Duplin County mom gives birth to baby girl at mobile triage unit

BURGAW, NC (WWAY) — The experience of a lifetime took place over the weekend at the Carolinas MED-1 mobile hospital stationed in Burgaw to assist with a variety of medical needs for those in Pender County cut off by floodwaters.

Dr. Naomi Flock says she has prepared for emergency births and even teaches a course at New Hanover Regional Medical Center but she has never aided in a birth like this.

Yajaira Guerin of Duplin County was expecting to give birth on October 4, but says she was prepared for her baby to come sooner even if her baby arrived as Hurricane Florence made landfall.

“I was feeling the pressures and I’m like, ‘Oh my goodness, I’m in pain, I don’t feel well,'” Guerin said. “We are just going to have to stay home and just have a home delivery. Just call them and let them know what’s going on. Have them send an ambulance and that’s the best we can do.”

The Guerins named their girl Atturah which means crown.

According to a spokeswoman for the Carolinas MED-1 mobile hospital, another child identified as Murphy was the first child born at the mobile hospital in Burgaw.