{"id":260475,"date":"2022-01-11T10:47:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T16:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=260475"},"modified":"2022-01-10T20:34:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T02:34:44","slug":"virginia-woman-snowstorm-deliver-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/virginia-woman-snowstorm-deliver-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia woman treks a quarter mile through blizzard to deliver baby"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The largest snowstorm in the D.C. area brought some additional complications for an expectant Stafford County, Virginia, couple named Kris and Noel. The snowstorm felled trees, downed power lines, brought I-95 to a standstill, and caused general chaos in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Noel wasn\u2019t yet worried, though she was already several days past her fourth baby\u2019s due date. \u201c… I thought, well, baby\u2019s not gonna come today anyway,\u201d she said to <\/span>WTOP<\/span><\/a>. Then her water broke, making their need to get to the hospital through the storm urgent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kris returned to the house and called 911, but neither his nor Noel\u2019s phone could get a signal out. \u201cAfter the contractions started, that\u2019s when we said we have to call 911,\u201d Kris explained. \u201cAnd we both dial 911 and it wouldn\u2019t, it didn\u2019t go through. It didn\u2019t even try to ring actually\u2026 nothing happened.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although they began to prepare for an emergency delivery in the house (which had no electricity and no running water because of the storm), Noel was insistent they get to the hospital as her doctor had recently advised her that she could experience some complications during delivery. She texted her mother, who had a friend in the local fire department, and she was able to contact the local fire and rescue who quickly dispatched a team to the couple.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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