15 Nov, 2007
Tagged: What Would I Do?
Posted by teacherjulie @ 12:10 pm
Shelved under Bits and Pieces, Lessons in Life, My Thoughts, Tags/Meme

Mayi, tagged me a long time ago about this situation:

You are having chicken pox or german measles and you found out you are 3 weeks pregnant. Antibiotics would cause harm and damage to the growing fetus and yet, you didn’t mean to be infected with CP or GM. Would you opt for abortion? Yes or No and why.

This is a tough question because not only will this test the parents resolve and will also decide the “fate” of the baby. Being infected with chicken pox or German measles during the first trimester of a pregnancy is not only tough but overwhelming too.

The effects of having chicken pox while pregnant depends upon the timing. Click here to read more. These are some possible effects on the baby: visual impairment or hearing impairment or physical deformities or mental disabilities or motor disabilities. But guess what, there are times that these would not happen.

The effects of rubella to an unborn child are more or less the same with those affected with chicken pox. Click here to read more. I have had a student who had a mild hearing disability. He had this when his mother was five months pregnant with him.

I think I am detouring, not answering the question tag. A baby is a gift of life, no ifs, no buts. Why would anyone want to take this life into their hands and decide about its fate? This is like playing god, in my opinion. No, I am not judging those who decide to have the baby not continue to live, I would not do that.

I will end this post with two questions:

  1. Would a family be able to sincerely feel in their hearts the desire to end the life on an innocent baby who is considered a gift of life?
  2. Would a family be able to take care of the needs of their child, when it has been established that there are going to be problems once the baby is born?

Tough question, I know. I am tagging Wenchie who has four wonderful children and Raquel who has two lovely daughters.

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15 Nov, 2007 @ 6:04 pm
ladycess said:

yikes, ang hirap ng tanong na ito at di ko rin alam ang sagot.

may naalala tuloy ako, i met one kid who has some form of neurological and physical disorder, and i was told that her mom had german measles during pregnancy. ang sakit sakit sa dibdib, kasi wala namang may gusto noon, pero there it is and they just have to cope. minsan talaga di mo maintindhan ang Diyos.

  • Yeah, Cess, masakit talaga ang ganun. Sometimes, one reason to not have this pregnancy terminated is the reasoning that the child will not have a good “future” especially when with these defects. But then, what if the child doesn’t have naman? It is an endless cycle of questions and answers.

16 Nov, 2007 @ 7:52 am
Rowena said:

Hi Julie, ang hirap naman ng tag mo…Pwede pass na muna ko dito, he he. Kasi I would like to keep the baby of course but then panu kung me problem sya pag labas nya just like what Cess said. Basta ang hirap ng ganyang situation….

  • Its ok, Wenchie, if you pass, I know that  you will keep the baby. But then on the other hand, I also know about the hardships these parents with children having physical and/or neurological defects. Thinking about this, I am just thankful that I did not have to go through this.

16 Nov, 2007 @ 2:46 pm
Belle said:

tough one! but, i think i would take my chance and keep the baby by following a healthy lifestyle hoping the baby will be spared of the possible side effects.

  • If we never take the chance, we will never know, and I agree with you on that one, Belle. :)

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