Reply #17: Here is a similar story from a husband, and a son's point of view ... [View All]

[JoePhilly]

About 18 years ago, my wife went into labor with our first child. Everything seemed normal. But after 16 hours of increasing labor, our son stopped moving OUT. He seemed to be stuck.

And suddenly, the vital signs for my wife and our unborn son, started to decline, rapidly.

The DOC pulled me into the hallway and told me that we could reach a point where I might need to make a choice. Save her, save our son, or let it all just play out.

He told me that I did not need to decide yet, but he'd keep me informed of all changes, and that if we reached that point, he'd do what I wanted.

But I knew what I would do already. If I had to pick, or let GOD pick ... I was going to do it. And I would have saved my wife.

As it turned out, I never had to act on this decision. But I did make the decision in my head.

My son is now is now 18 and in college ... and he as 2 younger sisters who he loves very much.

A few years ago, when he was about 15 I think, I told him about this. That I would have picked his mother over him that day.

And he said ... "me too". Then he said, "if mom died that day, then my sisters would have never been born".