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Born fast
This Mother’s Day is extra special for local family after the surprise home birth of their third child BY JULIE JEFFERY MANWARREN FOR THE ADVANTAGE
A Scott Township family has extra cause for celebration this Mother’s Day. The Gutierrez family is thankful for the safe arrival of Keziah Joy on April 22. Born in a surprise delivery at their house, Keziah came faster than first responders could get there. Lauren Gutierrez and her husband Pablo had no idea the birth of their third child would happen so quickly. “I told my doctor, ‘I don’t think I should wait an hour when I start having contractions because I feel like she could come really fast.’ My friend Arlee went into labor and didn’t make it to the hospital. She and I have the same doctor and I joked with him that I didn’t want what happened to her to happen to me and end up having the baby at home,” Gutierrez said. “I did think it could be fast, but I never imagined that Pablo and I would deliver the baby in our dining room.” Gutierrez was 40 weeks pregnant when she woke in the middle of the night on April 22. “I didn’t even feel contractions at first,” she said. “It was so weird, I couldn’t tell if the pressure I was feeling was actual labor. But at 3 a.m. I got out the contraction timer and knew the baby was coming. I told Pablo, ‘We need to go.’” The couple called Gutierrez’ parents,
Pablo Gutierrez’s shirt wasn’t intentional, but was fitting for the occasion of his daughter’s speedy arrival on April 22 in their Scott Township home. Frank and Kim Passetti, who were 20 minutes away, to watch their two older children. Then they called the doctor’s office and got ready to go to the hospital. “I walked from the bedroom to the bathroom to get my makeup on and pack my bag when everything started coming really fast, and I knew we weren’t going to make it,” Gutierrez remembered. Gutierrez called 911 and had just given the dispatcher her address when her water broke. Seconds later, the baby was coming out. Gutierrez’ husband Pablo threw towels on the ground and caught his daughter, Keziah Joy, as she came into the world in their dining room. “Pablo was right with me,” Gutierrez said. “He stayed calm and he grabbed her. It was a little scary but the lady on the phone said ‘as long as she is crying, she should be OK.’ Pablo put the baby on Please see Born, Page 5
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Lauren Gutierrez looks forward to celebrating Mother’s Day with her chidren, Misael, Briel and Keziah.
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