Which to save: the mother or the unborn child?

I think it is up to the woman who is pregnant to decide.

Since the child has not developed a personality yet and has no friends, family, husband, education, knowledge etc. I would say that if the mother had to choose, she should choose for her own life over that of the baby. If my wife was pregnant, and was going to die, leaving me with the baby, without the mother, without my wife, I would be much more devastated than if we lost the baby together yet still kept each other.

I think that the mother needs to talk to her babies father and make a choice that they both can live with. My parents had to make that kind of choice due to hemmorging, causing the the after birth to form at the bottom and internal bleeding. The baby was drowning and my parents were told they had five minutes or else both would die. Emergancy surgery was performed, and back in 1968, hospitals weren't like they are today. So my parents signed papers to let the baby die, because they had four other kids that needed their mother. My grand dad started praying out in the waiting room, until the surgery was done and I am here and able to comment on this discussion. So I am a true believer in prayer.

That is a very hard choice to make. I think it should be left up to the mother as well.

My dear, in such a situation the decision is very simple - the mother. Unless, of course, the mother decides of her own free will to sacrifice her life for the child.

Logically, I have to save the mother than the child because I can't find another woman like her but I can find another child with her.

Very sad situation, it seems the baby will be lost

its a very sad and heart-aching discussion that you have posted.i must suggest its the mother who is to be saved and kill the baby.that would be unfortunate indeed but i think the mother can give birth to more baby in future but the its very hard if a baby loses his/her mother at the time of his birth.i would definitely save the mother.thanks

It is really a tough decision, I think she should pray about it and God in hi smercy can save both, But if the mother is saved probably she can get more children but still it is very sad and disheartening to take such a decision.

Well i just say that save mother.If you just save mother then she can be pregenant again.But if you don't save her then you might get baby but not her love again.

The mother because she can always have another child. It is possible to save the child by implanting it in another woman.

Wow! This was posted two years ago. This is a tough decision. If there will only be one left, I would say, the mom. The baby might be saved but growing without a mom could be very tough. My mom had the same situation when I was still unborn. We are five in the family and I am the youngest. The gap between the third and the fourth is 9 years. My mom said she had this situation when she was carrying the second child. They had to remove the baby and save my mom. It was a tough decision, I know. Even now that i am more than 20 years old, she still remembers the decision she had to make. I think having me and my other brother, the fourth, made it easier for her to accept that she made the right decision.

I think it is better to save the mother because the mother can bear another child in the future.

Mother should be saved. Ofcourse baby is important, but the baby has not lived with them yet, so even if baby is lost they can recoupe in few months or years but mother's life is important. She has more roles than just being a mother. She could be a loving wife, caring sister, loving daughter and so on. So the decision to save mother will help some people atleast to some extent.

ofcourse the mother....

You always try to save both but if you really had to choose you should choose the child.The child is still innocent and does not have any problems.The mother on the other hand will have a life battle with her health and will probably end up dieing anyway.

is a very very very hard decission i think that the mother need heard the doctor ther talk that is better. But how many week have this pregnant and if they can hope some weeks before the 23 weeks the children can live. But i haven't all data about this because i only can digress. Sorry for this mother, ¿Have see more children? because this is a importat part in this decision.

its a critical question , i think mother could be saved

I believe it still the baby's life is more important now. give the baby a chance to live.

What a dilemma! I always remember when I was younger. My aunt was in a similar situation - not with myoma; but the choice was the same. My uncle told the doctor "Save my wife. I love her and know her - I do not know the baby." And so it was that my aunt had three more children. But that always stayed with me. As a mother now myself I would prefer the child to live. If it was my daughter in that situation I would want my daughter to live. Quandary - Catch 22!