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California teen walks to hospital with baby attached by umbilical cord


Xochitl Parra and her newborn son Alejandro Parra are wheeled from St Mary Medical Center by (from left rear) her sister Margarita Cordoba, St Mary Maternal Services Supervisor Loretta Morante, RN, and her mother Elsa Ramirez. -- PHOTO: AP

LONG BEACH- 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 labour began, Xochitl Parra said on Friday from St. Mary Medical Centre as she cradled her 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 early on Wednesday morning 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 emergency services because the home phone was disconnected, and she did not want to wake the neighbours 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, Dr 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, who's in her second year of high school, 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.

Dr Perez called the outcome 'heartwarming.' 'We hear so much negative with teenagers throwing their babies in the Dumpsters (trash bins),' he said. 'This baby is fine, and hopefully there will be a happy ending with the extended family.' -- AP

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2...ry_233890.html

n_o_r_i_k_o

o_O
wow... the mother "zai"~~

but... happy for them that both mother and child are fine.. XD

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Casper26

Thank god they're both okay.

The teenage mom becomes a grandma out of the blue~ ~ ~

hooolahoop

WOOOAH. cool!!! i'm glad that she didn't dump her kid somewhere or what... or try to cut the cord herself...

freedomkira

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~sakuranbo~

errrrrrrrrrrrrr she was pregnant but nobody knew!

or have i misread? O_O

hooolahoop

maybe her tummy was big in the first place, so pregnant le, still like no difference..? *shrugs*

xxbluexx

what a clever teenager.... LOL

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CaRe

If I were her, I would faint first.

Hallyu

ouch? it's pain enough in the first place, then the umbilical cord. -_- Anyways, happy for them!

Lols. What if the problem is, you want to faint, and you can't? -_-

guantanamera

btw i see this thread starting i tot the baby is being drag to the hospital by the mother lol

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iMUya

Brave~ Bravo~ where is the guy(child's father)?

Huaikong

along the way no one notice?

iMUya

early in the morning~ all so sleepy like me~ how to notice and who cares~

restless

they are one "big" family. that aside, she's cool lar. go hospital like dat. pro..

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