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AP/ May 24, 2010, 1:19 PM

Woman Gives Birth while Driving to Hospital

A Minnesota mother has given birth to a baby boy while driving herself to the hospital, with the newborn's father steering the car from the passenger's seat.

The Pioneer of Bemidji says 29-year-old Amanda McBride was rushing to the hospital Wednesday when suddenly her water broke and the baby "just slid out."

McBride says she was feeling labor pains at work, so she drove to pick up the baby's father and headed for the hospital. The father, 33-year-old Joseph Phillips, did not drive because he has a history of seizures.

Phillips told the newspaper that McBride yelled at him to take the wheel as she cradled the 8 pound baby boy, Joseph Dominick Phillips.

Officials at North Country Regional Hospital say they were stunned to learn the expectant mother was driving.
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sunide says:
an 8 pound baby just "slipped" out. Um... Holy big hole.
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rwsmith29456 says:
It's a good thing the baby didn't make the accelerator stick.
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thesevenveils says:
Good lord, the kid came out and pushed in the clutch.
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rondivoo says:
yeah, right
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