Nairobi, Kenya
14 Sep 17
Her husband wants that too but the mother wants her child to be saved. They haven't agreed. I will also like for the mother to be saved
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@shaynas (5487)
• India
14 Sep 17
@mildredtabitha No mother would agree to save her life over her kid. That's why a mother's love is next to god's ! :)
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@mildredtabitha (16137)
• Nairobi, Kenya
14 Sep 17
@shaynas You are very right. I will wait and see how the movie goes on. Todays episode ended when the mother was dragged to hospital so that doctors can remove it by force
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
14 Sep 17
Mother should be saved, and that's the right thing
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@mildredtabitha (16137)
• Nairobi, Kenya
14 Sep 17
You are right but she doesn't want to be saved :(
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@mildredtabitha (16137)
• Nairobi, Kenya
14 Sep 17
Very nice. Miracles do happen :)
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
14 Sep 17
One of my friends learned she had uterine cancer when she was pregnant. They believed that it was better to pray and have the baby, knowing that the mother might die. Now almost 30 years later the mom and baby (adult) are both alive and the mom is now a grandmother. They had great faith in God.
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@mildredtabitha (16137)
• Nairobi, Kenya
14 Sep 17
Wow! I admire their faith. That is the best way to save both lives :)
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@mildredtabitha (16137)
• Nairobi, Kenya
14 Sep 17
You are right my friend. But I also feel it is bad to kill a child. :( killing is bad
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@mildredtabitha (16137)
• Nairobi, Kenya
12 Oct 17
Me too but it is the toughest decision ever because she was told that when that child is removed, she can't give birth again
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