{"id":2928,"date":"2008-08-29T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/sarahs-choice.html"},"modified":"2008-08-29T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-29T15:00:00","slug":"sarahs-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/sarahs-choice.html","title":{"rendered":"Sarah’s choice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that the McCain candidacy has become the McCain-Palin ticket<\/a>, more attention is being focused on the compelling personal story of Sarah Palin. Most inspiring of all: her devotion to her Down Syndrome son, born just this past April. <\/p>\n

This is how the Anchorage Daily News<\/a> reported story: <\/p>\n

<\/a>Gov. Sarah Palin was back at work today, holding a meeting on the natural gas pipeline three days after giving birth to her fifth child.<\/p>\n

Palin and her husband, Todd, showed the baby, Trig Paxson Van Palin, to a few reporters and talked about the sooner-than-expected delivery.<\/p>\n

Trig arrived about a month early and has Down syndrome, the governor confirmed. Testing during early pregnancy revealed the condition. Palin said she was sad at first but they now feel blessed that God chose them. <\/p>\n

The couple has lots of family support, she said.<\/p>\n

Palin was in Texas at a Republican Governors Association energy conference last week when early signs of labor began. She said she called her doctor early Thursday morning after some amniotic fluid began to leak. She talked over what was happening with her doctor, and they consulted about what to do.<\/p>\n

She gave the keynote luncheon address, then she and Todd caught an Alaska Airlines flight back to Alaska. She said was never in full-blown labor on the plane but was having a contraction or two every hour.<\/p>\n

“By my fifth child, I know what labor feels like,” Palin said. That wasn’t labor, she said.<\/p>\n

The governor said she won’t take a maternity leave but will bring Trig with her to work. Her spokesperson later clarified, at Palin’s request, that the governor will take time off for medical appointments, physical therapy and whatever Trig needs. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

H\/T to Tim Reidy at America<\/i><\/a> for the link.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/b> The Anchoress<\/a>, as always, sees things I don’t. And she saw right away the poetry in that little boy’s name. Paxson. Son of peace. Bless him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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