May 05, 2008 05:34PM GMT
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Relationships - Families & Parenting
Teen girl delivers her own baby and secretly carries baby to the hospital. What do you think of this story?
Xochitl Parra is a 17-year-old high school student who, somehow, managed to hide her pregnancy from her parents for nine months. Assuming they would kick her out of the house once they found out, she had arranged to move in with a friend after the baby was born. But then something unexpected happened: The baby decided to arrive a few days early, while Parra was in the shower."I felt his head coming so I sit down and pushed so he could come out," the new mom said. In fact, she delivered a healthy baby boy in her own bathroom, with no assistance from anyone. But that's not the incredible part. (Okay, it's one of the incredible parts, but the story gets better.)
Aware that she needed medical assistance but unable to dial 911 because her phone was disconnected, she wrapped up the child, got dressed and walked/jogged the four blocks to the nearest hospital while carrying the baby who, by the way, was still attached to Parra via the umbilical cord. The doctors at St. Mary's Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif., say Parra's quick response saved both her and her child's life. What do you think of this amazing story?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/04/teen.birth.ap/index.html?ire...
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raves posted Aug 23, 2008 09:44PM GMT
Answered She is brave mother compared to other teens who dump babies on dumpsters.
Ok that's shocking how she did that,but she could've told her parents.They are more smarter and know more so they could help her.I don't think they would bale on her.But how could she hide her pregnancy?Must be a small stomach. -
raves posted May 13, 2008 04:08AM GMT
Answered She is brave mother compared to other teens who dump babies on dumpsters.
Xochitl Parra may have been naive about her pregnancy (even of pregnancies in general) but when push came to shove she made the correct and difficult choice of walking to the hospital carrying her still attached baby. -
raves +1 posted May 12, 2008 08:20PM GMT
Answered None of the above
It is kind of a mixture of How on earth can you hide your pregnancy for 9 months without parents noticing?, She is brave mother compared to other teens who dump babies on dumpsters., and Okay Xochitl, who's the father? for me. I mean seriously all of these answeres are good. -
raves +1 posted May 12, 2008 04:14AM GMT
Answered She is brave mother compared to other teens who dump babies on dumpsters.
She is amazing. It sucks that she had to hide it though. It sucks even more that she was that afraid her parents would kick her out. I think parents should be more understanding in this day and age now that more teenage girls are getting pregnant. Parents should be more supportive if their child gets pregnant, most teenagers can't do it without supportive parents. -
raves +1 posted May 12, 2008 03:09AM GMT (edited)
Answered She is brave mother compared to other teens who dump babies on dumpsters.
She didn't make the best choice.In her shoes I would've done the same thing with no regret but from her parents point of view I'd wish she would've told me so she didn't have to go through all that so harshly.But then again I can definitely understand why she was scared to tell her parents..she was scared they would be mad at her and possibly make her give her baby up.
Answered She is brave mother compared to other teens who dump babies on dumpsters.
What an amazing girl!!! :-)))