New Zealand
Politician gets on her bike and goes to the hospital for delivery
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Former New Zealand Minister for Women, Julie Anne Genter, rode her bike to the birth of her second child. It wasn’t planned at all.
Birth is a miracle of nature. Not only is it amazing that you suddenly hold a small creature in your hands that you have carried in your stomach for the past few months, the body also performs a great job. Time and again, women giving birth and people with a uterus surprise with crazy stories of their childbirth.
So does the New Zealand politician and former Minister for Women, Julie Anne Genter. As a real green she cycled in labor to the birth of her second child – and even for the second time. It was planned differently this time.
Ghent shares her story on Facebook
“Big news,” wrote the Green politician on Sunday on her Facebook page. At 3:04 a.m. the previous morning, she and her husband would have welcomed the newest member of the family. “I really didn’t intend to ride my bike in labor, but it did happen in the end,” said the former minister. Her contractions were not bad when she left for the hospital at two in the morning. “However, they came two to three minutes apart and got stronger and stronger when we got there ten minutes later.” Among other things, she posted a photo showing her on the cargo bike with her helmet and bag on the go.
The American-born attracted international attention as early as 2018 when she cycled to a hospital in Auckland to have the birth of her first son initiated there – and that because there was no more space in the car. But this time her husband was supposed to take her to the hospital on the cargo bike: she and her luggage on the front. However, the weight of the bag that had to be carried on the vehicle thwarted the couple’s plans. So Genter quickly got on her own bike and gave birth to a healthy daughter shortly after arriving at the Wellington hospital. “I’m so glad we didn’t go on foot,” said the former minister for women later on the news portal “Stuff”.
Fast and uncomplicated birth
In her Facebook post, Genter not only published pictures of her bike tour to the clinic, but also pictures after arrival and after giving birth with her husband and baby. She writes: “I feel blessed that I had excellent care and support from a great team in what turned out to be a very quick (and luckily, straightforward) birth.”
Sources: “Facebook “,” Stuff “,” ABC Australia “
This article originally appeared on stern.de.