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Most women going into labor at the hospital usually find it a reassuring experience, but for one Arkansas mom, it was a little more complicated.
While Karla Bradley was upstairs preparing to give birth, her husband, a neurosurgeon, was downstairs in the operating room.
In a clip on Instagram, Bradley (@thebradleybunchadventures) shared how he made it with "a few minutes to spare."
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Bradley explained that she had been scheduled for an induction that morning, with everything progressing smoothly.
Meanwhile, her husband, Lucas, was in the middle of a packed morning schedule with three surgeries. Between cases, he would check in on her.
"Before his last case, I was hesitant to tell him to start the surgery because I felt like things were about to happen," Bradley told Newsweek.
Trusting her instincts, Lucas came upstairs just in time to see his wife give birth to their daughter, bringing their total to 10 children—six girls and four boys.
He stayed with Bradley and their newborn before heading back downstairs to complete his final surgery of the day.
"Afterwards, he came back to my room and stayed until the evening, and we watched all the kids meet their baby sister! It was the best day," Bradley said.
In fact, this wasn't the first time her husband's demanding schedule had played a role in their childbirth experiences.
"We have had many of our children during my husband's neurosurgery residency program and it was not unusual for him to make it to the delivery and then hand to leave shortly afterwards," she said.
"My doctor has timed when he breaks my water with my husband's surgery and has waited until they were almost finished to do this to make sure he has time to get to the delivery. He is good at knowing when to get there right before the baby arrives."
Bradley's clip has amassed 1.4 million views and almost 10,000 comments. Many others shared how their partners nearly missed the births of their children due to their jobs.
"I was almost induced with second but I said no [because] husband was on call that night," one user wrote.
"Too funny! How many times I have had a surgery without my husband there because he was busy providing anesthesia for someone else," another said.
While it can be chaotic at times, the Bradleys take it all in their stride. "It's always an adventure being married to a surgeon and juggling a large family plus being in labor but we love this life," she said.
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