Woman solos child birth with a little help from YouTube and Google
- 6 years ago
ISTANBUL — An American woman soloed child birth last month in a Turkish hotel room using a bathtub, YouTube videos and a whole lot more.
U.S. Air Force analyst Tia Freeman told the world about her amazing story on her Twitter account this week. The the 22-year-old said she was traveling to Germany via Istanbul, Turkey when she began having stomach pain due to what she believed to be food poisoning, reported Newsweek.
Freeman was very pregnant at the time and only found about that mid-January, but the Germany trip was booked beforehand. The Nashville woman powered through her flight until she arrived at Istanbul airport where she was greeted with a massively busy customs area.
Somehow she made it to her hotel while she was in labor. And not knowing the emergency number or local lingo, she searched YouTube for how to deliver a baby.
Freeman decided for a water birth. So she filled the tub with warm water, got into position, bit into a towel and started to PUSH!
Freeman named her son Xavier Ata Freeman. Now back in the U.S., Freeman told BuzzFeed that she and Xavier are doing great and he's being spoiled by her family.
U.S. Air Force analyst Tia Freeman told the world about her amazing story on her Twitter account this week. The the 22-year-old said she was traveling to Germany via Istanbul, Turkey when she began having stomach pain due to what she believed to be food poisoning, reported Newsweek.
Freeman was very pregnant at the time and only found about that mid-January, but the Germany trip was booked beforehand. The Nashville woman powered through her flight until she arrived at Istanbul airport where she was greeted with a massively busy customs area.
Somehow she made it to her hotel while she was in labor. And not knowing the emergency number or local lingo, she searched YouTube for how to deliver a baby.
Freeman decided for a water birth. So she filled the tub with warm water, got into position, bit into a towel and started to PUSH!
Freeman named her son Xavier Ata Freeman. Now back in the U.S., Freeman told BuzzFeed that she and Xavier are doing great and he's being spoiled by her family.