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Palin says she felt safe flying to Alaska to have baby
By Rebecca George
Originally published Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 12:07 a.m.
Updated Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 2:25 p.m.
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<!-- /inline-photo -->Gov. Sarah Palin’s decision to make the eight-hour flight from Dallas to Anchorage has some people wondering about the possible safety hazards of flying while in the late stages of pregnancy.
The governor, eight months into her pregnancy, noticed amniotic fluid Thursday morning prior to giving a keynote luncheon address at the Republican Governor’s Energy Conference in Texas. After wrapping up the speech, Palin and her husband consulted with her physician about possibly flying home on an earlier flight. After being granted permission from her doctor, she and her husband proceeded with the trek home.
At that point, Palin was only having minor contractions and was not showing signs of active labor, Sharon Leighow, the governor’s spokeswoman, said on Monday.
After the baby was born, Palin told her staff members that her experiences from four previous pregnancies made her comfortable with the signs of active labor. She felt that neither she nor her baby were in any danger, and so she flew home as scheduled.
Most airlines have specific policies concerning air travel during pregnancy, especially during the final months. For women traveling in the final month of pregnancy, a “permission-to-travel” letter is required by her primary physician. However, most restrictions rely on an honor policy that leaves the decision to notify the airline in the hands of the passenger.
The governor did not feel the need to inform the airline of her condition, Leighow said.
Alaska Airlines is one of the few airlines that does not have a policy regarding flight during pregnancy.
“We leave the decision to fly up to our customers and their medical advisers,” according to Alaska Airlines representative Caroline Boren.
Palin told her staff that she would not have boarded the plane had she thought she or her baby were in danger.
Had Palin needed medical assistance during the flight, ground agents and flight attendants for the airline are highly trained to look for signs of distress or other concerns with a passenger’s condition, Boren said.
“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.
Flight crew members are not specifically trained to assist in labor during a flight. But had Palin gone into active labor while en route to Anchorage, the crew would have been prepared to offer medical assistance through a system known as Med Link, a medical advisory service that allows crew members to radio for medical help during the flight.
The flight would not have needed to land, barring any emergency with the delivery.
No medical assistance was necessary for Palin during the flight.
Palin’s flight landed at 10:30 p.m. Thursday. She and her husband drove to the Mat-Su Valley Regional Medical Center, and she checked in with her doctor an hour later.
Trig Paxson Van Palin was born seven hours later.
The governor confirmed Monday that early testing showed that Trig was born with Down syndrome. The syndrome is a chromosomal disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome.
Trig is the governor’s fifth child. She told her staff members that Trig was the easiest delivery of all her children.
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We just had a baby and as soon as the water Broke the doctor told us to come in...because the water acts as a safety measure for the child...with out it it could be dangerous.
My girl is a healthy fit 30 y/o... anyone over 35 is considered at higher risk...but of course the governor Felt the baby was fine...governor outranks doctor in medical knowledge I guess...maybe Canadians have a different medical standards...
My girl is a healthy fit 30 y/o... anyone over 35 is considered at higher risk...but of course the governor Felt the baby was fine...governor outranks doctor in medical knowledge I guess...maybe Canadians have a different medical standards...
She's already had 4 kids when this happens.
So she'd kinda know the score chaps, girls aint daft.
If it had been her first, then things would have been different.
:toast:
If this story does get wings then it's going to make the Democrats look dumb and desperate to the moms of America.
Any woman who's already had children knows the score.
So she'd kinda know the score chaps, girls aint daft.
If it had been her first, then things would have been different.
:toast:
If this story does get wings then it's going to make the Democrats look dumb and desperate to the moms of America.
Any woman who's already had children knows the score.
DEAC is also on a roll, which sent me on a search to see Palins stand on creationism - and look what I got back:
SARAH PALIN: WHERE SHE STANDS
From Staff and News Services
Saturday, August 30, 2008
FIREARMS
Palin is herself a hunter and a strong advocate of the Second Amendment.
<!--startclickprintinclude--><!--begintext-->TAXES
As an Alaska mayor, Palin bolstered her conservative reputation by reducing taxes, even though an expanding tax base for her city allowed her to increase spending on infrastructure. As governor, however, she has pushed to increase taxes on the oil industry.
HEALTH CARE
Palin believes that allowing free market competition in the health care field will drive down costs and reduce the need for government subsidies.
GAY RIGHTS
She opposed gay marriage and supported Alaska’s state constitutional amendment banning it.
ENVIRONMENT
She opposes federal regulations that would limit economic growth to protect the environment and favors opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development. She opposes the Bush administration’s decision to list polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act and her administration sued Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne earlier this month to try to overturn the initiative.
ABORTION
She opposes abortion except to save the life of the mother and in her own case, carried to term a son born in April whom she knew would have Down syndrome. She also opposes embryonic stem cell research.
EDUCATION
Palin favors the teaching of creationism in public schools.
This woman has all of them scambling - I love it! :aktion033
You go for it DEAC - :finger:
