Outrageous Births: Tales From the Crib

A woman gives birth prematurely during Hurricane Sandy; an Army soldier coaches his wife's delivery from Afghanistan; a baby delivered in a shopping mall parking lot.

An emergency birth interrupts a wedding; a woman delivers after crashing her car into a canal; a baby with a life-threatening condition is born prematurely at home.

To correct a deadly condition, a baby is born twice; a woman goes into labor as the hospital is torn apart by a tornado; a dad must save his baby's life when his wife gives birth at home.

A woman delivers while hailing a cab to the hospital, a delivery becomes life-threatening when a strict religious community won't allow the mother to go to a hospital; twin sisters have their babies on the same day.

A best friend's offer to be a surrogate results in a life-threatening pregnancy; a woman is bitten by a deadly snake three weeks before her due date; a cupcake famed for inducing labor works too well.

A woman gives birth while trapped in an elevator; two truckers deliver a baby in a diner; a prolapsed umbilical cord threatens a baby's life.