A pregnant New Jersey woman managed to deliver her child in
the cab of a pickup truck as her husband drove to the hospital.
Keshia
Melchiorre and her husband, Steve, were heading from their home in
Southampton to Virtua Hospital in Voorhees early Tuesday but the baby
wasn't waiting, she told WPVI-TV
Melchiorre safely delivered her daughter Portia in the front seat of the pickup. Her husband didn't even have time to pull over.
The baby wasn't due until Jan. 23.
She
wrapped the baby in her sweat shirt and her husband had to remind her
to check if it was a boy or a girl, she said, adding that "it was just
complete shock."
Portia
was born 4 pounds, 12 ounces, and a medical team rushed out to cut the
umbilical cord when the family arrived at the hospital.
Keshia Melchiorre said she went through 10 or 12 hard hours of labor with her other daughter, Penelope.
Mother and baby are in good condition at the hospital.
Congratulations!
yahoo!
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