March 31, 200521 yr CNN Linkage KETTERING, Ohio (AP) -- A woman rushing to a hospital to give birth hit a few stops along the way -- first at a gas station where she delivered the baby herself, then when confused police ordered her out of the car at gunpoint. Debbie Coleman, whose 3- and 4-year-old daughters were asleep in the back seat, pulled over at a gas station just after midnight Tuesday. "I asked if she needed help, and she just leaned back in the seat, hollered a little, and I looked down and there was the baby's head," said station co-owner Lloyd Goff, who was alerted to the emergency at pump No. 7 by a customer. Goff said Coleman "threw her leg over the steering wheel, groaned once, and the rest of the baby came out. "She caught that baby, put it to her chest, gave me a look, like, 'I gotta go,' closed the door, put the van in gear and away she went." A customer at the gas station in suburban Dayton tried to give police a heads-up about Coleman's situation, but a mix-up involving the license plate number had them thinking the van was stolen. As officers went looking for her, Coleman headed for the hospital, naked below the waist and with the baby boy in her arm. His umbilical cord was still attached. "I kept pulling over, making sure (the baby) was all right, breathing," she said. Meanwhile, police had straightened out the license plate issue. But another caller mistakenly reported someone trying to throw a baby from a van. Coleman said she noticed several cruisers following her before one cut her off. With guns drawn, officers ordered her out of the van with her hands up. "I opened the door and said, 'I just had a baby' and just let them see everything," she said. Officers sent Coleman on and let the hospital know she was coming. Coleman was discharged Wednesday. Her 6-pound, 8-ounce son, Richard Lee Coleman Jr., remained in intensive care. Only whimpy mom use a hospital
March 31, 200521 yr Officers sent Coleman on and let the hospital know she was coming. They didn't escort her? Or drive her themselves?
March 31, 200521 yr QUOTE(mreye @ Mar 31, 2005 -> 10:58 AM) They didn't escort her? Or drive her themselves? I was thinking the same thing.... or get an ambulance out there and let her lay down and wait for it....
March 31, 200521 yr Author QUOTE(mreye @ Mar 31, 2005 -> 10:58 AM) They didn't escort her? Or drive her themselves? She must have a really s***ty HMO
March 31, 200521 yr Well, I am also a little surprised she actually felt she would be better off driving herself instead of telling the gas station guy to call her an ambulance. I've felt queazy driving and really didn't want to drive. I can't imagine doing THAT and then thinking I should drive. O.K., before Critic hits me, I can't imagine giving birth at all.
March 31, 200521 yr QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Mar 31, 2005 -> 01:02 PM) Well, I am also a little surprised she actually felt she would be better off driving herself instead of telling the gas station guy to call her an ambulance. I've felt queazy driving and really didn't want to drive. I can't imagine doing THAT and then thinking I should drive. O.K., before Critic hits me, I can't imagine giving birth at all. I would bet that she was in shock and not acting with her "full" mind.
March 31, 200521 yr Author I'll bet there is quite an adrenalin rush happening there. The human body is an amazing thing. Just look at the SI Swimsuit Issue
March 31, 200521 yr QUOTE(Texsox @ Mar 31, 2005 -> 02:49 PM) I'll bet there is quite an adrenalin rush happening there. The human body is an amazing thing. Just look at the SI Swimsuit Issue
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