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Bridge Lake Women Has Baby on the Side of Highway 5
Ross delivered her daughter in an ambulance after labor became too fast for a trip to Kamloops, highlighting the region’s lack of birth services.
- On Oct. 20, Bridge Lake mother Ross gave birth to her daughter, Remi, just south of Little Fort on Highway 5 while en route to Kamloops.
- After being sent home by her doctor on her due date, Ross experienced contractions that evening, prompting her and her husband to drive toward Kamloops before realizing they would not make it.
- While racing toward Kamloops, the couple called an ambulance and met paramedics south of Little Fort. Ross, a registered nurse, delivered her baby within 50 minutes of her water breaking.
- After reaching Kamloops, Ross's husband cuddled their healthy newborn daughter. Baby Remi is thriving, and her three older brothers are smitten with their new sister.
- Ross noted that roadside births are common in the South Cariboo, advocating for the return of maternity services to the Mile District General Hospital to reduce travel time for expectant mothers.
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Bridge Lake women has baby on the side of Highway 5
When Marissa Ross planned the birth of her fourth child, she didn’t expect it to take place on the side of the highway in an ambulance. Yet that is just what happened to the Bridge Lake mother of four on Oct. 20 when her water broke. While she and her husband did their best to make it to Kamloops for the birth, Ross welcomed her new baby daughter, Remi, into the world just south of Little Fort on Highway 5. “Everybody was so supportive. I’m glad…
·Clearwater, Canada
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