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The Library => Haley Center Basement => Topic started by: Aubie16 on May 04, 2008, 07:37:44 PM
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Girl Carries Secret Baby to Hospital, Still Attached
LONG BEACH, California (AP) -- A 17-year-old girl gave birth secretly at home, then walked four blocks to a hospital with the baby still attached by its umbilical cord.
"I was just a little nervous" when the labor began, Xochitl Parra said Friday from St. Mary Medical Center as she cradled her 8-pound, 3-ounce son, Alejandro.
The boy was normal and "eating like a champ," said Dr. Jose Perez, director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
The teenager said she was alone and taking a shower around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday to get ready for school. Then the contractions took over.
"I felt his head coming, so I sit down and pushed so he could come out," she said.
Parra did not call 911 because the home phone was disconnected, and she did not want to wake the neighbors because it was so early. Instead, she wrapped the baby, got dressed and went to the hospital on foot.
"I started walking and jogging to the hospital," she said.
The teen came into the hospital lobby and asked for help, Perez said.
"She still had the placenta and the baby was still attached, so of course everyone said, 'Don't move!' " he said.
Perez praised the girl for taking quick action.
"They could have bled to death; thank God that didn't happen," the doctor said. "She was very clever. She knew what to do. She wrapped the baby up and walked over here."
Parra, a sophomore at Long Beach Poly High, said she kept her pregnancy a secret because she was afraid her mother would "kick me out of the house." Her mother has now accepted the situation and is going to help the teen care for the baby so she can continue attending school, Parra said. Watch the teen hold her newborn »
Perez called the outcome "heartwarming."
"We hear so much negative with teenagers throwing their babies in the Dumpsters," he said. "This baby is fine, and hopefully there will be a happy ending with the extended family."
So let me get this straight...
This girl doesn't tell anybody that she is pregnant, and then doesn't tell anybody when she goes into labor. She proceeds to have the baby in the shower and then walk to the hospital with the umbilical cord still attached. She put her life and the life of her baby in jeopardy and the doctor and writer of this story call it "heartwarming" and that she is "very clever"?
WTF?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/04/teen.birth.ap/index.html
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left coast. Tells me all I need to know.
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Is it just me, or does this story make anyone else think of a chile relleno? The umbilical cord and the placenta still attached - the pepper's stem in the fried cocoon of grease. Mmmm
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Is it just me, or does this story make anyone else think of a chile relleno? The umbilical cord and the placenta still attached - the pepper's stem in the fried cocoon of grease. Mmmm
:puke:
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left coast. Tells me all I need to know.
I hear that shit Saniflush. Mofo's ain't right over that way.
DnATL, that's just nasty as hell dude. :blink:
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:bs: If you have ever witnessed a child birth, you would know that a woman is NOT going to get up and walk, or jog as stated above. What a bunch of horse shit.
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:bs: If you have ever witnessed a child birth, you would know that a woman is NOT going to get up and walk, or jog as stated above. What a bunch of horse shit.
Not exactly small either - eight pounds Mexican, so that's like 9½ pounds American. You know what's fun? Playing a video of childbirth backwards, and watching all that stuff go slurping back in. It'll make your ears pop! (And, get you kicked out of health class, as I learned when I did that back in high school)
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Not exactly small either - eight pounds Mexican, so that's like 9½ pounds American. You know what's fun? Playing a video of childbirth backwards, and watching all that stuff go slurping back in. It'll make your ears pop! (And, get you kicked out of health class, as I learned when I did that back in high school)
Mmmmm, I'm so fucking hungry right now. I could go for some fried placenta.
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Mmmmm, I'm so fucking hungry right now. I could go for some fried placenta.
The key is to turn it inside out when you're battering it - otherwise it only gets the crust on one side, kind of like a giant mushroom cap.
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The key is to turn it inside out when you're battering it - otherwise it only gets the crust on one side, kind of like a giant mushroom cap.
Momma makes the best fried placenta, its so fresh.
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Momma makes the best fried placenta, its so fresh.
Like ahi tuna, but with a much stronger smell of course.......
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Lightning crashes, a new mother dies....
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left coast california. Tells me all I need to know.
just setting the record straight. we in oryegon prefer the methods used by lewis and clark. occasionally, you will hear birth in a tree fort.
placenta y mole is a wonderful variation.
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Here's a site with some great new ideas for your placenta.
Enjoy!
http://www.mothers35plus.co.uk/placenta-recipes.htm (http://www.mothers35plus.co.uk/placenta-recipes.htm)
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Mmmmm, I'm so fucking hungry right now. I could go for some fried placenta.
I love flauta's