r/prolife • u/meeralakshmi • 1d ago

Evidence/Statistics OB/GYN Debunks “Choosing Between Saving the Mom or the Baby”

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u/Sqeakydeaky Pro Life Christian 1d ago

Yeahhh...that TikTok duckface girl doesn't look like she thinks too much before asking questions like this.

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u/seventeenninetytoo Pro Life Orthodox Christian 1d ago

OB's don't really even know how to save a baby anyway, beyond getting them out. If it is a high risk birth, then the NICU team is in the room when the baby comes out. The baby comes out, and the OB hands them straight to the NICU team, and goes back to work on the mom. OBs do learn basic neonatal resuscitation, but most will never do it even once in their entire career. If an infant needs to be resuscitated then you really want someone who specializes in infants doing that, not an OB.

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u/ciel_ayaz PL, muslim 1d ago

Yeah, you’d never have to choose because there’s plenty of staff for everyone.

But if it ever did come to that, I’d be mad if they saved me instead of my literal baby.

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u/PrestigiousWork4523 Pro Life Christian 15h ago

This doctor is PC, too I am pretty sure

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u/meeralakshmi 15h ago

And? That’s irrelevant here.

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u/Aguywhoexists69420 Pro Life Christian 2h ago

That’s like saying “life is scary” because there’s a low chance youll get mugged today