Outrageous Births: Tales from the Crib

A woman gives birth prematurely during Hurricane Sandy, and an Army soldier coaches his wife’s delivery from Afghanistan. A baby is delivered in a shopping mall parking lot.

An emergency birth interrupts a wedding, and a woman delivers after crashing her car into a canal. A baby with a life-threatening condition is born prematurely at home.

A baby has life-saving surgery at 20 weeks and is born 16 weeks later. A woman goes into labor as the hospital is torn apart by a F-5 tornado, and a dad must save his baby’s life when his wife delivers at home.

A woman delivers while hailing a cab to the hospital, and a delivery becomes life-threatening when a strict religious community won’t allow the mother to go to a hospital. Twin sisters have their babies on the same day.

A best friend’s offer to be a surrogate results in a life-threatening pregnancy. A woman is bitten by a deadly snake three weeks before her due date, and a cupcake famed for inducing labor works too well.

A woman gives birth while trapped in a hospital elevator. After a late-night dash to the hospital ends up at a truck stop, two truckers deliver a baby in a diner. A prolapsed umbilical cord threatens a baby’s life.

A 52-year-old woman acts as surrogate for her daughter’s baby. A very premature baby arrives at a playground and a woman gives birth at home, helped by her three-year-old son.

An aspiring singer gives birth during a singing competition. A woman who had been told she is infertile has a baby six days after learning she’s pregnant, and a pregnant woman rushes to the hospital only to run out of gas.