Palin's baby?!

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I go on a blog for parents of kids with Down syndrome & I was surprised at how many teenage parents there are. Obviously it is not a lot, the majority being in their 20s & 30s. But when I read what some have to say, & how knowledgable they are I am amazed. So I can't give statistics, but I could list a few screen names (but I won't Wink

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I don't know about this one. The mono story is kind of coincidental. I also thought it was a bit odd that she went on a plane after her water had broken. However, regarding airline rules, I'm sure many of us know people that have traveled late in pregnancy. I certainly do. How would the airline even know her water had broken? (I think she was quoted as saying she was leaking).

I came across this picture where she does look pregnant:

Additionally, in the family picture that shows Bristol's belly, it's interesting that Bristol's belly is so obviously shown, while Sarah is kind of hidden behind her daughter and a loose vest. The picture looks more like Sarah is trying to hide than her daughter.
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq311/santafemarie/PalinFamilyMarch2008.jpg

Posted: Sun, Aug 31 2008, 11:15 pm Post subject: re: Palin's baby?!

These rumors must be a ploy of the desparate Obama supporters... Rolling Eyes

imho

Posted: Mon, Sep 01 2008, 12:31 am Post subject:

Whetever the truth is, she either had a baby or is protecting her teenage daughter and both are not a bad thing. Period. I still dont hate her.
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Posted: Mon, Sep 01 2008, 12:55 am Post subject: re: Palin's baby?!

Just Obamaphiles hunting for something to smear her with.
In this picture she is in black and behind everyone, and both girls have tummies; you can see the one daughter better because she is in profile. Maybe a bit of tummy is normal for their girls.
What a load of bullfeathers.
http://tizona.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/sarah_palin_02.jpg

As for her daughter being really involved in the child's care; come on you mom's with older girls; a new baby is often fun, especially if your child hasn't been made to take care of the kids the whole of their life. Teens and young girls often like that, especially when it has been a few years.

As for mono; yes you can be out of school for 4mns (the time period she was out of school) due to mono. It can really lay a person out, and some kids are in and out of school with mono, perhaps her mom felt it better if she completely recovered before going back to school(especially knowing the weather and the chance that a classroom of kids with minor illnesses may cause a relapse or a longer illness with another virus, as she would be more vulnerable).

Why return to Alaska to have a baby? Her doctors whom she was in touch with. You can go 24 hours after the water breaks without worry. And if there were a real need THE PLANE COULD LAND you know, it wasn't as if she were traveling across the ocean. Emergency landings are done, and it could be the pilot just kept radioing ahead just in case. We don't know. Moreover how does it get to be 12 hours as she was going from Texas to Alaska, and from the USA to Israel it is at most 12 hrs.

As for the investigation, it goes back to getting rid of a brutal man who used his taser on a ten year old, and the unwillingness of his supervisor to fire the guy. HE SHOULD HAVE FIRED HIM!
He was related to Palin and getting a divorce from Palin's sister, this is true, but he was still a brutal man and drinking on the job. I would say he isn't fit for duty and that neither is any supervisor who would condone that behavior.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=atTPk3ULEWeQ&refer=home

and it is so funny to hear feminists going "he picked a woman because he is sexist!"
He has more women (and they are paid better) than Obama.

Palin is a fighter, she is a mom, and you know what they say about mama bears; not cuddly when they are defending their young.
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Posted: Mon, Sep 01 2008, 1:01 am Post subject: re: Palin's baby?!

unbelievable
I can't believe some of u!!
1. I couldnt' find a REPUTABLE NEWS SOURCE that confirmed what's on this thread.
what's scary is I bet this is how some of u got your info about obama
BLOGS???
I ask u Confused

if the story is true,some of u have excused her,(I have no clue why)but call obama all kinds of horrible names,w/no real sources,liar,cheat etc etc
honestly
this does belong in the national enquirer.
btw
the people who have these blogs aren't obama people,I guess one more thing to pin on him..poor guy,can't catch a break on this thread.

Platinum Member Joined: Sep 22 2004 Posts: 9754

If this was all a ruse, wouldn't she have gone to greater lengths to fake a pregnancy (and conceal her daughter's tummy in their family photo)? The only way you would have the nerve to claim you are pregnant when you don't look it is if you actually are pregnant. And as a new governor it was in her best interest to try and minimize her pregnant look rather than baring her belly in those "look at me I'm pregnant" shirts that are so popular.

And as a woman who did not look pregnant AT ALL during my third pregnancy I don't find it so hard to believe.* Neither do I find it hard to believe she flew, I have always been told that once your water breaks you must deliver within 24 hours or risk infection, but you don't have to deliver immediately. I could understand that if she knew she was having a baby with DS she would have wanted to be where she had an infrastructure in place rather than in the middle of nowhere. Especially if she planned to resume her duties so soon after birth. She seems like somewhat of a superwoman (for better or worse) so while these stories sound a bit far out, there are people like that in the world. People like her.

Could she have faked this whole thing? Possibly. But it's just as likely that she didn't. I hope they clear the air and move on from this silliness.

*Unless my baby isn't actually mine?!?!
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Posted: Mon, Sep 01 2008, 1:11 am Post subject: Re: re: Palin's baby?!

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I stand by either she is lying (unlikely) or INCREDIBLY irresponsible. The poster who said, "they can just land the plane". You can't be serious. A woman with her fifth pregnancy and rupture membranes gets on a plane and flies for HOURS. And you can't "just land a plane"! It wasn't like she was life-flighted to a tertiary care center. She went by commercial jet with no medical staff in attendance not knowing when active labor would kick in to get to a small rural hospital. It actually sounds less crazy to me to fake a pregnancy!

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The Atlantic Monthly is running the story on their weblog (reliable media source and all). See here ( you have to scroll down to the middle of the page but many of the other posts are dealing with this too)

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It's still a blog, one man's opinion.

I'm still waiting for the mainstream news outlets to pick it up.

Posted: Mon, Sep 01 2008, 1:20 am Post subject: re: Palin's baby?!

They can land a plane in an emergency and she is unlikely to have been on the plane for 12 hours as someone else said. She was flying over the USA, not a dinky little country. This was her fifth; my fifth took many hours to deliver: it was like having my first again in some ways. And my waters had broken and even though my waters had never broken before the baby was almost imminent (and most of the time they had to break the waters) midwife asked me "well how is your labor progressing, do you think you need to come in?" But I thought as my water's have never broken before early in labor I must be pretty near delivery.

I wasn't. I was only 2centimeters dilated. Talk about a low blow.

No one here knows if she had herself examined prior, what the discussion was between her and her physicians or anything else. And she is not obligated to tell you.

She may labor for hours.
It is best to deliver with the doctors who know you and I can well understand her wanting to return home to the doctors she had established a rapport with, especially those who would take care of her baby.

Wow, Obama supporters are quite desperate.

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Posted: Mon, Sep 01 2008, 1:23 am Post subject:

btw unvetted my foot. She's been in the running for VP since before Cantor.

Platinum Member Joined: May 22 2005 Posts: 13796

HindaRochel - Obama aside, as someone who works L&D with many years experience, I can tell you NO ONE would OK such a scenario, unless they were looking for a lawsuit. She took an incredible risk there and I'm pretty shocked that anyone would think not.

BTW - I remember from a case like this years ago where a woman concealed her pregnancy to board a plane and delivered, necessitating an emergency landing - they charged the family for the added expense. It really is not simple.

Posted: Mon, Sep 01 2008, 1:35 am Post subject:

Posted: Mon, Sep 01 2008, 1:43 am Post subject: re: Palin's baby?!

btw, this is from a comment on an article about her birth: