Woman Gives Birth In Van - Police Pull Her Over At Gunpoint

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ETTERING, Ohio -- A pregnant Ohio woman's delivery hit a few speed bumps.

Debbie Coleman's baby started to arrive as the suburban Dayton woman pulled her van into a gas station with her two young daughters asleep in the back. A service station attendant who saw the self-delivery says Coleman gave him a look, like "I gotta go" and sped off.

"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.

"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."

He called police, who mixed up her license plate with a stolen one. Another motorist phoned 9-1-1, thinking she was about to toss the self-delivered baby out of a window. But it was all a misunderstanding.

Coleman gave birth in the driver's seat of her van after parking at the gas station on the way to the hospital. Then she drove seven more miles holding the baby in the crook of her arm.

As she neared the hospital, police with guns drawn pulled her over. Officers surrounded her and ordered her to come out with her hands up. That's when she held up her baby boy -- with the placenta and umbilical cord still attached.

http://www.wftv.com/family/4333509/detail.html

The ingenuity and sensitivity of some people continually astoundes me.

Hope the kid and mom are okay.

I know this story is about a goofy mixup, or the scary hair-trigger response of the police in these times, but I'm just transfixed on the image of this woman doing all that.

(hey, they took the mouth-droppy icon out of the smilies lookup table!?!)

:wow:

extreme decisions made by the police lately, but I wonder if that is the result of being understaffed, and underfunded, not adequate training or equipment? I can't believe that these people went through the training and chose to put their lives on the line just to be "keystone cops".

Pretty much everyone in this country is stressed out over something.

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.

"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."

This is pretty incredible.

...taking another bite of the perfectly cooked steak (his favorite meal) the little woman cooked for him, and swatted her ass playfully as he handed her his new baby boy for a diaper change.

:eyes:

OMG it's in her arms - SHE HAS TO BE ABOUT TO THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW

Some people need a beatin

they are getting as bad as tasers these days :eyes:

Astro?

Caravan?

Previa?

or maybe Econoline?

Inquiring minds want to know...

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