Quote From: ohplease21Ok,
First of all to all of you who claim to have suffered from HG. IF it is SO awful (and maybe it is, I don't know) WHY ON EARTH would you keep getting pregnant after delivering a healthy baby? So many of these posts are "I had HG too, it is so awful, I had it with all 15 of my babies". Of course I am exagerating, but you get my point. It apparently wasn't bad enough to dissuade you from doing it again.
Second, Allison was not suffering from this disease any longer when she signed the papers....so HG can not be used as an excuse for giving her babies away. Did ANYONE ELSE on this board griping about the misery of HG place their babies for adoption? No? Didn't think so.
Third, she kidnapped the children 16 MONTHS later. So, you are going to tell me that HG made her do that too?
Fourth, for all of you spouting the children's "blood right" stay with Allison even though she is obviously unstable, the children were conceived with donor eggs and donor sperm. SO, if you want to look at it that way Allison is not their "parent" either. I wonder what the genetic parents would think of this situation if they knew. Who THEY would want raising these children.
Fifth, the adoptive parents are likely not going public because they have nothing to gain by doing so. They are fighting in a court of law, not the court of public opinion. They did nothing wrong, why should they have to go on national television and defend themselves?
Feel free to keep belly aching about how horrible this "disease" is, I am not saying it's not. My point is it must not be THAT bad or women would not go through another pg after suffering through it once. My personal opinion, surprise surprise, is that it is too bad they are only charging her with parental kidnapping. She should be in prison for life after what she did, but instead she will likely only serve 3 years. If she gets those children back, it will be a travesty.
Do you have children? Do you know that feeling of having created and been part of a true miracle?
I went through HG twice. During the first time I was told it was in my head, ect. Then I switched doctors and the new doctors assured me that with treatment it would be better and I wouldn't get so sick. WRONG, I nearly died the second time. I can't have any more children because I would probably die in the pregnancy.
However, I think that your harsh judgement of people who have more pregnancies with HG is way off base. If someone has fertility treatments and goes through all the pain and suffering, should they never do it again? If someone miscarries and goes through that trauma, should they never try again? If someone has pre-eclampsia or eclampsia, would you also critize them for trying again?
