Okay, so what to make of this BS thing about Palin and her water breaking bit? Can anyone help me out with this?
Kind of...when I had my fifth, I had a somewhat similar experience in that my water broke, but I wasn't in hard labor by any means. I worked that next day, and was called back in to work that evening. By about 11 PM, which would be more than 24 hours after the waters broke, I could tell that I was actually going into labor. It took me a couple hours to find someone to cover call for the weekend, and to find my oldest kid for a ride to the hospital. We got there about 1 AM or so. I didn't go into heavy labor until about 12:30, so we were in good time. The baby was born about 3 or 3:30 AM.
Now, I am NOT a runner, never played any sports, have asthma, and am probably 20 pounds heavier than when I was in college, so NOT in as good a shape as Palin seems to be. If I had no problems for more than a day after my water breaking, I see no reason to believe that she lied, tried to loose the baby, or any other crap.
If she was in labor, she'd have known it. Remember, Trig was born a whole month early, so she had good reason to think she had plenty of time to get back home. Also, she had her husband with her. Given that they've had 5, and are intelligent, rural folks, no doubt he'd have been able to deliver Trig without any problem if needed. The vast majority of births are nothing more than "catch-the-baby" work, anyway.
I'd love to hear the DUmp's opinion of a Dim having a home birth.
They'd probably think it was wonderful.