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NeedSpeed
10-16-2014, 5:29pm
(NEWSER) – You know that scene in the movies, where the husband drives his wife to the hospital in the nick of time to deliver their baby? Try this for a plot twist, from Iowa's WHO-TV: Cop follows speeding car with lights flashing, but husband doesn't pull over because wife is thisclose to giving birth. Cops lay tire spikes that stop the vehicle, then order both occupants to the ground at gunpoint—before realizing what's going on. Luckily, all ended well, and police got Rachel Kohnen to the hospital in time to deliver 10-pound Hazel.

"I did tell him not to stop," Rachel says of husband Ben. At one point during the chase, she tried to call 911 to let police know what was happening, but it didn't work in time. "I know I was crazy lady screaming it into the phone," she recalls. Police in Fort Dodge haven't filed charges, though it's ultimately up to the county attorney. In fairness to the original cop who tried to stop them, the Kohnens blew by him at 85mph at 4 in the morning, notes the Daily News. (Another recent crazy pregnancy story: This woman gave birth hours after finding out she was expecting.)

:waiting:

...Whitepower...
10-16-2014, 6:09pm
They were doing there job. If they stopped they may have even gotten an escort to get there faster. By not stopping they looked suspect.

BTW 10lbs? Damn that's a big kid.

Barn Babe
10-16-2014, 7:03pm
10 lbs??? :eek:

simpleman68
10-16-2014, 7:05pm
10 lbs??? :eek:

:lol: My 5'4" mama delivered my brother and I naturally. We were 9 lbs 10-14 oz.
Damn good thing we don't have "Leno" heads.
Scott

Barn Babe
10-16-2014, 7:06pm
:lol: My 5'4" mama delivered my brother and I naturally. We were 9 lbs 10-14 oz.
Damn good thing we don't have "Leno" heads.
Scott

I'm 5'3" and my biggest was 9lbs, and that was plenty big. :yesnod:

simpleman68
10-16-2014, 7:09pm
I'm 5'3" and my biggest was 9lbs, and that was plenty big. :yesnod:

Damn...

"Maam, you're 15 cm dilated and ready to start pushin" :funnier:
Scott

Barn Babe
10-16-2014, 7:14pm
Damn...

"Maam, you're 15 cm dilated and ready to start pushin" :funnier:
Scott

:willy:

Craig
10-16-2014, 9:17pm
If only one or both had been cops, they wouldnt have had to obey the speed limit.

Bill
10-16-2014, 9:47pm
If only one or both had been cops, they wouldnt have had to obey the speed limit.


They would have been stopped if they were not in a police car. THEN they would have been let go with an apology. Especially if they were going to a conference in WA state.

As to the OP, not sure how I feel about what happened.