Teen Gives Birth in Bathroom After Doctors Say 'False Alarm'
By: Lauren Murphy
Updated: May 22, 2008
"I kept feeling that pain it wouldn't go away," said Claudia Garay.
The sixteen year old went to University Medical Center because she thought little Daisy was on her way.
"They said it wasn't really anything and I might have a bladder infection," said Garay.
Doctors sent Garay home, but that pain just would go away.
She was running to the bathroom every few minutes.
Claudia gave birth just two hours after leaving the hospital, standing up in the bathroom.
"I was scared. I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. I happy but I was scared because I had a baby at my house. It was just me by myself and my sister."
This time she requested to go to Covenant Hospital, and she's none too pleased with her treatment at UMC.
"I don't know. I just think they should have double checked me and actually took their time and not rushed through things."
Claudia says she won't hold any grudges...because when Daisy gets a little older, Claudia will have a great story to tell her about the day she came into this world.
"I think I did good."
Hospital administrators at UMC say they're aware of the situation and evaluating how they could have done things differently.
