I have to say, as a mother with two kids who arrived by c-section, these stories always make me feel a tiny bit deficient as a mom. (Which is not to say there is anything wrong with those of us who need a bit of surgical encouragement to bring babies into the world, just saying.)
An unnamed Tasmanian woman has made the news after she went into labor wrapping some last-minute gifts under the tree on Christmas Eve. Paramedics were dispatched to the woman’s home, where they arrived to find the patient in the early stages of labor. But for some reason, according to news accounts, the responders were unable to transport her to the hospital to give birth, and instead, the baby was delivered at home- and, quite like in a romantic comedy of some description, under the tree itself. ABC quotes Bruce Connor of the Tasmanian Ambulance Service:
“I would assume the patient was in labour to a point where delivery was imminent and rather than being able to move to the ambulance to proceed to hospital, they had to deliver the baby at the house,” he said.
(It was not clear if Hugh Grant was milling about the scene, making milquetoast jokes and charmingly impeding the labor process.) Connor adds a detail that will probably amuse men and irritate the pants off women:
“To deliver one at 12:06am on Christmas Day is a special event for us, especially under the Christmas tree at home and I believe that the intensive care paramedic was wearing a pair of antlers at the time.”
Have you ever been in labor? How much would this make you want to punch someone in the face?
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