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PIKE COUNTY, Mo. (KTVI) — A Missouri mother safely delivered her own baby boy in a car thanks to the help of a Pike County 911 dispatcher.
Christie Rosenstengle welcomed baby Reece into the world on May 11 in her and her husband's car. It was about 1:30 a.m., and Rosenstengle's husband, Kaleb, was driving them to the hospital when Rosenstengle said it was time.
"As soon as we were about to pull off in Eolia, I said my water's going to break... You have to stop. Stop the car. Pull over."
On the other end of the phone was a Pike County 911 dispatcher Faith Cooper.
"The operator, she was fantastic," Rosenstengle said. "She asked us 'How far apart are her contractions?' Like, trying to help us establish if we needed to pull over if we needed to keep going."
Her contractions were less than 3 minutes apart.
"She taught Kaleb through helping me deliver the baby, and he's done it before," Rosenstengle said. "But it was cool to have her there as a reassurance to know that h...
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