7-minute labor

In her home outside Arnold [ed. - a city in Missouri], Christina Palczynski felt a few light contractions, and then a whopper.

Six or seven minutes later, she gave birth to a baby girl, her second daughter.

The St. Louis Today website has a good report about this amazing birth which must have been a very intense 7 minutes! I can just see it now: the mother bumping into stuff, the husband on two phones at once, and their poor little daughter being told, "Go get ready... wait, go to your room!" The newborn's name is Mary and is doing exceedingly well after her prompt delivery on the kitchen floor. hehe

While this may be the world's easiest documented labor, we prefer a little more notice than 7 minutes ;) And here we thought two and a half hours (Eliyahu) was quick.

Thanks to ruthieroo for this bit of news.

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Harry was one and a half

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2007-02-06 15:23.

Harry was one and a half hours. Doctor didn't make it. I barely made it to the hospital and only pushed twice. My poor husband...

-Zan

That sounds very intense!! I

Submitted by Tammy on Tue, 2007-02-06 18:11.

That sounds very intense!! I would probably not enjoy all that rushing around. :) I did have a quick labor with Eliyahu, but I was staying home, so it worked out perfectly! :) I think I actually would rather labor start out slowly. Seriously, how am I supposed to get anything done with an hour or two's notice, and most of that spent in extreme concentration?! ;)