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Bouncing Baby Born on Brooklyn Bus

Another interesting city bus story and this one is without arrests! Did you know that if your baby is born on a bus, the birth certificate may list the location of birth as the route number? Week-old baby Lydia Irvin's birth certificate states she was born on a B15, and the Post describes her mother's labor as something straight out of a sitcom.

First, pregnant Madeline Rivera and her mother, also named Lydia Irvin, were sent home from Kings County Hospital, where doctors said Rivera was not going into labor. The pair took the B12, then transferred to the B15, where Rivera realized she was going into labor. The bus "pulled over in front of a Laundromat on Vermont Avenue" and the driver helped Irvin lay Rivera on the floor near the driver's seat. Female passengers were giving advice, and everyone clapped when baby Lydia made her first, healthy cries. It may have been the first early arrival in New York City Transit history!

Grandmother Lydia told the Post, "The bus driver and several MTA employees all told me that she would get free rides for life," but an MTA official said that wasn't the case. Which is fine with Grandma: "[I}f they don't, that's OK, too - this was a miracle, and that's all that matters."

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By Jen Chung in on August 6, 2007 5:28 PM

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  • JRod5417

    Good one #7!

  • guest

    It would be nice to throw at least a few Metrocards her way... someone who rides two busses home from the hospital after thinking she was in labor is probably not exactly rolling in dough... I know I would have been in a cab if it were me and I'm broke myself.



    As for why? Why not? Because this is New York City. Autry should have gotten lifetime riding too.

  • guest

    please explain why this baby and/or mother should get free lifetime rides? wesley autry only got a year free for SAVING SOMEONE'S LIFE.

  • guest

    and the starting next week all of the public transportation will be running late, because people will be trying to give birth on the bus or train to get a free lifetime rides for themselves and their kids...

  • Bella

    That mother is such a trooper there is no way if I thought I was going into labor and the hospital said I wasn’t would I turn around and take two buses to get home! And to give birth on the floor of the dirty bus with a bus load of strangers cheering you on no thank you! I think its adorable that the birth certificate gives the bus number and route. The baby and her mother should get to ride the bus for free what kind of dent is it really going to put in the MTA's cash flow to give this women and her child free metro cards they should honor what the MTA employees told this family. Cute story!

  • guest

    That's great! I love this town. I especially love how onlookers were giving pointers and commentary during it. That really is so New York. I could imagine the dialogue and I'm cracking up as I do so.



    Right on.



    -Ph

  • matty

    i dunno, the times wedding recaps are pretty nauseating.



    also, what's the point of signing in here if no one else does?

  • guest

    After the birth, the new mother was beaten by the driver for sitting in the reserved seat while no longer pregnant.

  • guest

    weird comment matty. i see the babies part, but marriage and status?



    anyway, agreed that mother and baby should ride for free!

  • Mags

    That kid should definitely ride for free! In fact, that mother gave birth on a nasty bus, she should ride for free too.

  • guest

    I can see it now in 20 years, "Baby Born on Brooklyn Bus Becomes the Brooklyn Bodega Bandit who Burnishes a Baretta while Bumrushing Banks"

  • guest

    matty, go back to chicago PLEASE. This is an interesting NYC story. It's not every day that a baby is born on a city bus.

  • matty

    you are so maternal, lady.



    marriage, babies, status.



    one day you'll be sick of it all i hope.

  • guest

    Over/Under on days before the MTA cleans the bus seat the baby was born on? I'm going with 12.

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