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Texas Teacher Gives Birth in Class
Tue Oct 29, 8:04 PM ET
EULESS, Texas (AP) - An elementary teacher gave students in her early childhood development class an unexpected lesson when she gave birth in her classroom.
Rhonda Schafer was able to get her students, ages 3 and 4, out of the Bear Creek Elementary School classroom on Monday and then called for the school nurse.
The nurse arrived just in time to help Schafer as she gave birth behind her desk about 2:30 p.m., about five minutes after the first sign of labor.
They wrapped the baby girl in a co-worker's sweater, school librarian Cynda Mast said.
Teachers had gathered in the hall outside the classroom by the time Euless emergency medical workers arrived about 10 minutes after the birth, Euless Fire Department officials said.
The medics arrived in time to cut the cord, Fire Department spokeswoman Christine Cox said.
"It was a very nice, quiet environment, if you can imagine that at an elementary school," she said.
Mother and daughter were in "perfect health" at Baylor Medical Center at Grapevine, Cox said.
Earlier that morning, Schafer, who also has two sons, had told Mast that she was due in about a week or whenever the baby was ready.
"I guess she got ready this afternoon," Mast said.
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