A tale of a frozen family

I wrote a while back about our governor announcing her pregnancy, in her SEVENTH month and no one was aware of her pregnancy (and she’s a TINY woman!).  I cried and whined about how she takes the bar on motherhood to a whole other level and that she needed to act just a little bit normal to make the rest of us not feel like monumental failures.

Well… our governor had her son, a month early this last week and it’s stirred up quite the controversy among folks in the state (and outside the state for that matter).

This is an excerpt from www.adn.com  “Gov. Sarah Palin gave birth to her fifth child at 6:30 this morning at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, her spokeswoman said today.

The boy’s name is Trig Paxson Van Palin. He’s 6 pounds, 2 ounces.

“The governor’s labor began while she was in Texas, and I do know that she got on a plane and landed in Anchorage late last night,” said Palin spokeswoman Sharon Leighow.”

It turns out that Trig was born with Down Syndrome. Something that she was made aware of in early testing. Another quote from the Palin’s: “Trig is beautiful and already adored by us. We knew through early testing he would face special challenges, and we feel privileged that God would entrust us with this gift and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives.

“We have faith that every baby is created for good purpose and has potential to make this world a better place. We are truly blessed.”

Now the controversy that has been flying around is the fact that her water broke during a summit in Texas and that she stayed to give a 1/2 hour long speech, then left and boarded an Alaska Airlines flight back to Alaska (a good 6 plus hours depending on your connections). The arguments stem from “that was incredibly risky and irresponsible, ESPECIALLY since they knew he was a DS baby, who are born with more complications” to “it’s her body, her choice”. There have been some pretty nasty comments flying around about the whole thing.

I’m of the camp that I don’t think it was the wisest decision. I can’t imagine a doctor on this planet would encourage their patient to board a plane for a long flight after their membranes have broken. Alaska Airlines would have never let her board had they known her membranes had ruptured.  A whole other argument has arisen that she openly lied by omission to the airlines, and what does that do for her credibility??

I am glad that the little man made it into this world without serious complications. He definitely has someone looking over him.

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