Teen gives birth in shower, walks to hospital

**Jaded** · May 4th, 2008, 01:25 AM

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- A 17-year-old girl gave birth secretly at home, then walked four blocks to a hospital with the baby still attached by its umbilical cord.

"I was just a little nervous" when the labor began, Xochitl Parra said Friday from St. Mary Medical Center as she cradled her 8-pound, 3-ounce son, Alejandro.

The boy was normal and "eating like a champ," said Dr. Jose Perez, director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

The teenager said she was alone and taking a shower around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday to get ready for school. Then the contractions took over.

"I felt his head coming, so I sit down and pushed so he could come out," she said.

Parra did not call 911 because the home phone was disconnected, and she did not want to wake the neighbors because it was so early. Instead, she wrapped the baby, got dressed and went to the hospital on foot.

"I started walking and jogging to the hospital," she said.

Parra, a sophomore at Long Beach Poly High, said she had kept her pregnancy a secret because she was afraid her mother would "kick me out of the house." Her mother has now accepted the situation and is going to help the teen care for the baby so she can continue attending school, Parra said.

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**TheLittleFriend** · May 4th, 2008, 01:52 AM

Oh, praise the lord! She did not throw the baby away. Good for mother to accept the situation, help her daughter.

Now, that's the news I like to read!

**Lizard** · May 4th, 2008, 02:12 AM

That's a big fucking newborn!

**Jaded** · May 4th, 2008, 02:51 AM

Originally Posted by Lizard

That's a big fucking newborn!

The first thought through my mind when I seen that baby's head.....

OWWWWWWWWWWWWW

**jlt080405** · May 4th, 2008, 03:21 AM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354085,00.html

Well, with all the fucked up shit goin on, I had to post this...

After secretly birthing her 8+ pound baby boy in the shower of her parents home at 5:30 in the morning, ms. Parra wrapped her baby and walked/jogged to the nearest hospital. The baby and mother are both recovering well. Despite the fact that Ms. Parra was worried that her mother "would kick her out of the house", she saved herself and child from possibly bleeding to death according to the attending doctor. The girl's mother has now accepted the situation and has agreed to help Ms. Parra care for the child so that she may also finish school.

Wonder how many tragedies may have gone like this if only...

**ImmortalOne** · May 4th, 2008, 04:34 AM

I am really happy to hear a story like this after reading about fucktards like Amber throwing away their precious babies. I am really glad that her mother is willing to step up, this girls life is already going to be difficult - more so now. She will need all the guidance and parental love and help she can get in order to raise that baby.