Would You Stay Home Or Brave The Elements?  A Canadian couple
decided to travel to a hospital to have their baby, even though
there was an ongoing ice storm — and the hospital had no power.
What would you do?  Icy road  Paula Mbonda woke up on Sunday in
the middle of the night experiencing painful contractions. She
knew that it was time to head in, but with an ice storm
blanketing the area with ice and blackouts popping up all over
town, they knew that it would be risky going in. However, when
they phoned their midwife, they got bad news — the nearest
hospital had absolutely no power.  Birth by flashlight  Mbonda
and her husband weighed the pros and cons. Do they stay home
with a midwife and have an unplanned home birth, or do they risk
the trip and have their baby in a hospital that has no power?
Her husband, dad-to-be Al, had memories of his older son’s birth
eight years earlier that required medical assistance, and he
didn’t want to run into problems at home if they decided to
stay. So, off they went.  It