Reply #121: If nothing else, this shows extremely poor judgment.

[sakura]

She was travelling for 10 hours, minimum, while in labor? Down's children often have heart issues-- the fetus should have been on a heart monitor. My water broke early, and the doctors inserted a heart monitor right away, as a precaution-- I was older (all of 33), and near the borderline, age-wise for a high-risk pregnancy. This was a good thing-- my son was perfectly healthy during the pregnancy-- no Down's-- but experienced respiratory distress about five hours into my labor. Any pregnancy experienced by a 43 year old is considered "high risk", and many airlines won't let a pregnant woman fly after 36 weeks (preg lasts 40 weeks), due to fear of delivery while traveling. Palin shouldn't have been flying at nine months along-- apparently this was a very small meeting with governors from four states. Surely it could have been moved to Anchorage. This shows extremely poor judgment from someone who nominated to be only a heartbeat (or malignant biopsy) away from the presidency.