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Mother on roller-coaster ride – unaware she was about to give birth
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-12-17 17:18 A mother spent hours being thrown around a corkscrew-style roller-coaster ride - unaware she was pregnant and about to give birth. Issy McMurdo was taken to hospital just days later with excruciating stomach cramps which she believed had been caused by something she had eaten. But nurses told the surprised 21-year-old that she was actually in labour. Miss McMurdo, a barmaid, said: "It was a massive shock when they gave me a scan and told me I was in labour. "I simply had no idea I was pregnant. I thought I had just put on a little bit of weight. "Then when my ankles swelled up I assumed it was because I was on my feet all the time at the pub. "I even went to Alton Towers where pregnant women are warned not to go on the rides. I was flung upside down on the Air ride at speeds of up to 50mph and hurled down drops of 53ft, so it was quite lucky I didn't go into labour there." Miss McMurdo, from Leaminton Spa, Warwickshire, was still working long night shifts right before giving birth to 6lb 2oz Oscar. Her boyfriend, Barry Humber, 22, said: "Issy had terrible stomach pains after coming over to my flat. "Twenty-four hours later our little boy was born. "Oscar is the best Christmas present anyone could ask for. We are very lucky." |
