Woman Driving Herself to the Hospital Delivers Her Own Baby
The most badass woman in Utah basically delivered her own baby when her water broke as she was driving herself to the hospital.
Devi Mariah Ostler told the AP she was dropping her son off at her mother's house when her contractions began. She tried to drive herself to the hospital, but never made it. Via the AP:
On a recording of the call, Ostler is initially calm, telling the dispatcher that she's on the freeway, but soon interrupts herself to say her water broke.
"I'm trying to get over into the other lane — I need to push!" she said. She told the dispatcher her name and described her car, then said: "The baby is coming!"
The 32-year-old expectant mother pulled over on the side of Interstate 15 as dispatcher Brittney Chugg talked her through the labor, telling her to lay her seat back, breathe and even hold the baby's head so he wasn't born too fast.
Two officers were able to reach Ostler "less than a minute" before she gave birth to a healthy, 10-pound boy on the side of the interstate. The officers reportedly wrapped the kid in a sweatshirt and wished him well on his inevitable country music career.
