Another real-life example: A close friend of mine developed pneumonia at about 26 weeks. They had limited options for treating it, but 26 weeks is extremely early for the baby to survive, so they did what they could and waited as long as possible to do an emergency c-section (I thinks he got to 30 weeks).
They had waited so long that she had to be put into an induced coma on a ventilator for two weeks post-delivery, but it was long enough for the baby to survive with no ill effects, and she did fully recover, but there was a chance she might not have. That is why I said, I'd take the middle ground--obviously at 26 weeks they could have done a c-section and given her 'the good meds' and she would have been fine, but a 26 week preemie is generally going to have a pretty rough start on life, so they waited, compromising the mom's health.
Things are rarely as black and white as the poll makes them seem.
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