Police Help Deliver Baby Alongside Interstate

[marriedfilingjoint]

www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/connecticut-police-help-deliver-baby-alongside-interstate_55f1a717e4b093be51bddbe9

It looks like one couple's baby just couldn't wait any longer.



According to NBC Connecticut, Ricardo Vilfranche was on his way to the hospital on Interstate 95 in Norwalk, Connecticut with his wife who was in labor. The news outlet reports that the couple realized they might not make it to the hospital and pulled over at an on-ramp to an exit to ask the state police who were at an accident scene for help. Before an ambulance arrived, the troopers had already begun to help deliver the baby, state police said. A paramedic arrived later and finished delivering the baby boy, who was named Ryan Carter Vilfranche.


According to NBC Connecticut, baby Ryan and family are now at Norwalk Hospital and the traffic has since been cleared after the exit was shut down momentarily.

I'm pretty sure this is going to be me someday, with my first I was only in active labor about 3 hours. 

[wawa]

My sister had a car baby. Caught it herself in the backseat as my BIL was pulling into a random volunteer fire company parking lot. Apparently she took too long to make it clear that when she said "the baby is coming" she meant RIGHT FUCKING NOW.

It was her third. First was a super long induction. Second was a longish labor but fast push.

Given that my 1 and 2 followed the exact same pattern (sizzli was only 3-4 pushes)...just one more reason to be done.

[bears]

That poor, poor mother. That's seriously such a big fear of mine, since we made it to the hospital with 20 minutes to spare last time.

[hopecounts]

I think I'm desensitized to this from lurking on VBAC boards over the last couple years.
More then a few of the women on there have delivered this way due to VBAC bans or having to travel longer distances to a VBAC supportive provider/hospital.
In order to VBAC they have to wait until the last second to head to the hospital or travel a good distance and well this happens.
Not how I'd want to deliver but not that big a deal either if it happens.

[Deleted]

I stand by my kitchen baby. I like my Civic too much to do that to it.

[dirtyred]

My mother had my brother at the OB's office when she went in for a check up

[wawa]

Sept 11, 2015 9:08:14 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

I stand by my kitchen baby. I like my Civic too much to do that to it.

My sister's corolla cleaned up fine actually. You couldn't even tell.

I mean. ..not that I recommend it regardless.

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Sept 11, 2015 11:48:09 GMT -5 wawa said:

Sept 11, 2015 9:08:14 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

I stand by my kitchen baby. I like my Civic too much to do that to it.

My sister's corolla cleaned up fine actually. You couldn't even tell.

I mean. ..not that I recommend it regardless.

LOL, I also liked having enough room to, you know, have a baby. It was pretty obvious I wasn't going to wait long enough to get to the hospital. 

I tried to tell DH, but he did not take me seriously enough. 

[marriedfilingjoint]

We jokingly argued over whose car we would take to the hospital (I had a preterm labor scare at 32 weeks so we kind of thought correctly that I could go at any time). I'm glad there were no jokes when it was time to actually get in the car. We did take my car, though. And I had towels in the backseat just in case. Some guy in the parking lot shouted "Just remember, he did this to you!" at me. He's seriously lucky I was mid-contraction. We made it with 56 minutes to spare which doesn't sound too bad after some of your stories.

[mrsdewinter]

Sept 11, 2015 8:50:32 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

I think I'm desensitized to this from lurking on VBAC boards over the last couple years.
More then a few of the women on there have delivered this way due to VBAC bans or having to travel longer distances to a VBAC supportive provider/hospital.
In order to VBAC they have to wait until the last second to head to the hospital or travel a good distance and well this happens.
Not how I'd want to deliver but not that big a deal either if it happens.

Most of these births go OK but I disagree that it's not a big deal, because it can be serious if a complication arises away from a trained doctor/midwife. My last baby was a precipitous labor and fortunately we made it to the hospital in time, because he had a shoulder dystocia. If we had still been in the car when that happened he could have died or suffered brain damage or arm paralysis. Fortunately those kinds of emergencies are rare, but precipitous labor is considered a risk factor for certain complications.

