As an obstetrician and gynecologist, Dr. Amanda Hess knows all too well how unpredictable labor and birth can be, but she didn’t know how incredibly predictable it was until she was born.
In July last year, Hess, who was nine months pregnant, was preparing for the birth of her second child. She entered the regional medical center in Frankfurt, where she works, as a patient on her induction history.
Hess was on leave for two days before being admitted to hospital.
However, when she settled into her room, I heard that the newborn girl whose umbilical cord was still around her neck was in distress while the on-call doctor was resting.
Hess quickly got to work when she heard the news.
“I just put on another dress to cover my butt and shoes over my shoes, to keep all the liquids and stuff on, and I went down to his room,” she told the local news channel WKYT.
“You said you know, I’m not on call, I’m here in my bathrobe, but I think we should have the baby.”
Thanks to Hess’s quick action, the baby was saved. After making sure the baby and mother were stable, she returned to her room and delivered her baby.
The mother of the child Hess saved, Leah Hallyday Johnson, was clearly beyond grateful and surprised when she learned what Hess had done for her.
She told Lex 18 News, “What she’s done is so amazing. I feel so lucky that she was there and the kind of person she is and is stepping up to do what she’s done. she did. We really appreciate it.”
We know doctors are one of the professions that never work 24 hours a day, but Hess has taken it to the next level. Thank you Dr. Hess!
