“She
was so little.”

A Texas
couple, Helen and Abiey Woldemichael, call the newest member of their family a
“miracle.”

Helen
gave birth to daughter, Amari, 3 and a half months early at the back seat of
their SUV during the devastating winter storm in Texas.

At the
time of her contractions, Helen believed that those were just false labor,
called Braxton Hicks contractions. She thought there was nothing to worry about
and continued to move on with the day.

Source: NewsNation

“They
were starting to get stronger, but I didn’t think it was the real deal,” Helen
said. “I didn’t think they were actually labor contractions.”

As her
contractions intensified, the couple decided to rush to the hospital while it
was still snowing outside.

“I kind
of freaked out a little bit,” husband Abjey said. “The roads were slippery. The
snow actually turned into ice… black ice. So it was in a pretty bad condition.”

Unfortunately,
the couple didn’t make it to the hospital on time.

Helen’s
contractions grew so intense that they decided to pull over on the side of the
road and called 911 for help, but in vain. So, they were all on their own and
continued to drive. Later, at exactly 8 p.m., near Highway 75 and Lovers Lane
in Dallas, Amari came to this world.

Source: News Nation

“It
just happened – I mean, I just screamed at one point, and she pushed, and then
it came out. She came out,” Helen said. “She was so little; she was less than
two pounds. I didn’t have to push for minutes and hours – as I did with the
previous two.”

Helen
shared that she was numbed and didn’t know what to do, but her husband helped
her through the process and made her calm.

“I
didn’t really know what to do. I remember him telling me actually, ‘OK, pick
her up,’ because she had fallen to the floor of the car. And so, he was trying
to comfort me… like ‘pick her up. Hold her in your,” Helen said.

The
couple dialed 911 again for help after their daughter’s birth, and the operator
finally responded and assisted them in keeping their daughter warm during Texas
freezing temperature.

Source: DailyNews

The
operator asked them to keep the new-born skin to skin so that she can get body warmth.
They turned on the heater to further heighten the temperature.

At
last, they arrived at Baylor University Medical Centre, equipped with a level 4
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Helen
said that over 30 members were anticipating for them to arrive and welcome
their ‘miracle’ baby.

“To be
born in a car, when it’s freezing outside and no help, these babies often get
really cold. They get sick. They have breathing problems. So it’s pretty
amazing that a baby who had no medical care at birth is doing so well. So that
is very unusual,” explained Dr. Vijay Nama, director at the Baylor University
Medical Center.

Fighter
mom of a fighter daughter!

Amari
is now two weeks old and doing well. Not only did she survive the emergency
birth, but she is also thriving!

“The
first milestone that we look forward to is when a baby is breathing by herself,
and so Amari, right from the get-go when she was born, she’s actually been
breathing pretty good,” said Nama.

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