Chicago anchor Judy Hsu becomes story by giving birth on roadside

ABC 7 in Chicago news anchor Judy Hsu’s tenure came in handy when she ended up having her baby in the car on the side of the road.

Hsu went into labor around 3am Tuesday, waking husband Tracy to take her to nearby Northwestern Hospital. But the baby wasn’t feeling very patient, and the couple pulled over on the side of the road at the Cicero exit of the Eisenhower Expressway. Judy Hsu remembered doing a segment on a similar childbirth situation and how the parents had tied off the umbilical cord with shoelaces. Husband Tracy tried it, and it worked.

Paramedics soon arrived and transported Judy Hsu and the baby to Northwestern Hospital, where both are reportedly doing fine. The baby boy, named Alexander James, has been nicknamed “Ike” due to his unusual birthplace. He is the couple’s 4th child.

[Source: Chicago Sun Times]