tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6888282.post3830733100777530970..comments2024-03-07T00:03:12.584-07:00Comments on John's Corner of the World: Sarah Palin and the possible faked pregnancyJohn Holzmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849211055450293089noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6888282.post-88721338748524214682008-09-01T08:08:00.000-06:002008-09-01T08:08:00.000-06:00John, I agree with holli. I respect your desire f...John, I agree with holli. I respect your desire for truth, but this seems to be a bit, well, low? Is it something we need to know? I, too, am sick of politics. It's all such a spin.<BR/><BR/>My two cents on her pregnancy:<BR/><BR/>My mother was 35 when she had me (after 5 children born almost a decade before me). No one believed she was pregnant. I was over 5 lb, and she said she was in normal clothes for most of the pregnancy. My sister was born 7 years later, and again, people thought she was joking when she announced her pregnancy.<BR/><BR/>Leaking fluid is not the same as your water breaking. Leaking fluid is a slow drip; water breaking is a flood. Is there concern over a leak? Yes, but it's not an emergency. Leaking fluid does not mean that labor has started.<BR/><BR/>With one of my pregnancies, the ob/gyn broke my water to start labor. Nothing happened. Five hours later, pitocen was started to induce labor. <BR/><BR/>Here's a thought-provoking question: Why would Sarah breastfeed if she hadn't been pregnant? Those who I know who have tried it, nursing after adoption, for example, have had very little success, even after using various natural foods/herbs and hours and hours and hours of pumping and nipple stimulation. They still had to supplement with formula.<BR/><BR/> The nursing is what has me convinced that she bore Trig. The media said after the announcement, People magazine had to wait until she'd changed a diaper and pumped for an interview.<BR/><BR/>This whole thing reminds me that the world never changes with regards to gossip. When my great-grandparents moved to a new town, the townspeople shunned them, because they believed my grandmother (a teenager) was the mother of the youngest son, who was about a decade younger than the youngest. <BR/><BR/>Where does charity belong? Can we call Sarah to truth or holiness by publishing such a story on our blog? What is our responsibility to truth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6888282.post-54916224733538154372008-08-31T15:29:00.000-06:002008-08-31T15:29:00.000-06:00John, I have a lot of respect for you and thorough...John, I have a lot of respect for you and thoroughly enjoy reading your blog but at first blush, this story seems improbable. Admittedly, I like the idea of Sarah Palin as McCain's VP a lot. But I do want to know the truth. Here are some holes I see in the story:<BR/><BR/>For one thing, if Mrs. Palin were very fit and it had been 6 years since her previous child, her pregnancy might not show at 6-7 months. If it had been less time since her last child, she would show more quickly. Some women just don't look as pregnant as others do. <BR/><BR/>About her flight home whilst "in labor", there are many stages of labor. Amniotic fluid leaking is not an urgent situation. Mild to Moderate contractions can continue for weeks before actual birth. She'd had four previous births and knew how her body handled labor. <BR/><BR/>I have to say that if I were in Arizona (was that where she was?) and my water broke I would try to go home, too. Especially if my baby were special needs. I would want to be with the caregivers I knew and who knew me and my records. Under-informed practitioners can be very dangerous! I would feel extremely uncomfortable with a practitioner who believe the baby should have been aborted to begin with. <BR/><BR/>She arrived 7 hours before the baby was born! I don't think she took any undue risks at all.Hollihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09229620392752423271noreply@blogger.com