April 27, 2009

Catching up after a busy weekend I ran across this article Woman Gives Birth To Twins Right On NYC Street. Come on now – does this stuff really happen? This title is only slightly misleading, apparently she was (at least partially) in her SUV when she delivered her twins. Could they have at least transferred her inside before the second twin was born (she was just outside the hospital)? What gets me is that even though she had a spontaneous, natural delivery she is still admitted and separated from her sweet babies – I certainly hope this was medically necessary and not just ‘recommended.’

Back to unexpected birth places - it was just back in March I saw an article about a woman who gave birth in her car in front of the Kentucky State Police Station. In my own childbirth class we spent maybe 10-15 minutes (tops) on emergency birth preparation. Definitely not enough to prepare us for this type of emergency and then there are so many classes that don’t cover it at all. I remember thinking – does this really happen? This is just something that happened in the ‘old days’ right? Not only is it happening, but it seems to me that it’s happening more and more frequently.