I'm pleased you guys have taken this in the right way. I was thinking about it later, hoping that you didn't think it was an urban myth or me being grusome.

The couple aren't impaired - just a little slower. They live independently and just like you or I, just I guess they didn't understand. I do support sterilisation of more deeply impaired people, but this is by no means a situation like that.

They aren't sure how long it stopped breathing, but by calculations it could be up to 40mins.

Its just so awful. My friends sister has been a support person through several human births as well as birthing lots and lots of animals (dogs, horses etc) so this wasdevastating forher as well. Not something you can get over in a hurry.