A 22-year-old Tennessee woman has an unbelievable birth story — but still insists that she doesn’t “understand what’s so shocking” about it.
The short version:
My friend Tia was on the way to Germany to visit me.
During her Layover in Istanbul she GAVE BIRTH to a HEALTHY BABY BOYIn a Hotel Room
BY HERSELFTied and cut the Umbilical Chord
BY HERSELFAND WENT TO THE AIRPORT THE NEXT DAY LIKE NOTHING HAPPEND pic.twitter.com/iz6976bjsd
— Jakob Johnson (@JohnsonJakob) April 25, 2018
I still really don’t understand what’s so shocking about my delivery story. Lol maybe it’ll set in one day.
— Tia Freeman (@TheWittleDemon) April 24, 2018
Ok here's how it started...after flying 14 hours from Nashville to Istanbul, she started cramping but just thought it was food poisoning.
The pain intensified as she went through customs at the airport, but even after consulting Google, Freeman was still unsure if she was going through labor or having a false alarm. Either way, she was determined to not “give birth on the airport floor.”
I make it to my hotel & now I’m sure I’m in labor. There is no way in the world I’m not in labor because I can barely standup at this point. So I’m in a foreign country, where no one speaks english, I don’t know this country’s emergency number, & I have no clue what to do. pic.twitter.com/sk6k10zdu5
— Tia Freeman (@TheWittleDemon) April 24, 2018
So in true millennial form I decided to @Youtube it ??. If no one else had my back the internet would! So here my ass is in my hotel room all by my lonesome learning how to deliver my own baby pic.twitter.com/v13ZhF6O8h
— Tia Freeman (@TheWittleDemon) April 24, 2018
So anyway. I strip down and climb in the tub. The internet said there were a couple positions that people find the most comfortable. I picked the one that worked for me and I was like okay BOOM let’s birthed this baby. pic.twitter.com/I6BabFMcCD
— Tia Freeman (@TheWittleDemon) April 24, 2018
Luckily it happened pretty quickly. I only had to push about 5-6x before a baby popped out. Lol now let me tell you babies are buoyant. That little joker said bloop and floated right on up to the top of the water ?? pic.twitter.com/IuqwKXFb2L
— Tia Freeman (@TheWittleDemon) April 24, 2018
OMG!!
At this point I have no clue what the sex of the baby is so after catching my breath I lift it up like “What is it?” pic.twitter.com/dMUwCDO58X
— Tia Freeman (@TheWittleDemon) April 24, 2018
It's A BOY!!
Now she had to cut the umbilical chord herself!!
Now I haven’t been nervous this whole time but cuttingbthis cord is freaking me out lmao like what if I hurt this man?! So I’m poking the cord with the knife to see if it affects him. pic.twitter.com/mkmQfKP7S2
— Tia Freeman (@TheWittleDemon) April 25, 2018
The next day she flew back to the United States plus one
Side Note:
Shoutout to @TurkishAirlines this was hands down the best flight, attendants, services, and overall workers I’ve ever experienced. Everyone was so nice! They bought him his first outfit lol. Because he was damn near naked when he arrived ? pic.twitter.com/8R1TbasUJx
— Tia Freeman (@TheWittleDemon) April 25, 2018
Congratulations!!!
Btw Xavier turned 7 weeks old today!!! pic.twitter.com/s1iHpNiUI9
— Tia Freeman (@TheWittleDemon) April 25, 2018
