From the Thibodaux Daily Comet.
A young mother-to-be, Kristy Moore, didn't make it to the hospital to have her baby. She and her husband Jason left the house to get into their minivan to make the trip, but when they got out on the carport, the baby started coming.
She laid on the cold concrete floor and her tinsmith husband, guided by a 911 dispatcher and EMS worker, delivered their third child and only daughter in the dim glow cast by the minivan’s interior light.
Jason used a shoe string pulled from the pair he wore to tie off the umbilical cord and a pair of scissors used hours earlier while wrapping Christmas presents to cut it.
Born about 5:50 a.m., Lylah Ann Moore weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 18 inches long. She’s back at home now, following a brief hospital stay.
Last night, the weather around here was cold, so I imagine that the concrete floor felt icy to Kristy. Jason kept his head and did what he had to do with the materials at hand. My congratulations to Kristy and Jason for a job well done. Welcome to our world, Lylah Ann.
Blessings on the family. Thanksgiving for a safe arrival despite the circumstances.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what Tom would have done in a situation like that. He's always said that he was relieved that today's practice of having the other parent in the delivery room was not in place when our children were born. He wanted no part of that.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness.
ReplyDeleteThe mom looks white as a sheet in that photo.
And, yes. Full marks to the dad. Well done!
Ellie, I think the flash from the camera may have caused Kristy to look white, although if I had given birth on an icy concrete floor, I'd probably look white and traumatized for days.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes. I definitely think she came by it honestly!
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