TheMorningStar
November 19th, 2009, 03:47 PM
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Favazza had made proper plans. Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto was expecting her -- on Dec. 6, for her fourth caesarian section -- not on Friday the 13th.
Looking back, Favazza realized she was in labor all through the night before the birth, but she did not realize it at the time. The discomfort was minor compared to the labor pains she remembered before giving birth to her sons, ages 2 and 3, and daughter, 5.
On Friday morning, Favazza complained to her mother, Leigh Favazza, about the pain, but neither woman believed delivery was imminent.
Leigh Favazza considered taking the day off from her sales job if indeed her daughter was going to give birth, but first she had to get her granddaughter, Keely Taylor, settled at school.
Leigh Favazza left the house to take the 5-year-old to the bus stop at the end of Maury Drive, then she headed for Olive Branch Elementary School to drop off snacks for her granddaughter's classroom. While en route, Bobbye Favazza called.
"Mom, I'm having the baby," Bobbye Favazza said.
Leigh Favazza hung up and called 911. It was 8:26 a.m. She was frantic. Her daughter was alone in the house with a 2-year-old, a 3-year-old, a bull mastiff and a poodle and her water had just broken.
Bobbye Favazza's oldest son, 3-year-old Jamison Taylor, had awakened to discover his mother bleeding and in pain.
"He sat on the couch right here and cried," Bobbye Favazza said. "He was terrified. He's my emotional one."
The 2-year-old was calm.
"I laid on the couch and he went and got a towel," Bobbye Favazza said. "He grabbed a towel on his own.
"It happened so fast. My water broke and the baby came two to three minutes later. I just pushed and he caught him."
Bobbye Favazza said she held her baby, still attached to her by the cord, as she walked a few feet to unlock the front door for emergency personnel. They cut the cord.
Jeremiha, quizzed about the birth of his brother, can point to the spot at the end of the couch where Kamron Taylor was born.
"Over there," he said.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/nov/18/good-catch-toddler-helps-in-delivery-of-baby/
Favazza had made proper plans. Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto was expecting her -- on Dec. 6, for her fourth caesarian section -- not on Friday the 13th.
Looking back, Favazza realized she was in labor all through the night before the birth, but she did not realize it at the time. The discomfort was minor compared to the labor pains she remembered before giving birth to her sons, ages 2 and 3, and daughter, 5.
On Friday morning, Favazza complained to her mother, Leigh Favazza, about the pain, but neither woman believed delivery was imminent.
Leigh Favazza considered taking the day off from her sales job if indeed her daughter was going to give birth, but first she had to get her granddaughter, Keely Taylor, settled at school.
Leigh Favazza left the house to take the 5-year-old to the bus stop at the end of Maury Drive, then she headed for Olive Branch Elementary School to drop off snacks for her granddaughter's classroom. While en route, Bobbye Favazza called.
"Mom, I'm having the baby," Bobbye Favazza said.
Leigh Favazza hung up and called 911. It was 8:26 a.m. She was frantic. Her daughter was alone in the house with a 2-year-old, a 3-year-old, a bull mastiff and a poodle and her water had just broken.
Bobbye Favazza's oldest son, 3-year-old Jamison Taylor, had awakened to discover his mother bleeding and in pain.
"He sat on the couch right here and cried," Bobbye Favazza said. "He was terrified. He's my emotional one."
The 2-year-old was calm.
"I laid on the couch and he went and got a towel," Bobbye Favazza said. "He grabbed a towel on his own.
"It happened so fast. My water broke and the baby came two to three minutes later. I just pushed and he caught him."
Bobbye Favazza said she held her baby, still attached to her by the cord, as she walked a few feet to unlock the front door for emergency personnel. They cut the cord.
Jeremiha, quizzed about the birth of his brother, can point to the spot at the end of the couch where Kamron Taylor was born.
"Over there," he said.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/nov/18/good-catch-toddler-helps-in-delivery-of-baby/