Click here to visit the new home of ParentDish!

Hot on HuffPost Parents:

 

Pregnant woman survives skydiving mishap

by Beth Hoyt (Subscribe to Beth Hoyt's posts)
Dec 13th 2005 7:40AM

0Comments

Filed under: Your Pregnancy, Health & Safety: Babies

skydiving mama

Two months ago an Arkansas woman doing her 10th skydiving jump experienced every sky diver's worst nightmare: her parachute wouldn't open. 21-year-old Shayna Richardson said she didn't know what to do when her parachute failed and was sure that she was about to die. Her reserve parachute eventually opened, but not entirely. Richardson hit the ground face, face first. Amazingly, she survived. Even more amazing is the fact that when she got to the hospital emergency room doctors told her she was in her first month of pregnancy.

Richardson suffered from a broken leg, a broken pelvis, and many broken bones in her face, and spent more than two weeks in the hospital. She's now 12 weeks pregnant, and her baby is apparently doing just fine.

Your<span>Voice</span>

Ask Us Anything About Parenting

Get Answers

Recently Asked

More Related Questions

FollowUs

Flickr RSS

TheTalkies

AskAdviceMama

How can I get my teenage son to open up?
AdviceMama Says:
Start by teaching him that it is safe to do so.
Read more

More Recent Questions: