Palins tell ‘People’ about life with baby Trig
August 30th, 2008
In a Q&A session with People magazine, Sarah and Todd Palin answer questions about
… her amnio results …
SARAH: I was grateful to have all those months to prepare. I can’t imagine the moms that are surprised at the end. I think they have it a lot harder.
… his upcoming role as Mr. Mom …
SARAH: I am thankful to be married to a man who loves being a dad as much as I love being a mom, so he is my strength. And practically speaking, we have a great network of help with lots of grandparents and aunties and uncles all around us. We have a lot of help.
So will your husband be on leave now indefinitely to be Mr. Mom?
SARAH: I would say so, yes.
… and worries that Sarah may be giving short shrift to her baby and family:
TODD: She’s heard that her whole life –- the challenges of being a female and mother in the work force. I remember the first time she ran for mayor one of her fellow council members told her you can’t run because you’ve got three negatives: Track, Bristol and Willow. Those are the three kids we had at the time. So when you tell her that kind of stuff, she just gets fired up. We’re an Alaska family that adapts.
Todd says ‘Trig’ is a Norse name for strength.
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August 30th, 2008 at 9:27 am
It is always hard to see whose rights Conservatives protect: those of the most vulnerable, or the least vulnerable. With a remark like ‘I was grateful to have those months to prepare’ my guess would be the latter. Makers of prenatal tests (like Sequenom) regard women that refuse testing on moral, religious or other grounds a major risk to unbridled profits.
As a mother of two children with Down syndrome (both my biological children) I can add: my first pregnancy, without screening was bliss because I only focused on becoming a mom. My second pregnancy, after screening, was less than bliss because I found myself constantly explaining, defending, why I did not terminate my pregnancy.
I can imagine many women, who aren’t lucky to already know the joys of parenting a child with Down syndrome, cannot withstand the pressure put on by society, health providers and even ‘friends’.