Marathon mom: Pregnant woman's 26.5 miles followed by 7-lb., 13-ounce newborn
Amber Miller was nearly 39 weeks pregnant when she started the 26.2-mile Chicago Marathon on Sunday morning. The DuPage County woman in a telephone interview from her hospital bed that her doctor allowed her to run half the race and walk half the race.By: Associated Press,
CHICAGO — A pregnant suburban Chicago woman felt contractions a few minutes after finishing the Chicago Marathon and gave birth hours later to a baby daughter.
Amber Miller was nearly 39 weeks pregnant when she started the 26.2-mile race on Sunday morning. The DuPage County woman tells The Daily Herald in a telephone interview from her hospital bed that her doctor allowed her to run half the race and walk half the race.
Miller says she felt contractions after finishing at 6 hours and 25 minutes. When the contractions became regular she stopped to get a sandwich and then went to the hospital. Her baby girl June was born at 10:29 p.m. weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces.
Miller says she's happy but calls Sunday “the longest day of my life.”
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