Is that a baby in your pants or are you...

[wiegie]

I really have no idea what to say about this story. There are certainly a number of nuances in it that one could comment upon. Have at it.

 

Milford special (double) delivery

FRANK JULIANO

Article Last Updated: 01/02/2008 11:42:34 PM EST

 

MILFORD — Larryett Thomas already knows something about the twin boys she gave birth to early Wednesday morning: They are impatient.

Thomas, 25, of 28 Ellis St., had already delivered the first baby at home when paramedics arrived at 4:30 a.m., said Capt. Michael McDaniel, the Fire Department spokesman.

 

"The baby was suspended in her stretch pants, and the paramedics got it out, cut the cord and got it crying and then delivered the next one,'' McDaniel said.

 

Thomas, who was admitted to Bridgeport Hospital following the home deliveries, said although the boys, named Curt and Curtis, are four weeks premature, they are fine. "They'll be in the [intensive Care Unit] for 24 hours just to make sure, and then they'll be in the room with me,'' she said. Thomas said she and her two new sons expect to be discharged Friday.

 

Lt. Bill Holveck, paramedics Chris Brown and Chris Waiksnoris, and firefighter Dan Talaniec responded when Thomas' mother called 911, but ultimately there was a team of 10 people involved in the call, including a police officer. "Technically, we had three patients,'' Waiksnoris said. "When the lieutenant and I got there, she had partially delivered the first baby. She had about 12 minutes to rest in between the births. She knew she was having twins and had gotten prenatal care at Bridgeport Hospital.''

 

Brown noted that "the mother does 90 percent of the work,'' but there was still a lot for the medical responders to do. There were two ambulances and the Fire Department's rescue truck on the scene, and since there were no lights in the room where the mother was, the men held flashlights while assisting her.

 

"We all have our roles to play but we can all step in and do each other's jobs if we need to,'' he said.

 

Talaniec has been a firefighter for a little more than a year, and Wednesday morning's call was the first babies he helped deliver. That is a pretty good start to a career, Battalion Chief William Healey said. "I've been with the department for 33 years and I've never delivered a baby. That's just how it goes sometimes, but [to deliver] twins is very rare.''

 

Holveck, who was in charge of the team assisting the mother, said the scene was "awesome, beautiful, but chaotic.'' Paramedics Frank Murphy, Wayne Chappell, Brian McVety, Jeff Lindauer and Pete Vining were also part of the team attending Thomas.

 

The city woman said that her sons each weigh about 4 pounds. Their father, whom she declined to name, will help her, she said. "I've got four other kids, three boys and a girl who is going to be a year old soon. My oldest son is 10 and goes to Simon Lake School, and the other two are 4 and 2 years old.''

 

New mothers sometimes don't recognize the onset of labor, but Thomas said that wasn't the case with her children. Curt and Curtis were just in a hurry to get started in life, she said.

 

And Talaniec, who was the object of some good-natured ribbing from co-workers in the firehouse Wednesday night, said assisting at the birth of the twins was interesting. "It was exciting to help new life coming into the world,'' he said.

[Chief Dick]

Curt and Curtis?

 

 

[Atlanta Cracker]

Curt and Curtis?

 

I guess that's better than Pete and RePete.

 

This is my favorite part..

 

and since there were no lights in the room where the mother was, the men held flashlights while assisting her.

[Chargerz]

All the paramedics and firefighters I know that bring patients to our hospital view doing a delivery as a HUGH merit badge. This delivery would've obviously counted double.

[Azazello1313]

thank god there weren't three of them. curtissimo?

[irish]

Curt and Curtis?

 

 

I guess that's better than Pete and RePete.

 

This is my favorite part..

 

Curt and Curtis is terrible!!

 

Oh and this was my favorite part.

 

Thomas, 25, of 28 Ellis St., had already delivered the first baby at home when paramedics arrived at 4:30 a.m., said Capt. Michael McDaniel, the Fire Department spokesman.

 

"The baby was suspended in her stretch pants, and the paramedics got it out, cut the cord and got it crying and then delivered the next one,'' McDaniel said.

 

[wiegie]

My favorite parts are:

 

--the mother's name is "Larryett"

(I suppose Curt and Curtiss don't seem quite so bad right now)

 

--the mother had gotten prenatal care at Bridgeport Hospital

(it's good that she got prenatal care, but it's bad that she got it at a hospital instead of at a normal ob-gyn)

 

--the mother decline to name the father

(gee, I wonder why that is? (and the answer is not that she doesn't know who he is))

 

--the mother is 25 years old and Curt and Curtiss are her fifth and sixth children and her oldest child is ten

(no comment)

 

This is just all messed up.

[TimC]

We should just sign our tax withholdings directly to her and cut out the middle man.

 

You know what these types call twins? A bonus.

[Egret]

My favorite parts are:

 

--the mother's name is "Larryett"

(I suppose Curt and Curtiss don't seem quite so bad right now)

 

--the mother had gotten prenatal care at Bridgeport Hospital

(it's good that she got prenatal care, but it's bad that she got it at a hospital instead of at a normal ob-gyn)

 

--the mother decline to name the father

(gee, I wonder why that is? (and the answer is not that she doesn't know who he is))

 

--the mother is 25 years old and Curt and Curtiss are her fifth and sixth children and her oldest child is ten

(no comment)

This is just all messed up.

I guess by the time the sixth child comes along, you just give up on coming up with original names for each one.