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Wednesday, September 24, 2003Rojas called Saturday afternoon to see how labor was progressing, and his sister told him to call back in four hours, Rodriguez said. When he called again at midnight, his sister took the call in the hospital lobby and was on the phone when their mother motioned to her and told her the baby was on the way. She told her brother he had to call back in about an hour because the baby was coming. Certified nurse/midwife Debby Katz, who was working with Rodriguez, overheard the conversation and asked if that was the father on the phone. Once Katz found out it was, she told Rojas' sister that she could bring the phone into the delivery room. The hospital had reduced its restrictions on cell phone use about a month ago for certain areas of the hospital, Katz said. Besides, she said, everybody involved in the delivery knew that Rojas was in Baghdad. 'When there's no male present, we always ask about the situation,' Katz said. 'We knew Ricky was over in Iraq, so when it was time for her to start to push, they asked if they could bring the phone in so he could be part of this. Normally, we only allow one or two people, but this was different.' Rodriguez said her mother was coaching her, her mother-in-law was moving the phone 'as if it were a video camera' placing it where the action was, and her sister-in-law was crying in the background. At 12:20 a.m. Sunday, Amaya was born at 6 pounds, 11 ounces, and 19 inches. I always thought hospitals were overly strict about cell phones. Glad to see one loosening its restrictions - and all for the good of at least one family. posted by Sydney on 9/24/2003 06:17:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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