Re: Brain Dead Va. Woman Gives Birth To Daughter


Whogus the Whatsler wrote:
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> > tiny dancer wrote:
> >> Brain Dead Va. Woman Gives Birth To Daughter
> >>
> >> POSTED: 6:33 pm EDT August 2, 2005
> >>
> >> RICHMOND, Va. -- Family members say a brain-dead Virginia woman has given
> >> birth to a baby girl.
> >>
> >> Susan Torres has been kept alive on life support since May so that her
> >> unborn baby could grow.
> >>
> >> The word comes via e-mail from the woman's brother-in-law, who wrote that
> >> the baby is named Susan for her mother and that there were no
> >> complications
> >> during the delivery. Baby Susan weighs just under 2 pounds and is 13.5
> >> inches long.
> >
> > "2lbs"? I wonder if the baby was carried a full nine months, or if this
> > birth with "no complications" was premature?
> >
>
> The baby was born two months prem.

Is an under 2lb birthweight normal even for a 2mo premie?
Just asking; I don't know - but at 2lbs, would the additional 2mos to
term have made that much of a difference in the baby's final birth
weight?

I know a baby's birthweight is relative to the mother's health, so who
knows - perhaps 2lb births are the average for babies born to comatose
mothers? Interesting.

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