'Went from teaching a class to having a baby': Maine teacher gives birth at school
School officials at Old Town High School witnessed what they are calling a miracle Tuesday afternoon when a teacher gave birth in the school's parking lot.
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"At 2:07 p.m. I called my mom, and by 2:18 p.m. the ambulance had been called because I was holding her in my arms in the parking lot," said Tori Hildreth, the school's Jobs for Maine Graduates instructor.
"I went from teaching a class to having a baby in about 15 minutes."
The school's resource officer and nurse were on hand to help, but baby Bella Dieuveuill leaped into nurse Jana Caron's arms before EMS arrived.
"Her composure, and her toughness, and her focus, like, she's just remarkable," said Caron. "She's one tough lady. Whenever she was all stabilized, she gets up and she's walking over to the stretcher and she lays herself down and she's like, 'See you in three months!'"
Adding to the drama, Tori's father, Captain Mike Hildreth of the Old Town Fire Department, was filling in on shift that day and arrived at the scene in the fire truck.
"He showed up and he started crying," said Tori Hildreth. "My mom and I were both in shock. He's the first one to respond to a maternity call that it was his daughter and that is probably true. That's some small-town stuff right there I would say."
"It really was a nice family reunion in a really unconventional way," said Caron.
Baby Bella, who was born two weeks early, weighed six pounds, four ounces, and was 19 inches long.
Both mom and baby are home and doing well.
Many staff and students are still in disbelief.
"They're popping their heads in my office, 'You delivered a baby?' I'm like, 'I sure did,'" said Caron.
Tori Hildreth says she is thankful that her daughters are growing up in such a loving and supportive community.