The baby was born 11 weeks ahead of schedule on the way to the hospital. And that is not all.
“We are waiting for the first days of October,” they deduced the estimated date of birth to a Pennsylvania resident Raylene Scarry.
The doctors’ predictions were in line with her own. Raylene’s pregnancy was already her second, the first proceeded completely normal, a healthy wonderful girl was born right on time. And this time there was nothing unusual in the development of pregnancy, everything was like a textbook. Therefore, as they say, nothing foreshadowed trouble.
However, on the morning of August 5, for a period of 29 weeks and 4 days, the expectant mother began to have contractions.
“At first I thought it was Braxton Hicks (” false “, they are training fights, similar to the real ones. – Approx. Auth.), – said Raylene on her page on the social network. “But when, for 45 minutes, they only grew and became stronger, we decided to go to the hospital.”
Raylene Yuen’s fiancé got behind the wheel. On the way, they brought my daughter to her grandmother. And, without knowing it, they lost precious minutes.
“On the way to the clinic, I realized that I didn’t even have contractions, but real attempts began,” Raylene describes the critical situation. “While my fiance was on the phone with 911, I somehow pulled off my pants and underwear and saw that the head had already appeared.”
One push – and a frightened mother is already holding the baby. She just put her hands up and caught the baby. And the baby was born in a “shirt”!
“When I looked down, I saw that he was still in the amniotic sac,” recalls Miss Scarry with a shiver. – The child did not move, I was very scared, and I prayed that everything would be all right with him. Then I rubbed his face, right through the “shirt”, and at that moment he began to move his arms and legs, as if letting me know that everything was in order. “
The seven minutes they had to get to the hospital seemed like an eternity to Raylene. All this time he sat without moving, holding the baby in her arms, which was still connected to her by the umbilical cord. And she exhaled only when she saw the familiar face of her doctor near the car.
Later, Raylene was told that a birth in a “shirt” is the rarest case, one in 80 thousand births. And this happens most often during a cesarean section.
“I’m sure he will be an amazing little person,” says the happy mom.
Now the baby is still in the hospital, because the boy – yes, this is a boy – was born very prematurely. But he will probably be discharged soon – Raylene is breastfeeding the baby, he is gaining weight perfectly. The older sister has already met her brother: the whole family visits the baby. The boy was named after his dad – Yuen Jr.
“Grow up, our little one!” – writes mom, posting a photo of her hurry in social networks. The boy seems to be obeying – growing regularly.