Shayla Taylor, 25, said she is used to tornado sirens in May, so the Oklahoma resident wasn't surpised when one went off while she was in labor at Moore Medical Center on Monday afternoon. “I’m used to sirens,” Taylor told NBC News. “If you panicked, you’d be in a constant panic.” When word got out that the tornado touched down, Taylor, whose 4-year-old son Shaiden and husband Jerome were taken down to the cafeteria with other non-critical
...moreShayla Taylor, 25, said she is used to tornado sirens in May, so the Oklahoma resident wasn't surpised when one went off while she was in labor at Moore Medical Center on Monday afternoon. “I’m used to sirens,” Taylor told NBC News. “If you panicked, you’d be in a constant panic.” When word got out that the tornado touched down, Taylor, whose 4-year-old son Shaiden and husband Jerome were taken down to the cafeteria with other non-critical patients for safety, Taylor was already dilated to 9 centimeters. She was surrounded by four nurses, who gave her a shot to slow down her labor, when she said the floor starting shaking and the walls ripping away. “All of a sudden I could see daylight and the wall was gone,” she said. “We were all just sitting there holding each other’s hands and praying.” Taylor, who was among 30 patients and staff survivors, was immediately reunited with her husband after the storm. She was then taken to a waiting ambulance who transported her to Norman Regional Health System 5 miles away. Three hours later she delivered a healthy baby boy, Braeden Immanuel. His middle name means "God is with us,” said Taylor. “The name had been picked out for months. Now I know why.”
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