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Kentucky doctor takes break from giving birth to help deliver baby in distress
nydailynews.com ^

Posted on 07/28/2017 8:45:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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Oh babies!

Kentucky OBGYN Amanda Hess had just put on her hospital gown and settled in at the Frankfort Regional Medical Center over the weekend when she “overheard the nurses preparing for a woman in active labor who needed to deliver immediately because the baby was in distress,” according to an account of events shared on Facebook by Dr. Hala Sabry.

“My husband actually said, ‘Is that a woman screaming?” Hess told WKYT-TV.

Though the OBGYN had been waiting for her own induction and delivery, she leapt into action to help the other expecting mother. Leah Halliday Johnson was fully dilated and waiting for the doctor on-call to return to the hospital for the delivery.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: baby; birth; delivery; doctor; medical

1 posted on 07/28/2017 8:45:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Neat! Cool! Nifty, actually.


2 posted on 07/28/2017 9:32:17 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: BenLurkin

Cheers for the doctor! After watching my wife give birth, I can’t imagine myself getting the job done.


3 posted on 07/28/2017 9:50:05 PM PDT by catbertz
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