SPECIAL DELIVERY; LAPD OFFICERS PLAY STORK FOR PANORAMA CITY COUPLE.Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer When Carmina Perez Greene's husband flagged down a police cruiser cruiser, large, fast, moderately armed warship, intermediate in type between the aircraft carrier and the destroyer. During World War II, battle cruisers operated as small battleships, combining in one vessel maximum qualities of gun caliber, armor protection, and before dawn Friday because his wife was about to give birth in their van, he unwittingly hit the jackpot. Inside the black-and-white was Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . Officer Kosal Bun, who knew just what to do because, after all, he
helped deliver his own daughter.
At the top of his list: Check to see whether the umbilical cord umbilical cord (ŭmbĭl`ĭkəl), cordlike structure about 22 in. (56 cm) long in the pregnant human female, extending from the abdominal wall of the fetus to the placenta. was wrapped around the infant's neck - just as was the case when his daughter, Kaitlyn, was born five months ago. Bun checked - and found the cord wrapped around the baby girl's neck. ``I remember that I saw the baby was blue, really blue, and sucking sucking the application of suction to an object by the mouth. sucking drive instinctive enthusiasm of the neonate to suck on a teat, or any object which even remotely resembles a teat. for air,'' Bun said later Friday. ``I told the mother not to push.'' Bun, 27, was able to slip the cord over the baby's head, possibly saving the child's life, a nurse said later. ``That was very smart, because had the baby been delivered with the cord, it could've gotten tighter and tighter and been like a hangman's noose hangman’s noose characteristic knot for death by hanging. [Pop. Cult.: Misc.] See : Execution ,'' said Penny Hammer, nurse manager at Valley Presbyterian Hospital Presbyterian Hospital can refer to several places:
The baby, as yet unnamed, and mother were in good condition. It all started around 5:30 a.m. Friday when Bun, 27, and his partner, Paul Lopez, 23, were patrolling on a quiet, cold night near the corner of Kester Avenue and Community Street. They were about to issue a ticket to a cyclist for running a stop sign when suddenly a gray van pulled up, its high beams high beam n. The beam of a vehicle's headlight that provides long-range illumination. Noun 1. high beam - the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination flashing. Behind the wheel was Andrew Greene Andrew Greene (born September 24, 1969) is a Canadian Football League offensive tackle for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Greene, a nine-year CFL veteran, has spent his entire career withsdc the Saskatchewan Roughriders. , 36, a cement-truck driver from Van Nuys, who was rushing his pregnant wife to Tarzana Hospital to give birth to their second child. By the time Bun could peer inside the van, Carmina's water had broken, and the baby's head was crowning. The two officers worked quickly. Lopez radioed paramedics and retrieved clean towels from a neighbor. Bun initiated delivery. Each took turns keeping the mother and father calm. In less than five minutes, a 19-inch baby girl weighing 8 pounds, 4 ounces was born. Bun tapped her on her back until she cried, and turned her over once to let any fluids in her nose and mouth drain out. He then wrapped the baby in towels and placed her on her mother's stomach. Tired but proud, both officers called the experience touching and rewarding. ``This is much different than arresting someone,'' Lopez said. ``Something we've been discussing today is that we do have a sense of gratification GRATIFICATION. A reward given voluntarily for some service or benefit rendered, without being requested so to do, either expressly or by implication. , that we did a good job here.'' By Friday afternoon, both baby and mother were resting well at the hospital, feeling fine - and grateful. ``We are very thankful. They didn't panic,'' Carmina Perez Greene said from bed, cradling her baby. ``There was no way we were going to make it.'' The mother said they're thinking about naming the baby Andrea after her father, and possibly giving her a middle name that plays off the two officers' names. ``Maybe Bunny,'' she said, smiling. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--2--Color) Carmina Perez Greene and her husband, Andrew, watch LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Officers Kosal Bun, left, and Paul Lopez get to know the baby girl, shown at left, they delivered Friday morning. Tina Gerson/Daily News |
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