Bulldog Inducement

[Sweet Bliss]

It must be love, I don't think I could do it, but it is nice to hear about a couple being supportive of each other. I was proud of David Wirrpanda last week for pulling out of the last game to be with his partner.

Article from the Herald Sun

Couple decide to induce birth so star can
Submit comment Mark Stevens

September 01, 2009 12:00am

DOCTORS will on Wednesday induce the birth of Western Bulldog Brian Lake's girl, ensuring the star full-back will be available for the finals.

Lake said he was looking forward to confronting Geelong at the MCG on Saturday and then welcoming the latest addition to his family home for Father's Day.

"I'm excited, but there's a bit of nerves as well," he said.


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Lake's fiancee, Shannon O'Malley, was due to give birth on September 16, but after consultation with doctors the pair agreed to bring the birth at Freemason's Hospital forward.

"We had a baby boy Cohen born in 2007 two weeks premature, which didn't worry us because it was around Christmas time," Lake said.

"But with finals, and wanting to have Shannon's and my parents over, we thought it was a lot easier to do it a couple of weeks early and the doctor said it was fine.

"Obviously the idea was to do it mid-week because with footy finals I didn't want to be worried about it around Saturday or Sunday."

Lake and O'Malley, set to marry on New Year's Eve in Adelaide, found out the sex of the child several months ago.

"We wanted a girl and we wanted to get it out of the way and find out," Lake said.

The newborn will be O'Malley's third child, with one-year-old Cohen and eight-year-old Bailee looking forward to the next arrival.

Lake, 27, is on track for All-Australian selection and is one of the hottest footy stars.

He believes impending fatherhood has a positive impact on his performance.

"All through 2007, Shannon was pregnant and I ended up winning the best and fairest," Lake said.

"Now, with another baby coming, I'm playing footy as well. I might have to keep having kids."

Lake is out of contract at the end of the season and rival clubs are circling in the hope of luring him.

In 2000, Brisbane Lions star Daniel Bradshaw missed an MCG elimination final to be at the birth of his first child. The Lions lost.

Three years ago, Sydney Swan Darren Jolly vowed to miss the Grand Final to be at his pregnant wife's side but was spared the decision when his daughter arrived 48 hours before the bounce.

Others have played on. Kangaroos forward Saverio Rocca left his wife in labour to play in a 2005 elimination final.

[Lulu]

That's apalling and PATHETIC.

Inducing a child 2 WEEKS (or at all) simply so it's father can run around a paddock with other blokes.

And everyone is considered a hero?

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT.

[Olive]

i agree lulu, pathetic!

[HotI]

Oh good, I'm not the only one. It's just wrong.

[Dansta]

lot easier to do it a couple of weeks early and the doctor said it was fine.

ohh dear...thats so wrong. both that they *want* to have the baby early and wrong the doctors say its fine?!?!

[*charmalea*]

:yeahthat: inducing a baby early ... wtf!!! wrong and that guy and his wife are silly idiots for putting themselves first and not the babys health !!!

[aussienic]

I read this today too and was quite disgusted to be honest..

One part of the article says thier son was born 2 weeks early and was fine and my first thought was that he was ready to be born kwim?

It really irratates me when I read of these types of things.. Its blooming football for goodness sakes

either miss the match or miss the birth

[Bathsheba]

Oh dear as a Footscray supporter I am really disappointed in Brian Lake to have this attitude. I have also been through 2 inductions (both for medical reasons apparently, 14 days "overdue" and cholestasis) and managed to avoid a c-section... but it could have easily gone that way as the hospital staff certainly seemed to have ownership of the whole process

[Nelle]

I hope the article has misrepresented the issue and it's not quite as convenience based as it seems.

Either way, my guess is that this couple haven't been told the entire truth about the risks of unnecessary early induction. I'm not saying things will definitely go badly, things may go well, and of course I hope they will. But if something goes wrong and the parents find out that with better research they could have made a safer informed decision, I think that would be a lot of guilt to work through.

Anyway. Sounds like the decision has been made, and I wish them and their baby a happy, safe and successful birth.

[Astrid]

I was not fond of AFL before, but now I really do not like the sport. Putting damn final before the needs of a baby is completely wrong and should never be condoned. This country has its priorities completely out of whack when it places sport above everything else. Before it used to be "don't have your wedding on grand final day or we wont come", now it is "don't dare be born on grand final day". Pathetic.

[JellyBean]

Oh my God - that is so incredibly sad - and wrong . This is the exact thing Obs are criticised for - putting 'convenience' before the health and safety of mother and baby. It simply should not have been approved without the presence of a serious medical complication to justify it.
Besides - the Bulldogs may not even make the semi-final or the grand-final - can't they at least hold off until closer to the due date to see what the club's outcomes are??
The article claims they will be inducing the labour on a Wednesday 2 weeks early- then why not at least postpone the induction for a Wednesday 2 weeks later when the baby is actually due? Even 1 week early would be better than 2, geez..... the longer that poor little bub is in her mother's womb, the safer her entrance into this world will be and the better she will be able to cope with the demands of labour.
No doubt the poor thing will become distressed from the sudden influx of synthetic drugs and the lack of respect for mother nature's wisdom, and will end up arriving the unconventional way.... not that that will bother the Ob (), but it will not be nice for mother and baby.....

Someone do her a favour and send her a copy of Henci Goer's book - The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth. The poor love is so uninformed and unempowered!!

[willow5]

"We had a baby boy Cohen born in 2007 two weeks premature, which didn't worry us because it was around Christmas time," Lake said.
Of course I'm sure it was much more convenient!

"But with finals, and wanting to have Shannon's and my parents over, we thought it was a lot easier to do it a couple of weeks early and the doctor said it was fine.
Oh well yeah finals and the parents over couldn't muck those plans around

"Obviously the idea was to do it mid-week because with footy finals I didn't want to be worried about it around Saturday or Sunday."
Obviously! you wouldn't want to "be worried" about giving birth on the weekend near finals



"We wanted a girl and we wanted to get it out of the way and find out," Lake said.
All these comments make it sound like they're buying a car not having a baby!!!