TikTok user Anabel Morales recently shared a video stating that she would want her husband to pick her over their baby to save if complications arose during childbirth.
Immediately, the comments filled with people sharing the importance of this statement.
Partners have said they couldn't do life — much less parent another human — without their S.O.
Some feel so strongly about it that they don't believe your partner is meant for you if they don't choose you.
Moms who already have children tried to help people realize how hard it would be for their current kid(s) to grow up without a mom.
Even moms themselves have had their eyes opened.
And the comments truly made some people think differently about the situation.
BuzzFeed spoke to Anabel, who said that since she and her husband have been trying for another baby — they currently have one — she started to think about the scenario. "Because I have a baby now, this is the way I think," she said.
And even though Anabel does not think doctors should be discussing death during pregnancy with people who aren't high-risk to avoid fear-mongering, she does think potential parents should talk about it. "It’s better to discuss so if it ever does happen, you know what to decide," she said.
BuzzFeed also spoke with Mary Jane Minkin, MD, who is a clinical professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine. Minkin said that, fortunately, this situation is very rare.
"I've delivered thousands of babies and I've never had this question come up. Nobody ever said to me, 'If this scenario happens...' For today's average pregnant person, this wouldn't be something that a doctor would bring up in a typical exam unless you were possibly high-risk," she said.