Viral photos of a mother of six, Jesica Hogan, giving birth in the corridor of Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, is one of the most surreal moments for the proud parents.
Hogan who welcomed her sixth child and only son Max in July 2017, opened up about her birth story in a new video shared by her photographer Tammy Karin.
The new birth said she had been having contractions for several days without labour. Out of fear she told her husband, Travis, that she no longer had faith in her body and that she may need to be induced.
“I was losing faith in my ability to tell when I would actually be in labour, and losing faith that my body knew what it was doing,’ she explained in a blog post on Tammy’s website.”
Eventually, one night, Jesica started having contractions again but I didn’t think they would amount to anything. She said when her contractions continued she had to write to a group of expectant and fellow moms of her fears of not making it to the hospital.
She said, “I told him Baby was almost there. I also said I couldn’t get out, I felt as if Baby was ready to emerge. That feeling made it nearly impossible to move,’ Jesica added.
“He disappeared for a moment into the E.R. doors. I tried to manoeuvre out of the passenger seat so I could somehow walk inside in the few seconds break I had between contractions.’
” made it just past the second set of automatic doors, into the next hall, which luckily was not carpeted like the one we had just stepped out of,’ Jesica wrote.
“I know at this point I said something to the effect of, “Oh God, he’s here.” I then started to take my pants off because I could feel my body pushing the baby’s head out.
“I reached down and could feel his head crowning with my hand. I looked at my husband and said, “Travis catch him!”
“Without any hesitation, he did just that as I felt my body involuntarily pushing his head the rest of the way out.’
“With one more push as instructed by the nurse, and the only intentional push I gave, I felt the rest of his body come out,’ Jesica said of Max.
“He arrived on the floor just inside the entrance of the emergency room at 3:38 am. Less than 25 minutes from the time my water broke at home, and only a few moments after we stepped inside the hospital.
“It was my craziest birth, but also, the most perfect,’ Jesica added. ‘It was not at all what I had planned, but it ended without any intervention, with a healthy baby, and amazing support people by our sides. It was beautiful and I’ll forever love every memory of it.”
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