Doctor's water breaks while delivering her patient's baby
by Michelle Stein posted in Pregnancy
When I was nearing my due dates for my first two children, one of my fears was going into labor while at work. I had a 45-minute drive home (and so did my husband) before we could then head to our hospital. Would we be able to make it in time" Plus, who really wants to have their water break at an office in front of coworkers" Um, not me.
Well, that's exactly what ended up happening to one pregnant mama in Iowa -- except since she's an ob-gyn resident at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, it was NBD. On July 28, Emily Jacobs, 28, was delivering a patient's child when so unexpectedly went into labor 4 weeks before her due date.
"I noticed what I thought was amniotic fluid of the patient as the baby was delivering," Jacobs told ABC News. "It wasn't until I left the room when I realized that it was my water that had broken ... I was freaking out a little bit because we were still seeing patients and [my supervisor] just kind of smiled and told me to go back in one of the triage rooms and wait for her to confirm that it was my water."
Hours later, she gave birth to a baby boy. Little Jett is now 7 weeks old and "home, happy and doing well," according to his mama.
This story reminds me of an OB who was getting ready to be induced when she responded to a patient in distress. Back in July, this superstar doctor-mom ended up delivering another woman's baby because the on-call OB wouldn't have a...
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