Pouye
06-09-2008, 02:34 PM
Bumble-bee woman in shock birth -- BBC:
A Tyneside woman who gave birth during a friend's hen night in Blackpool
said she did not know she was pregnant.
Ally Ashwell, from Newcastle, was touring the seaside town's pubs and clubs
in a bumble-bee outfit, when she began to feel unwell.
She returned to her hotel room, where the shocked 30-year-old found herself
delivering her own baby.
The fragile 2lb boy - named Owen - is being cared for in the intensive care
unit of Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
A shortage of available special care baby beds in Newcastle has meant Ms
Ashwell remaining in Lancashire for three weeks since the birth.
It is hoped she will be able to travel to Tyneside soon.
'Little fighter'
A spokesman for the Blackpool Victoria Hospital said: "It is very unusual
for a baby to be born in this situation, I think Owen has surprised us all
by the progress he has made.
"At 26 weeks, the chance for survival is probably about 50 to 60 per cent
and the fact he was born outside hospital will have reduced that survival
rate.
"So it's a tribute to the paramedics for their work and to him for being a
little fighter."
A spokesman for Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary added: "We would always
make it a priority to repatriate local babies who are unexpectedly born
elsewhere.
"However we are the largest neonatal intensive care unit in the region and
have to give priority to emergencies and to babies who are very sick and in
need of specialist care that only we can provide.
"We sympathise with the family for this unfortunate delay and as soon as a
bed becomes available this baby will be first priority."
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Now some comments:
A Tyneside woman [in a bumble-bee outfit] who gave birth during a friend's hen night in Blackpool said she did not know she was pregnant.
She knew all about the bees, but her mother had neglected to tell her the crucial part about the birds... ;)
Ally Ashwell, from Newcastle, was touring the seaside town's pubs and clubs in a bumble-bee outfit, when she began to feel unwell.
At first she thought it was just a case of hives... :D
She returned to her hotel room, where the shocked 30-year-old found herself delivering her own baby. The fragile 2lb boy - named Owen - is being cared for in the intensive care unit of Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
Seems like his middle name should be "Larva." (And maybe his nickname "Buzz." Or "Sting.") (I wonder if Ally "Queenie" Ashwell will tell him how he got his middle name while he's still little or if she'll wait till he becomes a full-grown drone... Or maybe just till he pupates...) (I wonder what little Buzz will be like as he grows older... When the new kid asks him how to get to the lavatory, will he just tell him, or will he do a little dance indicating the direction and distance... Will he be different from other kids and live in frustration of always trying to swarm alone...?)
Rock
A Tyneside woman who gave birth during a friend's hen night in Blackpool
said she did not know she was pregnant.
Ally Ashwell, from Newcastle, was touring the seaside town's pubs and clubs
in a bumble-bee outfit, when she began to feel unwell.
She returned to her hotel room, where the shocked 30-year-old found herself
delivering her own baby.
The fragile 2lb boy - named Owen - is being cared for in the intensive care
unit of Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
A shortage of available special care baby beds in Newcastle has meant Ms
Ashwell remaining in Lancashire for three weeks since the birth.
It is hoped she will be able to travel to Tyneside soon.
'Little fighter'
A spokesman for the Blackpool Victoria Hospital said: "It is very unusual
for a baby to be born in this situation, I think Owen has surprised us all
by the progress he has made.
"At 26 weeks, the chance for survival is probably about 50 to 60 per cent
and the fact he was born outside hospital will have reduced that survival
rate.
"So it's a tribute to the paramedics for their work and to him for being a
little fighter."
A spokesman for Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary added: "We would always
make it a priority to repatriate local babies who are unexpectedly born
elsewhere.
"However we are the largest neonatal intensive care unit in the region and
have to give priority to emergencies and to babies who are very sick and in
need of specialist care that only we can provide.
"We sympathise with the family for this unfortunate delay and as soon as a
bed becomes available this baby will be first priority."
-----------------------
Now some comments:
A Tyneside woman [in a bumble-bee outfit] who gave birth during a friend's hen night in Blackpool said she did not know she was pregnant.
She knew all about the bees, but her mother had neglected to tell her the crucial part about the birds... ;)
Ally Ashwell, from Newcastle, was touring the seaside town's pubs and clubs in a bumble-bee outfit, when she began to feel unwell.
At first she thought it was just a case of hives... :D
She returned to her hotel room, where the shocked 30-year-old found herself delivering her own baby. The fragile 2lb boy - named Owen - is being cared for in the intensive care unit of Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
Seems like his middle name should be "Larva." (And maybe his nickname "Buzz." Or "Sting.") (I wonder if Ally "Queenie" Ashwell will tell him how he got his middle name while he's still little or if she'll wait till he becomes a full-grown drone... Or maybe just till he pupates...) (I wonder what little Buzz will be like as he grows older... When the new kid asks him how to get to the lavatory, will he just tell him, or will he do a little dance indicating the direction and distance... Will he be different from other kids and live in frustration of always trying to swarm alone...?)
Rock