A Baby Is Born After The Earthquake In Mexico

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

A mother gave birth to her baby in the middle of the street just minutes after the powerful Richter scale earthquake of 7.1 degrees occurred on September 19 in Mexico City.

Jessica Mendoza had already dilated six centimeters, but suddenly the ground began to shake. Mendoza was in a delivery room at a hospital, the Sanatorio Durango in Mexico City. The delivery had begun, she focused on her baby and continued despite having to be removed from the building, reports El País. “Despite everything that was happening around me, I continued with my delivery. I completely isolated myself; I didn't hear anything. I only remember that there was my doctor, the nurses, a doula [woman specialized in childbirth techniques], my husband and my mother. They made way through the chaos to find a safe space, "he explained to the newspaper.

So how could Jéssica Mendoza bring her son Adolfo Iñaki to the world ? El País reports that with some sheets and on a sidewalk, the police managed a kind of makeshift field hospital. In that space, without anesthesia or surgeries, but under the supervision of her doctor and with the necessary care, she had her delivery that lasted half an hour. So, the newspaper explains, that after 20 minutes, and an hour after the earthquake had ended, they returned to the hospital. "It was a miracle," says the new mom. Meanwhile, her husband Amado Ortíz also appreciates the blessing of having his firstborn with him. "If Adolfo Iñaki has survived this earthquake just when he was being born, he will overcome everything in life," said his proud father.