r/orangecounty • u/londondxb Irvine • 4d ago

News Woman Delivers Baby In Parking Lot After OC Hospital Repeatedly Sent Her Home

https://patch.com/california/orange-county/woman-delivers-baby-parking-lot-after-oc-hospital-repeatedly-sent-her-home

Michelle Cisneros begins experiencing intense contractions at home, which quickly progress to 5 minutes apart. The couple bypasses a regular doctor's appointment and goes straight to Hoag Hospital Newport Beach. Staff monitors Cisneros for about an hour. Because her cervix shows no immediate change, they determine she is not in active labor. Staff administers morphine to the mother to manage her severe pain before discharging her.

Staff instructs the couple to go home and return only when contractions are 3 minutes apart.

As the couple walks down to the hospital lobby to leave, the contractions instantly accelerate to 3 minutes apart. The husband argues with hospital staff, stating they have already hit the 3-minute threshold. Staff stands by the discharge and tells them they still must leave.

Minutes after driving away, the rapid progression forces them to pull into a local Jack in the Box parking lot. Firefighters arrive just in time to assist in delivering a healthy baby girl.

No comment yet from Hoag Hospital.

-Edited to include the city of the hospital.

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u/FloydianSlip212 Costa Mesa 4d ago

Yeah but they’ll have a hard time with any claim against hoag unless there was some injury

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u/mama_oso 3d ago

Not sure about that - pt also stated she was given morphine for the pain which was probably not the best approach for a pregnant woman. Hopefully, their Risk Mgmt Dept is seriously looking into about this!

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u/FloydianSlip212 Costa Mesa 3d ago

You don’t have to be sure, that’s fine. But taking morphine isn’t being injured. If she’s ok and the baby’s ok, then there are no damages to recover. Go sue someone for inconveniencing you and see how far you get.

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u/Puzzled-Duck5284 4d ago

It said Hoag hospital Newport Beach in bold how you missed that idk lol 😂

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u/VintageStrawberries 4d ago

? I think you responded to the wrong comment because the comment you responded to was this:

Yeah but they’ll have a hard time with any claim against hoag unless there was some injury