NYC Subway Birth… (Sorry Katie I had to scoop you on this one)

It seems that with the increased cost of buying a Metrocard it hasn’t resulted in faster subway service.
So by giving you that bit of info it is still a “Bad Idea” to take NYC transit to the hospital to deliver a baby (Yes I’m talking to you Nikia, and yes I know that the $10 cab ride is a whole lot of money to you but trust me its easier than the alternative).

The NYC MTA delivered two babies last week (and maybe even more next week).

A Brooklyn bus became a makeshift delivery room on Friday morning. A woman passenger helped the mother deliver the baby that just couldn’t wait to come aboard.

Paramedics took the new mother and baby to a hospital. Their names were not released.

On Thursday, conductor Bretta Sykes helped a mother deliver a girl in a subway car. The mother of two says she used information from her own chilbirth classes to coach the woman through her seven-minute delivery.

A New York City Transit spokesman says it could be the system’s first consecutive births on a subway train and a bus.

[news source]

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