WOMAN CALLS HUSBAND, THEN DELIVERS OWN BABY.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. A woman in labor, waiting at home for her husband to take her to the hospital, delivered the baby herself after her contractions contractions Obstetrics Volleys of tightening and shortening of myometrium–uterine muscle, which occur during labor, cause dilatation and thinning of the cervix and aid in the descent of the infant in the birth canal. See Labor. Cf Decelerations. progressed quickly and she realized it was a breech delivery breech delivery n. Delivery of a fetus with the buttocks or feet appearing first. Also called breech birth. breech delivery Obstetrics Extraction or expulsion of the fetus feet or buttocks first . The details of Wednesday's Wednesday’s child full of woe. [Nurs. Rhyme: Opie, 309] See : Melancholy birth of a healthy boy were a little sketchy for Kim Rowe, whose pregnancy had been uneventful for the rest of its 8-1/2 months. When her contractions took on 20-minute intervals, she called her husband, Steve. As he drove to their house in Wexford from his office eight miles away, the contractions speeded up, way up in just a few minutes. Rowe, 35, was in her bathroom. She said she reached down and felt a tiny leg. She knew it was too late to do anything but push. ``I couldn't get to the phone. I couldn't call 911. We live on a private road, so I wasn't sure an ambulance could even find me,'' she said. ``Instinct instinct, term used generally to indicate an innate tendency to action, or pattern of behavior, elicited by specific stimuli and fulfilling vital needs of an organism. sort of took over,'' Rowe said. ``I'm still in shock and sort of in awe of the whole thing. It's pretty wild.'' |
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