Photos: An intense roadside delivery, with firemen!
by Michelle Stein posted in Pregnancy
Many of us have probably read that a woman's labor tends to be shorter with each child she has. This was certainly the case for Kaitlin Eigenmann. Except her second child came so quickly, she ended up giving birth in a car on the side of the road -- with the help of seven firemen.
One day before the super-fast delivery, Eigenmann had been having a few irregular contractions, but nothing that signaled the big event was near. The been-there-done-that mama simply chalked up to Braxton Hicks contractions. These irregular contractions continued into the next day until they suddenly went from NBD to intensely painful. After 10-15 minutes of serious contractions, Eigenmann knew it was time to head to the hospital. And fast. Her mom and dad, Ron and Cathy, left with the laboring mama for the 30-minute drive to the hospital. However, they only managed to make it 15 minutes down the road. "When my dad saw the police officer while we were driving, he asked if I wanted him to pull over, and I said yes because I just knew we couldn't make it to the hospital," Eigenmann told BabyCenter. "Then the fear set in. I didn't want to say yes because I wanted to be in a hospital, but I didn't want to be driving while giving birth, so it was my only option. I was terrified!"
What happened next was surreal, she explained.
"The police officer was in a panic. I told him, the baby was coming, and he said, 'No, he's not, just wait...
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