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Everybody who has ever had a child has a story about the day the kid was born. Some are better than others, of course. But this story might be the best I've heard yet.A very pregnant Kerry Colber of Portland, OR, started having contractions on Monday. She was alone. And wouldn't you know it, her husband, Dan, left his cell phone at home. How could she reach him?
Knowing that he was a fan of the Dr. Doug & Skippy Show on 97.1 Charlie FM, she called the station, got on the air and told her hubby to get himself to the hospital. Amazingly, it worked -- Dan heard his wife on the radio, rushed to the hospital and made it there in time for the birth of his son, according to a friend of the Colber's who called Dr. Doug and Skippy on Wednesday with an update.
Co-host Dr. Doug's real name is Doug Dodds; he is not actually a doctor. In fact, he's never experienced childbirth (his wife has a son from a previous marriage) and he admits to being a little freaked out when he first got the call.
"Matt Wilcox, our producer, came in at 8 am and asked if we wanted to take a call from a woman in labor," the morning show host said in an interview with ParentDish on Wednesday evening. "Her contractions were about four minutes apart [and] she was driving herself to the hospital. We stayed on the air live for 20 minutes, until we heard the voices of the people at the hospital."
Isn't it amazing how dependent we all are on cell phones? As someone who didn't get a cell until after college (a Nokia 2160 that was the size of a brick), I can still recall a time when being out of touch was a regular occurrence.
By the time my first child was born, I was very aware of where my cell phone was at all times. On the big day, I was on the subway coming home from work. I stopped at an ATM and saw I had a voice mail, but the connection was so bad I couldn't hear the message. I decided to call home and see if my wife needed anything from the supermarket. Good thing I did, since the voice mail was from my wife -- her water had broken. I ran home, we hopped in a cab and everything was fine.
Dr. Doug says that he hopes to speak to the new parents to see how they're doing. We'll keep you posted.
What's your birth story? Where were you when you went into labor?
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2-14-2009 @ 1:15AM
Eric said...We went to the local hospital for a class that our health care provider offered to get us ready for the child birth... well my daughter had another idea for the day and decided to give us on the job training instead... when we woke up, my wife was having labor pains and of course not being experienced we thought they were braxton hicks labor (false labor), especially since my wife's due date was still a ways off. We went to the class. While there I started paying attention to the contractions and noticed they were four minutes apart... at the hour break, I spoke with the nurse teaching the class and we were sent to labor and delivery. My wife was only in her 28th week of pregnancy and the hospital was not equiped to handle a preemie that young... so she was put into an ambulance and off we went to another local hospital that was equiped with an appropriate NICU. Well, my daughter was born eight hours later at 3 lbs. 10 oz. It was a rocky start at first, but she is now a healthy 11 month old! =)
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2-14-2009 @ 11:06AM
Sandyone said...Great story, Eric!! 28 weeks...wow, that's tiny!
Congratulations!
2-27-2009 @ 6:04PM
Angelica said...I feel that that was a great thing of her calling the radio station to send a message to her husband. I feel that once someone is in love with someone else it doesn't matter weather the person dont have a cell. If you know the person well enough just like she did. You will get a hold of your love ones. I am very hapy for you two and hope that you have a very happy family. I also want to point out that as you can see now RADIO'S are not only for intertament. They are also to seek help. Look at this woman as an example.
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3-01-2009 @ 6:22PM
Pailin said...Great story. Goes to show if you love someone you get to know them very well. I think this lady loves her husband very much and they are very lucky now to be blessed with a new baby. What a good story to tell the baby when it grows up.
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3-27-2009 @ 5:08AM
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