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| Woman Gives Birth, Serves Christmas Dinner an Hour Later |
| 2010-01-01 |
| A pregnant mother gave birth moments after starting to prepare her Christmas dinner — and was back home in time to serve it up. Paula Thomas, 29, was preparing a feast for her family in England on Christmas Day when she began to go into labor, The Sun reported. She continued to baste the turkey in the oven until the contractions were just three minutes apart. Her husband Damian, 32, took her to hospital and daughter Lexi was born one hour later. She was back home in St Austell, Cornwall, a little more than an hour after giving birth — eating dinner and toasting the new arrival. Paula Thomas, who is already the mother of twins Caitlin and Gabby, both 6, and Reece, 3, said: "No one could believe I'd come out so quickly. I really wanted my Christmas dinner — I was starving. I had prepared most of the dinner before I went into labor so everything was in the oven." "She's one in a million," her husband added. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #1 My mother, who deliberately had four children in four years (plus one week) once told me that by child #3 they pop out like watermelon seeds. The day my sister was born was a very busy one at the hospital maternity ward, and the mothers-in-labour were lined up in the hallway, awaiting birthing rooms. While my mother waited for my father to join her there, a harried young intern came up with a request that she fill out the required paperwork. "Of course," she replied. "Here, you hold my new baby, and I'll fill out the forms." I assume a nurse stopped by long enough to catch the baby and cut the cord, but Mama prefers to leave the story at that point. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-01-01 21:49 |