We’ve always wondered how women go through an entire pregnancy without knowing. Leanne Carter, a 21-year-old woman from Ilkeston, Nottinghamshire, says she’d always wondered the very same thing. Yet, as fate would have it, she ended up being one of those women. Even more amazing is the fact that her little surprise arrived just in time for Christmas.
Babies have shown us, time and again, year after year, that they can be even more unpredictable than the weather. They will come when and where they want. This year was filled with some of the most bizarre delivery locations, but there were also some pretty amazing birth stories this year.
Emily Brewer, a 36-year-old doctoral student at UNC Chapel Hill, learned that sometimes, things really do happen for a reason. What was supposed to be a simple trip to the library turned into a miraculous event, one that neither she nor her two-year-old son, Dylan, are liable to forget.
Keaton Mason and her fiancée were on the way to the hospital to deliver their first child, but just 15 minutes from their home, their daughter decided she couldn’t wait. So just before 10 p.m., they pulled off into a truck stop and delivered the little girl in the back seat of their car.
While headed northbound on a Philadelphia subway train to a routine doctor’s appointment, a young woman had gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. Overjoyed (and likely in a bit of shock over the impromptu delivery), the new mom then headed up the subway station stairs and stopped Loyd Rodgers, a SEPTA police officer and his partner.
Ninfa Ramirez, 31, and her husband, Armando Ortiz, 34, headed off to the hospital on Sunday because Ninfa was experiencing labor pains. But upon examination, nurses told the couple that it wasn’t time yet and that they should go home and relax.
Shawna Arnold and her boyfriend were on their way to Concord Hospital to deliver their baby girl. But, as we know, sometimes babies just won’t wait. Little Katie was one of those babies.
Siobhan Anderson and her husband, Bryan, weren’t expecting their twin baby boys until Friday, but when Siobhan’s water broke at 5:30 Saturday morning, they knew it was time to head to the hospital. Just a few minutes into their trip, however, their boys decided they wouldn’t wait.
The recent shooting in Aurora has left, in its wake, many aching hearts. But even out of some of the most tragic events, something beautiful can emerge. In this instance, it is the survival and birth of Hugo Jackson Medley.
Christine Bolden was well-known for her intuition and ability to predict the ending of movies by those that were closest to her. To the rest of the world, however, she is a mother that delivered two little miracles, even after her brain gave out.
Plenty of New Year’s babies were born, but few mothers can claim their babies were born on New Year’s Day aboard an airplane. But wouldn’t you know; there was one!
It’s not that uncommon for twins to be born on different days, but not too many twins can say that they were born in different years. The Bear twins can.
On New Year’s Day, at 12:46 a.m., Grace Olivia Ketcheson was the first baby born in 2012 at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. Grace’s brother, Jack, was also the first infant born in Regina, 365 days and four hours before her.
