IN MARCH ALONE. SPRING BREAK
TYPICALLY RUNS FROM LATE
FEBRUARY AND CONTINUES INTO
APRIL.
AND HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?
YES, IT IS A PREGNANT GIRAFFE. I
THINK YOU PROBABLY SEEN IT
BECAUSE THOUSANDS IF NOT
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE RIVETED
BY APRIL THE GIRAFFE.
SHE COULD GIVE BIRTH VERY SOON
OR MAYBE NOT.
IT COULD BE DAYS YET.
HER PREGNANCY HAS CAPTURED THE
HEARTS OF MANY AND WE WANTED TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT A GIRAFFE'S
GESTATION.
WE HAVE ANSWERS FOR YOU TODAY.
HUMAN OB/GYN DR. JILL JOINS US
NOW.
I'M LAUGHING BECAUSE YOU SEE ME
POST ABOUT EVERY DOWN FACEBOOK
BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE IT.
SHE'S AWESOME.
THE WAITING IS THE HARDEST
PART.
I JUST KEEP COMING UP WITH NEW
SONG LINES.
IT'S VERY FUNNY.
CHECK MY FACEBOOK PAGE.
IT'S WHAT THE GIRAFFE WOULD SAY
IF THE DRAFT COULD TALK.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN
THIS GIRAFFE IS GOING TO DELIVER
?
NO CLUE.
ALTHOUGH WE DO KNOW A COUPLE
THINGS.
THERE IS A STATION -- THERE
GESTATION LAST 15 MONTHS SO SHE
SHOULD BE DO ABOUT NOW.
INSTINCTIVELY, THEY DON'T SHOW
YOU THAT THEY ARE IN LABOR.
A WOMAN FEELS PAIN AND GET
UNCOMFORTABLE, TELLS YOU I AM
IN LABOR. THE DRAFTS ARE QUIET
UNTIL THE END, WEATHER YOU SEE
THEIR WATER BREAK OR YOU
ACTUALLY SEE THEIR HOOVES
COMING OUT.
THE REASON, IF THEY ARE IN THE
ORDER, THEY COULD BE ATTACKED
BY A PREDATOR.
IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE THAT
THEY DO THAT.
THIS IS US INVADING AND
WATCHING MOTHER NATURE IN
ACTION.
BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO HURT
HER.
THE OTHER THING IS, THEY
COME OUT CLOTHES AND HEAD FIRST
AND THEN THEY DROP TO THE
GROUND.
6 FEET AND DROPPING TO THE
GROUND IT CAN BREAK THE REST OF
THEIR WATER OFF.
IT TEARS THE CORD AND IT KIND
OF STIMULATES THEM TO KIND OF
TAKE THEIR FIRST BREATH, SO
THERE IS A REASON BEHIND ALL OF
IT.
PRETTY COOL.
AND I THINK IT'S MORE LIKE
150 POUNDS, RIGHT?
150 POUNDS, 6 FEET TALL.
THEY SAY USUALLY ONCE YOU'VE
SEEN THE HOOVES, IT IS ABOUT AN
HOUR UNTIL THE BABY CALLS OUT.
I THINK IT'S HILARIOUS THAT
FIRST IT WAS THE EAGLE WATCH,
NOW IT'S GIRAFFE WATCH.
IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT ANIMAL
EVERY WEEK.
AND THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE
BECAUSE THE BIRTH EXPERIENCE IS
AWESOME.
AS WELL AS THE ANIMALS.
PEOPLE ARE PRETTY EXCITED.
AND YOU BROUGHT SOMEONE
ALONG BECAUSE AS LONG AS WE ARE
TALKING GIRAFFE MANIA, LET'S
INTRODUCE YOUR FRIEND.
PAM.
YOU ARE A REGISTERED NURSE.
I AM.
THIS IS SOMETHING SPECIAL
YOU ARE DOING OUTSIDE OF
NURSING.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE
DOING OUTSIDE OF NURSING.
THE LABOR AND DELIVERY TEAM AT
ST. JOSEPH'S WOMEN'S HOSPITAL,
WE HAD A NURSE WHO HAD -- IT
WAS HER DREAM TO CREATE 700
HATS A MONTH FOR THE PATIENTS
THAT WE DELIVER.
UNFORTUNATELY, PAULA PASSED AWAY
IN OCTOBER, BUT THE TEAM HAS
CREATED PAULA'S PROJECT, SO THE
TEAM CREATES BEAUTIFUL HATS FOR
SPECIAL OCCASIONS, NURSERY
THEMED FOR THEIR PATIENTS, AND
SO IS JUST A SPECIAL TRIBUTE
THAT WE CAN PASS ON TO OUR
PATIENTS FROM PAULA AND FROM
HER HEART.
AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE
FOR THE FIRST BABY BORN RIGHT
AFTER THE GIRAFFE'S BABY IS
BORN.
SO THE TEAM TOOK APRILS
STORY AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE
DAYS AND NIGHTS THEY CREATED A
SPECIAL HAT SO AS THEY WATCH
APRIL AS SHE GOES THROUGH THIS
TIME AND THEY WILL PRESENT THE
FAMILY WITH THIS HAT AFTER
APRIL DELIVERS.
ISN'T THAT AWESOME?
YES.
LET ME JUST LET YOU KNOW, ALL
OF THE NURSES, THE DOCTORS, WE
ARE ALL PRETTY OBSESSED WITH
APRIL AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT HER ON A LIVE FEED AT
THE HOSPITAL.
CAN'T STOP WATCHING.
I THINK THE INTERNET MIGHT
BREAK WHEN SHE ACTUALLY GIVES
BIRTH.
WE WILL ALL FEEL REALLY SAD
THE NEXT DAY.
I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT
AND BEHIND THE PROJECT FOR
PAULA'S SAKE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.