Girl carries secret baby to hospital, still attached

A 17-year-old girl gave birth secretly at home, then walked four blocks to a hospital with the baby still attached by its umbilical cord. “I was just a little nervous” when the labor began, Xochitl Parra said Friday from St. Mary Medical Center as she cradled her 8-pound, 3-ounce son, Alejandro. “

Weird. Apparently the mother of this teen didn’t know. That’s messed up.

Parra, a sophomore at Long Beach Poly High, said she kept her pregnancy a secret because she was afraid her mother would “kick me out of the house.” Her mother has now accepted the situation and is going to help the teen care for the baby so she can continue attending school, Parra said. “

I don’t understand the logic here. The teen was keeping the baby, but didn’t want to tell her mom–because she was going to put it up for adoption? Even if this is the case, did she think that the delivery would occur at a conveniently secret time? (It seems that it did, but that doesn’t mean that she was rational….)

Anyway, I’m glad these people are alive. But man, that’s kinda goofy.

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