I know that can't possibly be safe. (As bad as texting?)

If they try to charge her with anything, though, that'll be the epitome of sh*ttiness on the part of law enforcement. But, DA's are always prowling around for their next victim (aka notch in their belt), so I won't be surprised if such a thing does actually happen.

Baby born in car in RCMP parking lot

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/07/31/baby-born-car.html#ixzz0osNztZ5H

A. That's taking multitasking a bit too far.

B. Isn't it time we put some sensible policies in place for working pregnant women? At what point did it become OK for a woman to have to risk her life, that of her baby's, and the drivers around her, in the middle of her delivery? What kind of company pushes women to this point?

C. Congrats on the little one and healthy outcomes. Thank God everyone's OK.

When I read the headlines I thought of a woman driving with one knee, holding a cell phone in the other, and applying eyeliner with the other ... and she ramped it up one more notch.
She was probably wearing high heels in place of the stirrups.
Multi-tasking at its finest!!!

Glad everyone's OK.

Too bad they gotta trash the car now, it's ruined 8)

I'll bet that she wasn't a Women Libber, If she was ,she would have thrown the baby out the window. Garbage, This is what a young 22 year old Girl from my area told me one day. So what if A women get an Abortion , IT"S GARBAGE ANYWAY.

That was the first thing I thought of too. Wish my babies just "popped out"

You have to admit, though, that giving birth behind the wheel of a car while it is in motion doesn't happen every day.

No, "popping out a baby" is not news. However, the manner in which she "popped out a baby" is newsworthy, as a human interest story. And, frankly, I like a little human interest to distract me from the rest of the depressing news.

Obviously, you have never tried to get behind a steering wheel when you are nine months pregnant! That is a bloody miracle right there.

I have had two babies. Neither were quick or easy so to drive and and deliver a baby at the same time ranks right up there with walking on water in my books.

LOL!

Never heard that one before. LOL

Is that a comment?

Daddy would you like some sausage?

If it were you giving birth I bet you would call it news lol.

what i am wondering is, how could she work the pedals while pushing out the baby though?? anyone, anyone?

Are you kidding?? A taxi in Bemidji? Minnesota women are a hardy lot. I should know, I am one. I have to admit, though, that I might have had a co-worker drive instead.

Agreed...arranging for another driver or ambulance is a much more sensible option.

I have a good friend who is prone to seizures and cannot drive as a result. Both my friend and her husband are very responsible about driving arrangements (given that she can't drive) and know that he can never put her in a position to drive while under stress, as stress can force a seizure.

i give birth in the back of my parents car, on my way to the hospital but that was because i was in labor all morning, and every time my mum tried to ring the Hospital to see if they where ready for me, but they kept saying they was no beds for me and they where not ready for me. when i was in the car i couldn't stop the pushing feeling i was getting but all my body wanted to do was push. it was a weird feeling. but i cant understand why didn't she ask someone at work to drive her to the hospital :-/

LOL!

That is too funny!!!!

Hilarious!

Awesome!

jajajajajajjajajajaajjajajajaaaa! i work in an office and its quite quiet here, i read this and i couldn't help but literally LOL. added some laughter to my day, thank you. :)

Here in Ohio, they gave a woman a ticket for breast feeding her baby while she was driving. Granted, not the best decision, but I can't help but wonder what they would have ticketed this woman with?

And c'mon, let's be a little more creative with the name! It should have been Vroom Vroom Phillips!--because he was in such a hurry.

I'm sorry, but cops SHOULD give a woman a ticket for breast-feeding while driving. I mean, hello, BREAST-FEEDING WHILE DRIVING!! That's stupid and dangerous, not to mention illegal since all infants should be in the backseat safely strapped into a car seat. It's also dangerous to other people on the road.

Oh, I agree, but I wonder what ticket they would have given this woman who delivered? High speed delivery?

I got ticketed for having my niece in her carseat in the front passenger seat of my car, even though I was able to demonstrate that my vehicle automatically turns off the airbag if the seat weighs the occupant at less than 100 pounds.

Thankfully, the judge agreed that vehicles with automatic airbag activation/deactivation systems are safer to have the child in front. I will admit that for some people, having an infant within reach is a distraction, my experience is that most parents end up getting distracted by infants who freak when they can't see anyone or anything but the roof (they're quieter when they can see someone they know).

That's just awful.

Remember the girl who gave birth at the prom and went back to dancing?

Everyone is made differently, and a lot of people give birth like it was nothing. I have a tiny skinny little girlfriend who has babies like that. (yes-sometimes I hate her lol)

I personally would have crashed into a tree, screaming the whole time. Then again, I would have taken the chance of a seizure first :)

NY2VA - If you're a girl you aren''t much of a woman to make such vulgar comments and you don't know much about having babies.

Years ago, we had a neighbor who was pregnant with her first child. They lived in the city and both she and her husband worked there--not many blocks apart. She was not even close to her due date but felt something was not right. She called her husband and they met at the hospital. In the elevator on the way to maternity she gave birth--standing up btw. She'd had no labor pains, just tweaks.

The nurse with them stopped the elevator at the next floor and got her onto the first available bed. Where she promptly gave birth to the second twin of whom even her OB had no inkling.

NY2 you are not only vulgar and arrogant, you know nothing about the subject of childbirth beyond your own experience.

Some women naturally dilate to the point where the baby literally pops right out, others don't. The size of your "hoo-ha" has far less to do with how easy the birth is than does the dilation of the cervix. Have you even had a child?

I hope it's embarassing for you to be schooled by a man on child-bearing!

It's a simple fact of nature and there's no reason to make jokes in bad taste about it.

I am a labor nurse...I can tell you that there a few lucky women among us who really feel very little before the baby slides out. These ladies often deliver at home, in a car or shortly after being admitted to the hospital with very little advance warning. Unusual, but happens.

right on alan_static

Sure hope it was an automatic...otherwise she would have had to be clutching too...lol

See post #16.4 for the answer.

That's what I was wondering.

He may not even know how to drive. I have a teen with epilepsy, and in our state she is not even allowed to take the classroom portion of driver's ed, let alone actually drive a car. Until her seizures are more controlled, she won't be at the wheel. That might be for ever.

This mom did the best she could under the circumstances. There might have been a friend or relative on call as a driver, since it was known that the dad has epilepsy--bet there will be next time!

Ok so I find it hard to imagine that this lady gave birth while she was able to push the gas pedal and pull a baby out. Guess she must have had her panties off because why? I mean you are in labor you don't stop to take off your underwear just in case you are possibly going to have a baby in the car. So when contractions came or she had to push how did she NOT floor the gas pedal? I think the husband/boyfriend was actually the one driving and was fearful that he get in trouble. I mean that would be like letting the person having a heart attack or someone who had suffered a gsw. I would rather take the chance of "possibly" having a seizure and get everyone there safe and sound. Again I think HE was driving. It's just to improbable.

Actually, Angie, she put on the cruise control so she didn't have to use the accelerator at all. Her husband was steering from the passenger seat. She said she pulled the seat all the way back to deliver her baby. I'm just glad that her husband didn't have a seizure at that moment or they would all have been killed in a car crash.

I know! She was able to put on the cruise control and pull her seat back while her husband steered to deliver her kid. Pulling over the car would have been a lot easier and a lot safer for all of them.

That is just you... My neighbor was born on the bathroom floor because she came out so fast..not everyone is in labor that long!!!

This was not her first child. I watched the news report on it this morning and she had her other child next to her. Some women just have quick and easy birth even if it is their first (darn them!).