on You Must... at 00:02 09/01/2008 as a reply on the comment by Ash7586

Perhaps I should clarify. Babies can be, and often are, born days after amniotic fluid starts to leak. And, true, it does increase the risk of infection, but if a woman is leaking amniotic fluid a drop at a time and not in some huge gush like people see in movies, she more than likely would have time to make it home to her own doctor. If she was predisposed to a premature delivery (which she more than likely would be at age 44), odds are she would have been given steroids for the baby's lungs already. Beyond that, after 34 weeks, the vast majority of infants have the lung maturity to breathe on their own in the world with no ventilator. So, I suppose I used the wrong term when I said that babies at 34 weeks are not considered premature, and thank you for correcting that. I don't know if this story is true or not; my main point was that a lot of this doesn't make sense. For example, why would she make up a story about leaking amniotic fluid if she could have just flown home and then said she went into labor the next day and delivered the baby? I have no loyalty to her or the Republican party, believe me, but something about the story doesn't sit right with me.

on You Must... at 16:48 08/31/2008

I'm not convinced. I'm 8 months pregnant and just now starting to show. And, in the pictures that evidence her not being pregnant by wearing "snug" clothes? She always has on a loose jacket or scarf or something to cover her abdomen. Plus, the situation about her leaking amniotic fluid is not that big a deal. It doesn't necessarily lead to infection, and if she wasn't having contractions, she wasn't in preterm labor. And, at 8 months/34 weeks, the baby is not treated like a preemie in the common sense. Her daughter does have a belly, but from late 2007 to March 2008 she does NOT look like she has become 7 months pregnant.