Say you are at the hospital when your wife is delivering a baby, and you are are in charge of her, and the doctor tells you: "I am sorry we cannot save them both! Who do you want to save, the mother or the baby?" This situation is extremely sad, but it is a quick decision you have to take, which one will you save?

 This would a tough decision for any man but I would save my wife. Wife whom you love and have a relationship with; someone you would never want harm or wittness harm done unto will die.I definitely love the baby but there are chances of having another baby again. eventhough, the child is saved,the child might have remorse thoughout his life for terminating his mom's life. I have seen cases like that where child regrets for taking his mom's life away. Life is full of hard choices but good thing is, its all up to us.

  What do you guys think?who would you save?

In this case, i would save my Mom, put my kid in my back,and swim across the river...How is that?

I have another question for everyone. How many momos can you eat at a time?

I think folks in sajha could not  talk anything beside girls,sex & humiliating sb. I have nothing against nobody. This was a serious question to know the perspective and see how people think but my effort went down the drain. There are some issues where you need to show seriousness eventhough ya dont want to. I was trynn say sth and folks here made me a Bollywood lunatic. Oh boy!

"I just think some folks are really smart than they think." so ur claiming ur smater than you think.. too much thinking going on

I think ^ this question has more weight than the original question. Atleast you can have a good debate; I can't imagine anybody answering "I'd save the baby" for the original question (with a sane reasoning).

So, answering the only legit question in this thread: 5 if it is from Everest momo, 9 if it is from Ranipokhari.

I am sorry for being so late replying to this thread.But i think there are a few medical things not being taken into consideration here.

It is the privilege of the mother to choose to continue a pregnancy even if it is detrimental to her health.But the issue here is of saving 1 life out of 2 during labour,in an emergency. And in this situation however,the mother does not have the privilege of deciding who lives.The doctor will try everything to save both of them,but if only one can be saved,then it will be the mother.

Somebody else said there is a 99% chance of dying for the mother after delivery when mother is infected sometimes.Firstly that percentage is way off.Secondly amount of post partum hemorrhage(bleeding after delivery) is very difficult to predict.Some young women can withstand significant amount of bleeding while others show symptoms with a little bleeding.And doctors know babies are the most important thing in the world to parents,thats why most times they let pregnancies continue even if there is a little danger.But these pregnancies are closely monitered,and at the 1st sign of danger,action is taken.Only in a few situations is a pregnancy absolutely contraindicated,most times they can be continued with a resonable degree of safety.One faces more chances of being in a car accident,if one takes into account the odds.

Infact if a mother insists that the baby come first and her health come second,during labour,the doctor can place her under arrest in the hospital until  she is out of danger.The patient will lose patient privilege if the doctor deems that that person is a danger to herself or to other people.In this case the doctor is free to contact the police.

If a doctor still chooses to save the baby's life and not the mother,this is what will happen

-his licence to practise will imediately be suspended.

-in a few days a review will be held about the case.If it can be proved that he could have saved  one of them and he chose to save the baby,then his licence to practise will be permanently cancelled by the medical association of that country.He will not be able to practise for the rest of his life.

-with resonable proof he will be taken to court,and again if it can be proved that he chose to save the baby and not the mother,he will face 1st degree murder charges and could be in jail for 10+ years.

So contrary to what hindi movies have taught us,in an emergency ,during labour ,if only one can be saved,then the mother will be saved.Even a presidential order from Obama asking that the baby be saved and the mother's health be considered second will not work.Mother comes first.