Grandma delivers baby, Thanksgiving dinner
Mass. woman raced to save turkey after daughter gave birth 2 weeks early
"BOSTON - A Boston woman has succeeded at one of the all-time great Thanksgiving Day juggling acts: She cooked the turkey while helping deliver her baby granddaughter.
Patricia McCalop was in the middle of preparing the meal when her daughter suddenly went into labor two weeks early.
McCalop called 911, and a dispatcher talked her through the delivery and helped her confirm that the baby girl was breathing.
Paramedics arrived shortly afterward and took Africa McCalop and her newborn to the hospital. They are both in good health.
Didn’t want turkey to burn
Patricia McCalop said she kept running between the kitchen and her daughter in labor because she didn't want the turkey to burn while helping her child deliver the baby.
"I'm like, 'What are you doing with the turkey? We got the baby,'" Africa McCalop told the Boston Herald. "She didn’t know what to do. She’s like, 'I got to go get the turkey baster.' I’m like, 'For what?'"
The infant weighed six pounds."
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Id be ****ed off if someone helping me through the birth of my child kept disappearing to check on the turkey!!!
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Multi-tasking, well done !
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yea . hehee Originally Posted by Primo
Multi-tasking, well done !
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qwerty123 says:
"Id be ****ed off if someone helping me through the birth of my child kept disappearing to check on the turkey!!!"
she didn't want the turkey to burn!!! Sheesh, do you only think of yourself?
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I hope that baster wasn't doing double duty.
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C'mon QWERTY....
Look at it from Grandma's angle: she's probably got lots of grandkids, but she only had one Thanksgiving turkey. Originally Posted by qwerty123
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Anyone up for the baby special flavored turkey?
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What if she delivered the turkey and cooked the baby?
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LOL. A very amusing story. Good thing the baby is safe. But I guess it's not advisable to cook turkey while helping someone deliver a baby. Your hands should be sanitized. But good thing, everything is ok. Good job!
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altheaespigar says:
"Your hands should be sanitized."
hahaha, I suppose you think there are hospitals in every part of the world and all babies are born in sanitary conditions.
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