This has been the year of the unusual childbirth. Babies this year have been born in cars, airplanes, ferries, at bus stops and even a zoo!! Continuing the trend, a baby boy made his debut into the world onboard a coastguard helicopter.
Being trained animal keepers, the zoo staff of Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse is used to handling animal deliveries. But on Friday morning they were in for a surprise when a woman gave birth inside the zoo!
The Bainbridge-to-Seattle ferry converted to a delivery room on Thursday afternoon when a women gave birth to a beautiful baby girl on board. Luckily, there were a midwife, an OB/GYN nurse and two EMTs onboard the ferry to assist with the baby’s arrival.
Everyone wanted to see baby Colten when he was born last Sunday at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Missouri and for good reason. Looking like a four month old, the baby boy arrived weighing a whopping 14 pounds and 6.4 ounces!
Thanksgiving had an extra special meaning for the Bennett family this year. When Delores’ contractions began early Thursday morning, the family piled into their SUV and headed to the hospital. But not long down the road Jeremy says he knew the baby could not wait.
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.
When a Chicago mom went into labour on Tuesday morning she wasn’t going to let that keep her from casting her vote.
Researchers in Melbourne are developing a new inhalable drug that could help save the lives of 150,000 women’s lives each year. Created as an alternative to an injection, the drug could help women avoid the risk of pregnancy complications post labor.
As we all know, babies will come whenever and where ever they please. Sometimes that where ever happens to be a place where no medical assistance is available. But thankfully for a UK mom, help was close by when her little boy chose to arrive while she was out shopping.
A Russian woman boarded a Moscow bound flight 30 weeks pregnant but came out holding her baby girl. The passengers and crew of the country’s largest airline Aeroflot were taken by surprise when her baby girl decided to enter the world mid-flight on Monday.
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.
An Ottawa couple learned how quickly labour can progress after they were forced to welcome their second child in their car at the road side.
In a Boeing 777 (EK332), a little boy was born thousands of feet over Indio-China earlier this week. His Filipina mother, identified as “Nedz,” was only 27 weeks pregnant, so she wasn’t set to deliver for a few more months. But for whatever reason, the little boy decided that he needed to make his entrance just a couple of hours before the plane’s final destination.
