Reply #197: Yeah, sounds nice in premise... [View All]

But this will likely NEVER be feasable in practice.

The biggest health problem that strikes preemies is anoxic brain and/or organ damage. Anytime blood flow is compromised to a fetus (and yes, surgery to remove a fetus from the blood supply of the placenta and umbilical cord at any point in gestation would definitely do this!), there is a *significant* risk of a lack of critical oxygen being cut off to the fetus's own blood supply. The resulting damage (to the brain especially, but even to other vital orans) can result in fatal complications or life-long severe disabilities. If you're an "ER" viewer, you saw a dramatization of this medical phenomenon tonight.

Believe me, as the parent of a former 24 weeker preemie who is now severely disabled as a result, these risks are not something to take lightly or to hold some vague sense of false hope over. We even recently saw the tragic death of Susan Torres (the preeemie delivered from her brain dead mother), who died as a result of necrosis of the interstines due to anoxic damage - a common complication from premature birth.