Actually --- I don't really know this. There might be a doctor somewhere that would abort a 7-month fetus. But what would be the mom's reason for not doing it sooner? I forgot? I mean?
The two-patient concept was expressed to me by one of the obstetricians I saw; the topic was risk of continued pregnancy to me versus risk to the baby of early delivery. He was talking about trying to balanced them and minimize both. On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > you can't abort up to delivery. Well, you can, but after six months you > really need one hell of a good, and unforeseen, reason. > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 1:50 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > there is a wierd dichotomy in the last few months of pregnancy where the >> > doctor has two patients and has to balance their interests. I remember >> bed >> > rest, had to do it both times. Drove me nuts, and I am a fairly >> sedentary >> > bookish sort. I suppose they could say that not doing it harmed the >> baby, >> > tho I am more familiar with it as a precaution for the mother's health. >> I'd >> > be offended if that had happened to me but I am not entirely sure >> whether I >> > think the doctor was wrong. >> > >> >> If the mom-to-be can abort the baby up to and until she delivers it, then >> the doctor has ZERO say...and is not, in fact, dealing with two >> patients...but with one patient who has a condition, a condition over >> which >> she has 100% say. >> >> If, on the other hand, there is a point prenatal where that fetus becomes >> human enough to become a patient of the doctor, along with the mother to >> be.....then......well....that's a whole new can of worms, aint it? >> >> -- >> It's such a clever innocence >> In which you do your sorcery >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311161 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
