Woman gives birth in car

Woman gives birth in car

Posted: Sunday, July 6, 2014 7:17 pm

Woman gives birth in car From Staff Reports Longview News-Journal

A woman and her newborn were taken to Good Shepherd Medical Center Sunday evening after she successfully gave birth in her vehicle.

Longview Fire Department Captain Steve McCarthy said the department received a 911 call at 5:28 p. m. directing them to the area of U. S. 80 and Spur 63 in Longview.

McCarthy said EMS workers, Chris Wilson and Jody Followwell arrived to find that a 35-year-old woman had given birth in a car.

“The baby was out,” McCarthy said. “The only thing we did was cut the umbilical cord and wrap the baby in some blankets.”

McCarthy said Sunday was the first time in 15 years that he has been involved with an emergency delivery as a firefighter.

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A suburban mother has a memorable story to tell about the birth of her third son. Her husband was driving as she was going into labor on the Illinois Tollway, but their bundle of joy couldn’t wait. NBC 5’s Lee Ann Trotter has their story. (Published Thursday, Jul 3, 2014)

Thursday, Jul 3, 2014 • Updated at 2:06 PM CST

Giving birth on the shoulder of a tollway isn't unheard of in Illinois. but Beth Farina took it a step further.

En route to Advocate Sherman Hospital in suburban Elgin early Tuesday, Farina felt the baby coming about a mile from the emergency room. Instead of pulling over, though, she told her husband, Trevor Farina, to keep going.

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"When we got on the Tollway, I knew we were not going to make it to the hospital. I was like, 'This baby is coming, you better driver faster,'" Beth Farina said.

Woman gives birth in car park

A hospital has promised to investigate claims that a mother was forced to give birth in a freezing car park in the early hours because the doors to a maternity unit were locked and would not open.

Warwick Hospital said it was reviewing procedures after supermarket worker Paula Chamberlain went into labour outside the unit but was locked out despite trying for up to 10 minutes to alert staff inside via an intercom and a mobile telephone.

Mrs Chamberlain, 23, of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, eventually gave birth to her third child, Ethan, while leaning against her car which was parked outside.

Hospital spokesman Peter Tolhurst said the doors to the main entrance of the unit are routinely closed at night for security reasons and that an investigation had been launched into what went wrong.

'We have tested the doors and they appear to be working satisfactorily at the moment. We were aware they were coming in. We had their notes and we were expecting them. There is some uncertainty as to what happened,' he told PA News.

'They came along and said they were unable to gain access to the maternity unit and rang through to the labour suite. They were able to respond but the mother was already in labour.

'We have been on that site for eight to nine years and it's the first time we have had any problems with the access systems. It concerns us a great deal.'

Mrs Chamberlain's husband, Darren, 29, took her to the hospital at about 2.45am on Friday but was unable to open the doors. 'Darren was pressing the buzzer but there was no answer,' she said. 'I don't know if it is just an intercom or not but the doors would not open,' she said.

'After a couple of minutes I thought someone would be on their way down and got out of the car but my waters broke. Darren was terrified. He didn't know what to do and he was getting really angry. He phoned up again. They said someone was coming down but by then I had delivered my own baby.'

Two midwives and an electrician arrived at the other side of the doors to prise the entrance open, but although Mr Chamberlain got inside his wife was left stranded outside when the doors slammed shut.

A security card was eventually wedged between the doors to allow her in. Mrs Chamberlain said she was lucky there were no complications during the birth.

The couple's two other children, Callum, aged four, and Brandon, aged two, were also born at the hospital.

Unemployed Mr Chamberlain added: 'Ethan has suffered no ill effects but we've lost our faith in the hospital. I'm so angry about what happened. It was so cold. There was probably a fault with the door but even so, they should have been down quicker.'

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Woman Gives Birth In Car Wreck

A pregnant woman in labor, driving herself to the hospital, crashed her car and gave birth while trapped in the mangled, partially submerged vehicle, authorities said.

Kenyetta Biggs spent more than an hour in the car Sunday morning before she — and her newborn daughter — were rescued and taken to a hospital, authorities said. Her father said she had not told the family she was pregnant.

Biggs, 21, suffered a broken leg but she and the baby she named Myracle were reported to be doing well.

Palm Beach County sheriff's Deputy Stephen Maxwell had been starting his shift Sunday when he noticed a person's head poking out through some tall grass along a canal bank.

The deputy stopped and found Biggs trying to get out of her partially submerged car. She told him her baby was inside.

"As I looked around her I saw the newborn baby laying in the passenger seat with the placenta and umbilical cord still attached," Maxwell said.

Maxwell and another deputy pried open the door to free Biggs. Police said she had been driving to a hospital and a strong contraction caused her to lose control of the car shortly after 5 a. m.

Biggs' father, Kenneth Biggs, said he figured his daughter didn't tell relatives of her pregnancy because she was afraid of their reaction. None of that matters now, he said.

"We are definitely welcoming this baby with open arms," he said.

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