aaand yet another..

Last (saturday night/sunday morning) night at 1am Lois called me into the clinic because dear Mary Joy Yahot (another continuity) was in labor. Mary Joy was special because she's 19, was having a hard time with her boyfriend, and had tried to abort the baby with medication in the first trimester. She knew prior to delivery that her baby (boy from ultrasound) could possibly be 'abnormal'. We prayed that all would be okay.

I checked her at 2am, she was 6 cm (first time having a baby..) so I thOUGht there was plENty of time. A half hour later she was spontaneously pushing a bit, but i explained again how waiting until she's fully until pushing is a good thing. Next thing i knew she's like "uhh, jenna...i feel something coming out, like blood or something" (she was pacing the birthroom at the time). I lifted up her dress to reveal the BABY'S HEAD already out :S ye-ahhh, so she waddled over to the bed, while I threw gloves on but the baby was born completely unassisted, without pushing, by miss Mary Joy.. so USually first-timers have a long labor, and have to push hARD to get the baby out. but thIS little boy just fell out! She didn't even tear! We all had a good laugh about it after making sure the baby was ok (he was perfectly fine, by the way).


so thEN I ask, "what will you name your first son?"
to which she replied, "harry john"
then I go "what will the spelling be?"
and she goes "h-a-i-r-y john, you know, like hair" (as she lifts up her ponytail)
and i laughed.. as did the rest of the midwives.
my supervisor then goes "how about hUrry, because he was in such a rush to get out!"

[later on while filling out the birth certificate, I re-checked the spelling with Mary Joy. and she has decided that "Hurry John" is the most appropriate name for her son!! hahah, what a story she'll have to tell at hIS wedding!!]