# Mom gives birth on of 68th and 3rd Ave NY. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gives-birth-on-of-68th-and-3rd-ave-ny/682266 "2014-02-25T23:01:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gives-birth-on-of-68th-and-3rd-ave-ny/682266/1 "2014-02-25T23:01:09Z")
They almost needed a catchers mitt for this one. šŸ˜› That was one quick delivery. Glad the new mom and baby are ok. She may never look at the buildingā€™s doorman the same way. šŸ˜ƒ > **[Mom gives birth on Upper East Side street corner ā€” and wants to thank...](https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/02/25/mom-gives-birth-on-upper-east-side-street-corner-and-wants-to-thank-strangers-who-helped-her-daughter-arrive/)** > > She wanted a natural birth, and she got one. Pregnant mom Polly McCourt was in her apartment on E. 68th St. when she realized she was in labor. She hurried downstairs, where the buildingā€™s doā€¦ > [@](#): > > She wanted a natural birth, and she got one. > > Pregnant mom Polly McCourt was in her apartment on East 68th St. when she realized she was in labor. She hurried downstairs, where the buildingā€™s doorman Anton Rudovic helped her outside to hail a cab. > > But it wasnā€™t fast enough for little Ila Isabelle McCourt, who arrived before the cab did, right on the corner of 68th and 3rd Ave. at around 4 p.m. Monday. > \ > > "I went downstairs to get a taxi and my water broke, right in the front foyer of the building.ā€ > > ā€œAnton knew that I was in trouble, so he walked me to the corner of the street to try to get a taxi. And then I went, 'oh no. Sheā€™s going to come out.ā€™ > > ā€œShe just came out. I thought I had longer!ā€ > > Rudovic helped McCourt sit down on the street in front of the HSBC bank, as onlookers started to gather. > > ā€œAnton propped me up with his legs, and by that time, she was already out,ā€ McCourt said. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gives-birth-on-of-68th-and-3rd-ave-ny/682266/2 "2014-02-25T23:17:59Z")
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=68th%2Band%2B3rd%2Bave%2BNew%2BYork%2B&hl=en&ll=40.767119,-73.962321&spn=0.001861,0.005922&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=35.082817,48.515625&hnear=3rd%2BAve%2B%26%2BE%2B68th%2BSt,%2BNew%2BYork,%2B10065&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.766917,-73.962676&panoid=tjdZXeEBL5ZCaH1cyYsV8g&cbp=11,110.95842242554177,,0,0 well I tried linking the corner. I have it showing on google maps. but the link is off. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gives-birth-on-of-68th-and-3rd-ave-ny/682266/3 "2014-02-26T03:35:57Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > [Google Maps](http://goo.gl/maps/GrjV9) > well I tried linking the corner. I have it showing on google maps. but the link is off. That would have been quite a streetview. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gives-birth-on-of-68th-and-3rd-ave-ny/682266/4 "2014-02-26T03:54:00Z")
that would have been an awkward time for the google street view car to drive by. šŸ˜‰ It always surprises me that the women go to the hospital and run up a big bill after having a kid in a car or street. The baby is already delivered. Cut the cord and go home. Women had babies for thousands of years without hospitals. Hospitals are absolutely necessary for complicated births. This baby practically fell out. Itā€™s kind of pointless to run up thousands of dollars in medical costs. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gives-birth-on-of-68th-and-3rd-ave-ny/682266/5 "2014-02-26T04:13:52Z")
Wow, a performance birth in one short act! ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gives-birth-on-of-68th-and-3rd-ave-ny/682266/6 "2014-02-26T07:24:23Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It always surprises me that the women go to the hospital and run up a big bill after having a kid in a car or street. The baby is already delivered. Cut the cord and go home. Women had babies for thousands of years without hospitals. They also had a sizable proportion of newborns die shortly after being born. Hence the hospitals. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gives-birth-on-of-68th-and-3rd-ave-ny/682266/7 "2014-02-26T16:01:04Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > that would have been an awkward time for the google street view car to drive by. šŸ˜‰ > > It always surprises me that the women go to the hospital and run up a big bill after having a kid in a car or street. The baby is already delivered. Cut the cord and go home. Women had babies for thousands of years without hospitals. Hospitals are absolutely necessary for complicated births. This baby practically fell out. Itā€™s kind of pointless to run up thousands of dollars in medical costs. Well, thereā€™s stuff you still have to do, like get the eyedrops and the vitamin K shot and all. And itā€™s very important to make sure you didnā€™t retain any placenta, that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gives-birth-on-of-68th-and-3rd-ave-ny/682266/8 "2014-02-26T17:53:16Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > She may never look at the buildingā€™s doorman the same way. šŸ˜ƒ > [Mom gives birth on Upper East Side street corner ā€” and wants to thank strangers who helped her daughter arrive ā€“ New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/miracle-68th-street-baby-born-upper-east-side-corner-arrives-safely-article-1.1701556) Nor he, her. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gives-birth-on-of-68th-and-3rd-ave-ny/682266/9 "2014-02-27T01:55:28Z")
Woman gives birth at 68ā€¦ oh. **ON 68th** , not **AT 68**