A Little Angel Appears Out of Nowhere – Kendra Duggar Secretly Gives Birth and the Baby’s Identity Is a Shocking Surprise! Details in the comments!!
The episode begins with Kendra’s contractions growing more intense at home, and she and and Joe drop their son Garrett off with her family before heading to the hospital after midnight.
By the time her water breaks at 4:30 am, she appears to be in intense pain, leaning against Joe while he rubbed her back.
They move to sitting together on the bed, with Kendra panting and clearly suffering while Joe tries to coach her through slow inhales and exhales.
Finally, getting close to the big moment, Kendra lies down on the bed and twists in pain, telling Joe she’s feeling nauseated. She appears to gag before the cameras cut away.
Just in time, Kendra’s mother Christina, 39, arrives. She gives her daughter words of encouragement while Kendra shares fears of throwing up again.
Calm before the storm: Kendra was all smiles back at home before the pain got too intense
Babysitters: They said a prayer with their son Garrett before leaving him with Kendra’s family
Choices: The Duggars have strict modesty standards but document childbirth candidly on the show
More to come: Kendra documented a similarly painful labor with her first child when she was 20
Barf: At one point, Kendra started to complain of nausea
Sick: She swallowed and gagged before the camera cut away, but admitted later she’d thrown up
Grandma: Her mother Christina, 39, arrived and shared words of encouragement while pulling her hair out of her face
Kendra continues to moan in bed, scrunching up her face and crying — but the nurse tells her that she needs to wait to push until the doctor comes.
‘I don’t want to wait,’ Kendra moans, her face contorted in pain.
‘I can’t do this,’ she says. ‘What’s taking him so long?’
Kendra appears to start instinctively pushing as her body inches toward the moment of birth, but the nurse tells her again not to push. The doctor is busy delivering another baby.’
‘I know I wanted him here but now I really don’t care,’ Kendra cries.
Finally, it’s decided that the attending nurse will deliver the baby, and she does so successfully at 5:33 am.
The ordeal over, Kendra and Joe are all smiles holding their daughter. Afterward, Kendra rests in bed, thanking her husband for being there to help her.
She’s ready: Not long after her water broke, Kendra was nine centimeters dilated and feeling the urge to push
But the nurse told her repeatedly not to push until the doctor arrived
Kendra said she didn’t want to wait but was still urged to hold off
Desperate, she asked what was taking the doctor so long. He was busy delivering another baby
‘I know I wanted him here, but now I really don’t care,’ she said, but was still told to wait
Finally, the nurse stepped in and delivered the baby. Resisting the urge to push can cause dangerous complications for mother and baby
‘I thought I was gonna die,’ she says.
Though the experience ends in happiness — with Kendra, Joe, their parents, and some of their siblings cooing over the new baby — it was certainly dramatic, if not dangerous.
While there are some legitimate reasons for telling a woman to resist the natural urge to push during childbirth — such as fixing an issue with an umbilical cord or preventing shoulder dystocia — those who do also face the possibly of myriad complications in addition to the prolonged pain.
‘If a woman’s cervix is fully dilated and she has the urge, she should be allowed to push, barring some unusual complication with mother or baby,’ Dana Gossett, chief of gynecology at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, told Vice.
‘Her progress through labor should be dependent on what’s happening with her body and her baby, and not on the location of her doctor or midwife. Because, really, the location of the doctor or midwife should be responsive to how she’s progressing through labor.’
Kendra was incredibly relieved when the whole thing was over and she held her daughter
She smiled while she cradled the little girl against her while family took pictures
Addison appears to be a healthy baby girl despite the wait
Addison was born weighing 7 pounds, 12.5 ounces and measuring 20.5 inches long
Afterward, Kendra rested in bed, thanking her husband for being there to help her
Addison is introduced to her her big brother (right) while her aunt holds her
‘We are ready to double the fun at our house!’ the couple said back when they announced the pregnancy
According to a Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis study, women who resist the urge are at a higher risk of postpartum bleeding and infection, and the babies are at a higher risk of developing sepsis.
It can also lead to permanent brain damage for the baby.
Perhaps the most famous case of this is Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.
When Rose was in labor, her doctor was delayed in arriving to deliver the baby, and a nurse at the scene was determined that Rose should wait.
She went so far as to hold Rose’s legs closed, then push the baby’s head back up through the birth canal, holding it there for two hours.
Due to the resulting lack of oxygen, Rosemary suffered permanent brain damage that slowed her development and contributed to other issues.
