The midwives ended up getting stuck in the snow and had to walk twenty minutes to the couple’s home.
Then Stephanie's water broke. After the late February storms, the roads to Lake Arrowhead were closed and a harrowing five-hour journey for everyone involved began.“We called them around 2:15 told them my water had broke and my contractions were starting once that was confirmed they said we are going to head up to you,” Stephanie said.“That’s when things started to get a little stressful for me wondering all the possibility what could happen,” Stephanie said.
“With the roadblock, go ahead, snow plows, trying to clear the road in front of us,” Richard Oxenhem, a midwife student, said. “We are still getting updates. The contractions are close. Probably baby is going to be there before I get there,” Lisa Marie said. The midwives ended up getting stuck in the snow and had to walk twenty minutes to the Gilles’s home. The midwives got to the home nearly five hours after Stephanie's water broke and minutes after the baby arrived.Baby Audrey was born healthy at 6 lbs 4 ounces.
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