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Woman
gives birth in car for second time 
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[May 24, 2007]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- If a pregnant Stephanie
Green asks for a ride to the hospital, beware: she has a history of
giving birth in cars. For the second time in 17 months, Green had a
baby Tuesday while en route to a hospital. Doctors planned to induce
labor Thursday, but baby Zaria had other plans.
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"I thought I was gonna make it this time, but she changed all that
very quickly," Green said. The first contraction came around 7
a.m. Tuesday, and Green called friend Shanika Lewis for a ride to
the hospital. They were on the highway just blocks from a Raleigh
hospital about an hour later when the contractions got more intense.
"We saw the exit on Lake Boone Trail and said, 'We are almost
there,'" Green said. "But the water broke, and then out came the
baby. Yep, we are not going to make it -- yet again."
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 Lewis, who works at WakeMed hospital, helped with the delivery
until emergency personnel arrived.
"I didn't have anything to tie the umbilical cord but a rubber
band," Lewis said.
Green's other daughter, 17-month-old Semajai, was born in a car
after her mom got stuck in traffic.
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