Palin a Desperate Housewife?

[Matt J]

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-69834

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Daughter Bristol is 17, and Baby Trig is 4 months old



EXCERPT

The believers have a few scattered points:

1. Bristol Palin left school for an extended period of time, due to mononucleosis according to her family for the last 4-5 months of Trig's pregnancy. Some classmates claimed later that they had seen Bristol Palin pregnant.


2. Sarah Palin did not reveal to anyone outside her family that she was pregnant until 8 months into her pregnancy. Even then, she showed no signs of pregnancy. Alaskan news outlets commented on this, but did not go further. There are pictures of her at Super Tuesday (just a month before the baby was born).

http://www.adn.com/politics/story/339576.html

She is notably a very trim woman, so it would likely be difficult to hide a pregnancy.

3. There are supposed photos showing Bristol Palin having gained weight, possibly significantly so in the abdomen. I haven't been able to verify these.

4. Sarah Palin went into labor in Dallas just before she was due to deliver a keynote address at the Republican Governors' Energy Conference, and flew to Seattle, then Alaska while still in labor.

http://www.newsminer.com/news/2008/apr/22/palins-flight-labor-falls-under-scrutiny/

http://www.windowslive.com/explore/photogallery/posts?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Photo_Gallery_082008
Supposedly, she was in labor during the 8 hour flight, and the crew and attendants did not know.

(Quote from the Article Above):

""Governor Palin was extremely pleasant to flight attendants and her stage of pregnancy was not apparent by observation as she didn't show any signs of distress," Boren said."

This is extremely risky behavior, and you are advised by doctors, traditionally, not to fly once you are past 7 months pregnant. If airlines are made aware, sometimes they will prevent you from flying. Sarah Palin did not inform the flight.

 

[Jdarg]

OK- SWGB, I am trying to be fair all around here. I am not interested in these kinds of family details.

 

[ckhagen]

She wasn't in labor during the flight. Her amniotic sac was leaking... if you were a woman, you would know the difference. Many mothers go several days with broken bags of water and no visible signs of labor. It shows nothing but that she was aware of the biological process of birth and how these things are not cut and dry like you seem to think.

 

[Miss Critter]

But did anyone see her take a (trauma-free) knife to the belly at a neighborhood party?

(as in a scene from last season's Desperate Housewives.)

 

[Matt J]

She wasn't in labor during the flight. Her amniotic sac was leaking... if you were a woman, you would know the difference. Many mothers go several days with broken bags of water and no visible signs of labor. It shows nothing but that she was aware of the biological process of birth and how these things are not cut and dry like you seem to think.

You are correct I am not a woman, however I do know that a pregnant woman is pretty much never supposed to fly. How can someone who is so concerned about the "sanctity of life" get on a plane when doctors have been advising against it for the SAFETY of the child for decades?

 

[ckhagen]

Um... I've flown at 34 weeks. It's not unusual. Both my OB and Midwife in both pregnancies had zero problem with me flying up until 36 weeks. She was right at 34/35 weeks when he was born. Almost every airline allows you to fly until 36 weeks (cruises are a little more strict).

Once the situation started, she called her OB, who told her to put her feet up and rest at which point she decided to rest on the plane so she could deliver 2,000 miles closer to home than she was.

 

[NoHall]

You are correct I am not a woman, however I do know that a pregnant woman is pretty much never supposed to fly. How can someone who is so concerned about the "sanctity of life" get on a plane when doctors have been advising against it for the SAFETY of the child for decades?

I'm confused. If the baby is her daughter's, then how did she threaten her granddaughter's life by flying? ;-)

 

[ckhagen]

You are correct I am not a woman, however I do know that a pregnant woman is pretty much never supposed to fly. How can someone who is so concerned about the "sanctity of life" get on a plane when doctors have been advising against it for the SAFETY of the child for decades?

In case you would like some proof as to the fallacy of this statement, here is the recommendation from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists:

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Travel in an airplane is almost always safe during pregnancy. Most airlines allow pregnant women to fly until about a month before their due dates.[/SIZE][/FONT]

http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/bp055.cfm

And fwiw, ACOG leans way toward protecting Dr.'s from liability, since it does happen to be their own trade organization. Which would make most of their statements extremely conservative.

 

[Matt J]

Um... I've flown at 34 weeks. It's not unusual. Both my OB and Midwife in both pregnancies had zero problem with me flying up until 36 weeks. She was right at 34/35 weeks when he was born. Almost every airline allows you to fly until 36 weeks (cruises are a little more strict).

Once the situation started, she called her OB, who told her to put her feet up and rest at which point she decided to rest on the plane so she could deliver 2,000 miles closer to home than she was.

Say what you want, but who looks more pregnant:
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/v-ga...alaska/v-enlarge/story/339587-a339583-t3.html

Here she is at 7 1/2 months hiking the Alaskan wilderness, is that also a recommended activity when pregnant?
http://alaskapodshow.com/index.php/2008/02/20/my-visit-to-juneau-alaska/

 

[Matt J]

In addition to all of this, this was her 4th child and it had a low birth weight from down syndrome. I have a friend who on her 4th child was afraid with her husband that they weren't going to make it from Flamingo Village to FWB and that baby was pretty hefty at 8lbs+.