All Hail Dr. Dad!

So I promised a more entertaining post today, but unfortunately I don't have any fun news to write about. 

Luckily, a friend of mine sent me this awesome e-mail from another friend who just had a baby (ok, so my friend actually sent it to Kaniz who forwarded it to me).. but basically, this couple ended up having their baby at home in the bathroom, with the dad doing the actual delivery! Not as crazy as the woman who gave birth in a car near Dundas/Highway 427, but still pretty crazy.

Here is the e-mail (verbatim) from Dr. Dad (names have been changed):

...still thinking about Monday and it was pretty CRAZY. What's even crazier is that all of the following occurred between 9:15 am and 9:59 am.

Julie was in the bathroom and couldn't move because she was in sooo much pain, while I was running around our tiny apartment literally like a chicken with it's head cut off - running back and forth from the bathroom to the balcony area in order to get reception on the mobile - to page and talk to our midwife and ultimately to call 911 so that the dispatcher could provide instruction (yeah...although we took labour classes, they didn't quite cover home birth by yourself ;). Really can't remember the details clearly, but I do remember Julie yelling at me...then seeing the babies head and thinking...WHAT THE???...then baby just popped out into my arms (he might of hit the floor first before I caught him...but really can't remember so we'd like to think that he landed into my arms without hitting the floor...err I hope...we'll find that out in a couple of years when our baby goes to school...). The 911 dispatcher was then saying that I had to tie off the umbilical cord and she suggested that I use a shoe lace...what a good idea I thought but the only laces I saw were from our old sneakers, dirty boots, and dress shoes...not the most hygienic. I decided to run around the house for a few minutes looking for more ‘shoe lacey’ stuff and suggested to the 911 dispatcher an elastic band, paper clip and/or dental floss as alternatives, and I think she might have come back with an “ummmmm I don't think that's a good idea...”

...then the door burst open and two huge firemen came in...then a couple of minutes later two paramedics with a gurney...couple minutes after that a female police officer or another paramedic...and then a couple of minutes later our midwife finally arrived. It was definitely the longest 44 minutes of my life...I was a mess...Julie on the other hand was relatively calm and made it all look pretty easy. and she looked and sounded pretty normal after delivering our baby. She was amazing and is doing really well. Baby (still nameless) came three weeks early but is healthy and is also doing well (really hairy too J). I am still recovering.

Wow - talk about a surprise, right? My hats off to the guy. Plus, they had a really nice announcement e-card which I think I might steal (or perhaps 'appropriate' might be more accurate).

Anyway, guess I better stop writing this post, and get back to reading my Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy and then onto Gray's Anatomy or something. Gotta get me some medical knowledge -- just in case!