First Feeding

What Do Cars and Oldsters Have in Common?

Babyonboard Freaky birth stories, of course.

Woman Gives Birth in Car. For Second Time.  In 17 Months. Stephanie Green was philosophical about her dubious achievement:

We saw the exit on Lake Boone Trail and said, 'We are almost there.' But the water broke, and then out came the baby. Yep, we are not going to make it -- yet again.

"We" being Stephanie and her ever-so-patient friend, Shanika, whose car apparently has become Stephanie's private maternity ward. Hey Stephanie?  You really owe Shanika a new car.

Sixty-Year-Old Woman Gives Birth to Twin Boys.  Frieda Birnbaum bested her friend Lauren Cohen by one year. Lauren, who gave birth to twins last year at the age of 59, had some useful advice for Frieda:

We talked about babies; I suggested things that would be helpful when you try to feed two babies simultaneously.

A 60-year-old woman breastfeeding. Thanks, Lauren, for sharing that visual. It will always be with me.

Woman Gives Birth in Car for Second Time [AP]
N.J. Woman, 60, Gives Birth to Twin Boys [AP]

May 24, 2007

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