discussion title:
Mom gives birth on an airplane!
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3600.2 in response to 3600.1
A second trimester preemie with no immediate access to medical care is very serious and very scary. Most 27 week preemies are not in "good shape" even with the best of care.
What disturbs me is that the article refers to mom as 11 weeks away from being due, but 38 weeks is not the due date.
What I will say about other stories that we hear, about women giving birth on the side of the road in their SUV, etc - full term births, I'm referring to, in women with no pre existing complications - funny isn't it how every time we read or hear one of those stories on the news or cnn.com, it always ends with the mother and baby being perfectly healthy and fine - despite the fact that they had no medical intervention, no medication available, etc.
