Grandma delivers baby, Thanksgiving dinner

[underpants]

Source: MSNBC

BOSTON - A Boston woman has succeeded at one of the all-time great Thanksgiving Day juggling acts: She cooked the turkey while helping deliver her baby granddaughter.

Patricia McCalop was in the middle of preparing the meal when her daughter suddenly went into labor two weeks early.

McCalop called 911, and a dispatcher talked her through the delivery and helped her confirm that the baby girl was breathing.

Didn’t want turkey to burn
Patricia McCalop said she kept running between the kitchen and her daughter in labor because she didn't want the turkey to burn while helping her child deliver the baby.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34191041/ns/us_news-wonderful_world?GT1=43001

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The infant weighed six pounds.

[niyad]

1. women invented multi-tasking!!

[MadMaddie]

16. Ain't that the truth!!

[Hissyspit]

21. I can find in my cognition no legitimate logical or factual basis to invalidate your declaration.

Sounds right to me.

[bertman]

26. No Way!! it was the guy who had to fight off the sabre-tooth tigers, while impregnating

one of his many wives, beating the other wives to keep them in line, writing the religious rules on clay tablets, hunting for new lands to invade, herding the sheep and goats, and slaying the furriners who were trying to steal all his stuff.

You gals can't take credit for everything. Us guys were plenty busy too.

;-)

[Beartracks]

28. No, we got slaves to do a bunch of that! n/t

;-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Which was done first? The baby or the turkey?

Good for her!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of them!

[whistler162]

3. a different Thanksgiving bowl game.

Great hands grandma!

[Faygo Kid]

4. Six-pound baby. How big was the bird?

Seriously, sounds like Grandma back in the day. Woman could do it all - and did.

[tularetom]

5. How much did the turkey weigh?

[htuttle]

6. "It's a girl!.... That reminds me -- I better take the turkey out of the oven..."

[JohnnyLib2]

7. Great story.

Our family is taking guesses at the baby's name.

[Autumn Colors]

8. My first guess would be Grace (nt)

[DesertRat]

9. I am woman, hear me roar

Great story!

[katkat]

10. No Dad? no Granddad? just sibs, according to the news n/t

[MadMaddie]

17. What's your point?

[katkat]

36. isn't it obvious?

Men abandoning their responsibilities.

Women dumb enough to pick men like that.

Hardly a family to admire.

[Berry Cool]

11. Gotta love a woman with her priorities in order.

"Patricia McCalop said she kept running between the kitchen and her daughter in labor because she didn't want the turkey to burn while helping her child deliver the baby."

Yeah, because that's the important thing.

But seriously, isn't this going to keep the joke writers of America busy over the next few days or so?

"Mrs. McCalop attributed her success to remembering to baste the baby every hour to prevent it from drying out."

"Her daughter's family says they've been enjoying the new baby the past few days, but now they're kinda getting sick of the leftovers."

"But the happy event almost took a tragic turn when, after dinner, some of the kids tried to grab the baby's legs and make a wish."

Eek.

[annabanana]

22. If you don't write jokes for a living,

You should.

[mamaleah]

25. She did have her priorities in order.

Women have been helping other women give birth since....well since we have existed. It's not a hysterical ordeal, normally. It doesn't require second by second monitoring (unless there is a reason to believe the baby may be in distress such as a mom with pre-eclampsia or some other condition) and really, our bodies are quite amazing. They will tell you when you need to push, when you need to move, etc.

[tavalon]

29. Shhhh. Doctors don't want women to know that we don't need them to "deliver"

our babies.

[defendandprotect]

32. So true -- !!

[Maraya1969]

12. When I read the title I thought the baby popped out of the turkey's ass.

Strange how the mind works.

[LisaL]

13. How long did it take for the ambulance to get there?

She was afraid the turkey would burn and she kept checking on it, and the baby was delivered before the ambulance arrived? How long did it all take?

[DRoseDARs]

15. For some women, labor pains hit suddenly and BAM, a baby pops out before medical help can arrive.

Sometimes, it takes longer to cook a turkey than give birth. :shrug:

[defendandprotect]

30. Second kids -- wow!! Zoom out -- !!

[mike_c]

14. this gives a whole new meaning to...

..."having one in the oven!"

[MadMaddie]

18. That is too funny!!

:rofl:

[malaise]

34. DUzy

:rofl:

[Grassy Knoll]

19. Congratulations !!!!!!!

[bitchkitty]

20. I got the most horrible picture when I read the headline. n/t

[Odin2005]

23. Yay, Grandma!

:woohoo:

[Cha]

24. Can you imagine!

I didn't even cook a turkey.

[TrogL]

27. Hope she washed her hands

[defendandprotect]

31. That's what we usually say about the doctors--!!

[susu369]

33. You beat me to it, Trogl

LOL

[Blue Diadem]

35. She’s like, 'I got to go get the turkey baster.' I’m like, 'For what?'"

:rofl:

Great story, one that I'm sure will be passed on for generations in their family.