intro2faith said:Crow, I realize I don't know too much about the medical profession(obiously), but is there ever a situation where if the mother continues the pregnancy, there is a chance she will die? But the baby would not?
Very rare if ever in this day and age. Think about what happens to a baby that is too premature to be born if the mother dies.
The stories of choosing between the mother and the baby come from the time when a caesarian section was nearly a death sentence. In those times, there was a choice between the mother and the baby in some instances.
Today, caesarian sections are so safe that they occur in nearly 1/4 of births. In the case of the woman with pre-eclampsia, she stands a good chance of being delivered by caesarian section because it is less traumatic to her and the baby than risking her blood pressure going sky high during delivery and having the baby undergo a period of oxygen deprivation during delivery.