Evacuating La. mom gives birth in Ms. traffic jam

[steve2470]

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/breaking/082905Katrina_Baby.php

ANTOINETTE KONZ
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American


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HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Eight-and-a-half-months pregnant, Bianca Doucett had been on the road for seven hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic fleeing New Orleans in advance of Hurricane Katrina when her worst-case scenario began.

Stuck on Interstate 59, nowhere near a hospital, she went into labor in Mississippi.

"There was no way that this was happening," said the New Orleans resident. "I mean, I was in my auntie's car, in the middle of all of this traffic and we were evacuating from a hurricane. Besides, my due date wasn't until the beginning of September."

Doucett's aunt, Anna Jones, called family members in other cars, and they called 911. Jones put on her emergency flashers and tried to get into the breakdown lane.

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[fortyfeetunder]

1. stress-induced labor

hope mom and baby are OK. stressful situations can kick off labor.

[FreedomAngel82]

2. I think so too

Hopefully the baby isn't too early and they're both okay. I was born about a month or so early and turned out okay for the most part (I was born premature and had a hole in my heart and had open heart surgery but now I'm fine). All of this is truly horrible. :(

[DELUSIONAL]

3. Low pressure -- tends to induce labor

this was noted during hurricane news coverage about Florida. But this hurricane happened so fast that perhaps the OBGYN didn't warn their patients?

[caligirl]

4. I thought this was common knowledge.

[DELUSIONAL]

5. I thought so too.

[Catherine Vincent]

6. Thanks goodness all are okay. I take it she will name the baby "Katrina"?

Remember the baby born in a tree during the Mozambique floods in 2000?