Photo: Courtesy Napa Valley Midwife
A California woman gave new meaning to the phrase room service when she gave birth inside a hotel room after the Kincade Fire forced her to evacuate.
James and Rachel Page were evacuated on Saturday from their home in Windsor, just days before she was due to give birth to the couple’s second child, theNapa Valley Registerreported.
They first went to stay with friends in Rohnert Park, but eventually moved to somewhere more private, as Rachel knew she would soon be giving birth, and had long planned on having a home birth.
“Things were definitely moving along,” she told the outlet. “I had an idea something was going to happen.”
With the clock ticking, the couple wound up at the Andaz Napa hotel in Napa, and Rachel gave birth to daughter Penelope on Monday with the help of midwives Heather Hilton, Bee Lauher and Kristina Parks, of Napa Valley Midwives, according to theRegister.
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“I just had to change my mindset of, ‘This might be the space,’” Rachel told theSan Francisco Chronicle. “I meditated the night before, and I meditated in the morning. I was trying to do things to just remain calm, because the last two days had been so stressful.”
The Andaz Napa was unaware of the goings-on in the Pages’ room, and even received concerned calls from fellow guests who’d heard loud noises, theRegisterreported.
Napa Valley Midwives.Courtesy Napa Valley Midwife
Added Lauher to theChronicle, “We kind of don’t ask permission for that.”
The Napa Valley Midwives celebrated Penelope’s 9 lb., 3 oz. arrival with aFacebookpost on Tuesday.
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Meanwhile, Rachel said that as exciting as the birth was, she was disappointed her daughter Scarlett, 2, was unable to immediately meet her sister, as she was staying safe with family in Sacramento.
“I learned a lot through this pregnancy. I learned to trust my body, to trust my intuition. In life, things just happen, and sometimes they stack on top of each other,” the new mom told theChronicle. “You just have to be prepared and roll with things and hope for the best.”
source: people.com
