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In reply to the discussion: Should there be any restrictions at all on abortion? [View all]Crunchy Frog
(26,725 posts)of legally micromanaging when a live delivery can be done in the event of pregnancy complications, if only because that would impact too many of their own constituents, and doctors simply wouldn't tolerate it.
My high BP hung on for a number of weeks after I had my babies too, though the retained fluid came off pretty quickly. I was on labetalol for several weeks.
My doctor sent me to a nephrologist over it. I think he was committing insurance fraud because it wasn't anything that he couldn't handle himself, and he had already been cut off by the major insurer in the area for fraud. He was a real piece of work.
I don't think they'll go after doctors for making medical decisions about when to do live deliveries. Those early deliveries save babies lives as well as mothers.
I wouldn't be surprised to see things like criminalizing home births, or legally forcing women to have unwanted c-sections or other treatments. Maybe even imprisoning women to keep them from consuming caffeine or tobacco, or violating bed rest orders. I do think things will get pretty bad in this country for women of reproductive age.