Well, you could have added that she then proceeded to nurse her baby in the
delivery...er..dining room!

LindaC, NMI~WG, PA

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> From: Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>
> To:
> Subject: A postscript to the Lactation Associates conference
> Date: Saturday, November 15, 1997 4:01 PM
>
> To all the Lactnuts who attended the Lactation Associates conference, I
have
> a special post script to the end of the day. Soon after you left a woman
was
> carried into the hotel, obviously in pain. I was sitting in the lobby
waiting
> for Jack Newman and my husband to arrive for dinner. I thought the woman
had
> slipped on the ice (which was about an inch thick at that point!). She
was
> carried into the restaurant and placed on the floor, but her painful
sounds
> continued. I sat for a few more minutes until I realized what I was
hearing
> (where have I heard this before?)
>
> Yes, she was in labor. As the fire fighters dashed in, I called Dr. Jack
who
> came down and under his watchful eyes we had the privilege of topping off
our
> day with a lovely birth. Half an hour later we entered the birthing
room--I
> mean the restaurant for dinner.
>
> The reporters came and interviwed us and we made the front page of the
local
> newspaper! How do you top that?!!
>