Woman Gives Birth In Bathroom (For The SECOND Time)

[matcom]

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ST. CLOUD, Minn. --Twice now, one central Minnesota mother has given birth in an unexpected spot. Jessica Reed, a nurse at the VA Medical Center, gave birth to her daughter Faith Reed last Sunday in the middle of her shift.

"It was just beautiful," said Helen Mickelson, one of Reed's co-workers who helped her deliver in the women's bathroom. "It was just a miracle to be a part of a baby coming into the world -- at the VA Medical Center, of all places."

For Reed, 26, it was the second time she'd given birth in a bathroom.

Reed gave birth to her son Seth in her bathroom at home. Her sister, Angela Reed, who was 19 at the time, delivered the baby with the aid of a 911 dispatcher. Seth is now 15 months old.

When Jessica Reed learned she was going to have another baby in the bathroom, she said she wasn't upset or dismayed. "I don't think that way," she said. "It's gotta be done, just go with the flow."

An emergency medical technician delivered Faith, a healthy, 7-pound, 11-ounce girl.

Faith Reed, Jessica's fourth child, was due March 20, but Reed knew something was amiss when she went to the bathroom and noticed blood.

Kristi Sauter, 23, a nursing assistant who works with Reed, planned to drive Reed to the emergency room. Sauter went to warm up her car in the parking lot. But as Reed went to meet Sauter, she had to stop in the women's bathroom.

"From that point on, it came so quick," Sauter said.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/02/21/woman_again_gives_birth_in_the_bathroom?mode=PF

[sasquatch]

1. On a side note my sisters nickname as a kid was "Turd"

[LynzM]

2. This happened to one of my best friends....

She had their daughter in the bathroom of a donut shop, on the way to her midwife's house!

[Suich]

3. I have no idea how you find all these wonderfully goofy stories,

including the one about the goat attack. But I certainly enjoy reading them!

Thank you! :applause:

[MissB]

4. Labor is supposed to be long and painful.

[Gold Metal Flake]

5. One is a surprise...

...twice is a hobby.

[Left Is Write]

6. The obvious solution is for Jessica to stay out of bathrooms.