We’ve all heard of ᴄʀᴀᴢʏ baby ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀʏ stories like in cars, on planes and more but this one epitomizes being so close, yet so far away, to the ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ birthing ᴅᴇsᴛɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ.
A couple from Manhattan, Kansas, is making ʜᴇᴀᴅ lines after welcoming their sixth child in an ᴇᴍᴇʀɢᴇɴᴄʏ room hallway! Jes and Travis Hogan, who had five daughters prior to welcoming their baby boy, may have been veterans of ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄɪɴɢ childbirth, but their unique, ɪɴᴛᴇɴsᴇ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ with their son Max was something they couldn’t have prepared for. And even better, her professional birth photographer, Tammy Karin of Little Leapling Photography in Kansas, was there to capture it all.
By the time Jes made it through the second set of ᴀᴜᴛᴏᴍᴀᴛɪᴄ ᴅᴏᴏʀs, she said she could feel her ‘body ᴘᴜsʜɪɴɢ the baby’s head out ,’ so she started to take her ᴘᴀɴᴛs ᴏf. She said:” I ʀᴇᴀᴄʜᴇᴅ down and could feel his ʜᴇᴀᴅ crowning with my hand. I looked at my husband and said, ‘Tʀᴀᴠɪs ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜ ʜɪᴍ!’ Without any ʜᴇsɪᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, he did just that as I felt my ʙᴏᴅʏ ɴᴠᴏʟᴜɴᴛᴀʀɪʟʏ ᴘᴜsʜɪɴɢ his ʜᴇᴀᴅ the rest of the way out. At that moment, Tammy began sɴᴀᴘᴘɪɴɢ ᴀᴡᴀʏ! Then the ɴᴜʀsᴇs came ʀᴜsʜɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ the hall. It was a blur at this point, they ʀᴇᴀᴄʜᴇᴅ us, ʜᴇʟᴘᴇᴅ me lay down just as my ʙᴏᴅʏ began to ᴘᴜsʜ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ.” Even though the baby ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ǫᴜɪᴄᴋʟʏ, coming down from that ʀᴜsʜ is never ᴇᴀsʏ.
After giving birth, Jes said she ʀᴇᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴇxᴄᴇʟʟᴇɴᴛ ᴄᴀʀᴇ. She said:”We both fared wonderfully … It’s sᴛɪʟʟ sᴜʀʀᴇᴀʟ. It was my ᴄʀᴀᴢɪᴇsᴛ birth, but also, the most perfect. It was not at all what I had planned, but it ended without any ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴠᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ, with a healthy baby and amazing sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ people by our sides. It was beautiful and I’ll forever love every memory of it.”
