# Midwife delivers own baby, using make-up mirror **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 7, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midwife-delivers-own-baby-using-make-up-mirror/618096 "2012-04-07T17:03:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midwife-delivers-own-baby-using-make-up-mirror/618096/1 "2012-04-07T17:03:27Z")
No, not an Onion piece. [Midwife Delivers Her Own Baby Using a Tiny Make-up Mirror](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/29/claire-clarke-wood-midwife-baby-mirror_n_1175104.html) Definitely fits my “Kids, don’t try this at home!” category. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midwife-delivers-own-baby-using-make-up-mirror/618096/2 "2012-04-07T21:25:29Z")
> [@](#): > > … Clarke-Wood soon found herself delivering her own baby in the bathroom, using a hand mirror. Her baby, named Esmay … Sounds like someone reads a little too much twilight. Cool story, aside from that putrescent detail. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midwife-delivers-own-baby-using-make-up-mirror/618096/3 "2012-04-07T22:28:42Z")
Hey, if she wants to name her kid in Pig Latin, that’s her business I suppose.