‘Go pregnant lady!’
A 27-year-old woman has amazed doctors and fellow athletes by completing a full marathon while 39 weeks pregnant, then giving birth to a healthy baby girl a few hours later. Amber Miller was given the all clear by doctors to run part of the marathon; she walked the rest of the way, drinking plenty of fluids and eating a lot. “Lots of people were cheering me on: ‘Go pregnant lady!’” she said. Miller felt her first contractions in the second half of the race, and was rushed to the hospital minutes after crossing the finish line, with barely enough time to untie her sneakers.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
US won its war on 'murder hornets,' officials saySpeed Read The announcement comes five years after the hornets were first spotted in the US
-
California declares bird flu emergencySpeed Read The emergency came hours after the nation's first person with severe bird flu infection was hospitalized
-
Trump, Musk sink spending bill, teeing up shutdownSpeed Read House Republicans abandoned the bill at the behest of the two men