[mrsdewinter]

Also hopecounts, I'm a VBAC mom too and I love this VBAC group on Facebook

m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=289408731231663&tsid=0.08266797265969217&source=typeahead

[bears]

Sept 11, 2015 12:26:35 GMT -5 mrsdewinter said:

Sept 11, 2015 8:50:32 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

I think I'm desensitized to this from lurking on VBAC boards over the last couple years.
More then a few of the women on there have delivered this way due to VBAC bans or having to travel longer distances to a VBAC supportive provider/hospital.
In order to VBAC they have to wait until the last second to head to the hospital or travel a good distance and well this happens.
Not how I'd want to deliver but not that big a deal either if it happens.

Most of these births go OK but I disagree that it's not a big deal, because it can be serious if a complication arises away from a trained doctor/midwife. My last baby was a precipitous labor and fortunately we made it to the hospital in time, because he had a shoulder dystocia. If we had still been in the car when that happened he could have died or suffered brain damage or arm paralysis. Fortunately those kinds of emergencies are rare, but precipitous labor is considered a risk factor for certain complications.

I don't want to like this, but yup.

My complications weren't nearly as serious, but I'll always wonder if I could have avoided post partum surgery if I got to the hospital earlier. My son was in such a weird position that I tore terribly and we didn't have time to reposition him or even to get an episiotomy.

[meshaliuknits]

Sept 11, 2015 6:59:51 GMT -5 wawa said:

My sister had a car baby. Caught it herself in the backseat as my BIL was pulling into a random volunteer fire company parking lot. Apparently she took too long to make it clear that when she said "the baby is coming" she meant RIGHT FUCKING NOW.

It was her third. First was a super long induction. Second was a longish labor but fast push.

Given that my 1 and 2 followed the exact same pattern (sizzli was only 3-4 pushes)...just one more reason to be done.

I had BabyLiu so fast I was terrified I would have BoyLiu in the car. I left waaaaay earlier with BoyLiu than I did with BabyLiu and it was still too fast to get drugs.

[hopecounts]

Sept 11, 2015 12:26:35 GMT -5 mrsdewinter said:

Sept 11, 2015 8:50:32 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

I think I'm desensitized to this from lurking on VBAC boards over the last couple years.
More then a few of the women on there have delivered this way due to VBAC bans or having to travel longer distances to a VBAC supportive provider/hospital.
In order to VBAC they have to wait until the last second to head to the hospital or travel a good distance and well this happens.
Not how I'd want to deliver but not that big a deal either if it happens.

Most of these births go OK but I disagree that it's not a big deal, because it can be serious if a complication arises away from a trained doctor/midwife. My last baby was a precipitous labor and fortunately we made it to the hospital in time, because he had a shoulder dystocia. If we had still been in the car when that happened he could have died or suffered brain damage or arm paralysis. Fortunately those kinds of emergencies are rare, but precipitous labor is considered a risk factor for certain complications.

I should have phrased it better.
I meant in terms of I'm not grossed out by it.

[mrsdewinter]

Sept 11, 2015 16:45:27 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

Sept 11, 2015 12:26:35 GMT -5 mrsdewinter said:

Most of these births go OK but I disagree that it's not a big deal, because it can be serious if a complication arises away from a trained doctor/midwife. My last baby was a precipitous labor and fortunately we made it to the hospital in time, because he had a shoulder dystocia. If we had still been in the car when that happened he could have died or suffered brain damage or arm paralysis. Fortunately those kinds of emergencies are rare, but precipitous labor is considered a risk factor for certain complications.

I should have phrased it better.
I meant in terms of I'm not grossed out by it.

I get what you're saying.

[sangria]

If I had a 3rd (which I won't) I'm pretty sure this would be me. My second was out in 4 pushes, 10 minutes flat.

I also had a decently fast labor with my first.

I was actually more nervous about realizing it was real deal in time to get to my hospital which was about 20 min away.

[sangria]

If I had a 3rd (which I won't) I'm pretty sure this would be me. My second was out in 4 pushes, 10 minutes flat.

I also had a decently fast labor with my first.

I was actually more nervous about realizing it was real deal in time to get to my hospital which was about 20 min away.