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Woman Manages To Give Birth In Her Sleep

Woman Manages To Give Birth In Her Sleep

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Claire Reid

Claire Reid

Now, I've never given birth, but unless every single woman who has given birth is a liar, it's a pretty painful experience.

However, Alice Payne (sort of an ironic name, that) managed to go through labour, and almost completely give birth, while having a nap.

23-year-old Alice from Derbyshire gave birth to a little boy, who she has named Phillip, on 18 December.

Alice was medically induced, but shortly afterwards decided she'd quite like a nap, much to the amazement of her doctors. She woke up a short while later and 6lb 4oz Phillip was just making his way into the world.

Alice said: "Because the contraction monitor wasn't reading me properly, doctors didn't realise that I was as far along as I actually was.

Credit: SWNS

"So I was given some drugs to let me nap for a couple of hours, but 30 minutes later they realised I was ready to push."

She also says that she was "completely out of it", which could explain how she managed to drop off.

While 38 weeks pregnant, Alice was told little Phillip had stopped growing, so was forced to go through an inducement. After being given a hormone injection to bring on labour, she was linked up to a machine which was tracking her contractions. The machine failed to do its job and as she came 'round from her snooze', Alice's body was ready to give birth.

Phillip also likes a sleep. Credit: SWNS

The worried doctors thought she may have to undergo an emergency caesarean, because she was 'too relaxed' to push. It gets even more bizarre as John, Alice's wife, started telling his wife to push and even though she was asleep, she did.

With just 10 minutes to go until Phillip popped out, Alice woke up, gave birth, and then went back to sleep for a couple of hours.

She said: "I remember a nurse trying to put Philip in my arms, but I was going to sleep again, only to wake up two hours later to properly meet my son.

"Though I'm pleased I missed the pain of labour, I do wish I had been more present for my first baby's birth.

"Now when he's older and asks me, I'll have to tell him I nodded off."

It's not always so easy, though

While Alice may have slept soundly through most of the hard part, there's no chance that 19-year-old mum Nandini could have done the same.

The mum, from India, gave birth to the 'biggest baby girl in the world' last May, with her whopping 15lbs bundle of joy.

Look at her:

Credit: Caters

The little girl was born weighing as much as an average six-month old. Her doctor Dr Venkatesh Raju said at the time that she was a 'miracle'.

Featured Image Credit: SWNS

Topics: Baby, Birth

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