Pregnant & Powerful For all the job discrimination pregnant women face, and even discrimination against just being in certain establishments, here's a story that proves how powerful pregnant women are and how pregnancy doesn't have to prevent one from doing most anything.
Malydia Owen is six months pregnant and works as a police officer in New Bern, North Carolina. Recently she was assisting during a summer camp when she saw a 14-year-old boy drowning.
She described the scene to ENC Today:
Three of the members of camps were in the inside pool playing. They were in an area where their heads were above water. One of the boys slipped into a deeper area. His head went down twice and the third time he went down he had a frightened look on his face.
She didn't yell for a nearby lifeguard or anyone else to rescue him, rather she jumped in, fully clothed, and saved him herself.
I grabbed him and pulled him up. As I was pulling him up, the lifeguard jumped in and helped.
Truly heroic and amazing that she did so while six months pregnant. Her baby can one day say he helped save someone's life before he was even born.
While some women have complications that limit them physically, there's not much most can't do while pregnant. From running to swimming and, yes, even just working at their regular job, pregnancy does not zap one's power and capabilities. In fact, sometimes it may enhance it.
Kudos to Owen for providing such a shining example of just how capable and strong pregnant women are.
What's the most the most amazing thing you did while pregnant?
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Comments 4
It was not her job to be watching the kids in the pool, it was the life guards. But being pregnant can make you more aware to children's faces(I don't get it but it does). She was most likely just watching the kids and enjoying their game when it happened. My question is why wasn't the life guard watching?
While it is great she did that and heroic because she saved someone, I don't believe any pregnant lady would let a kid drown just because she is pregnant. Nor do I think being a cop makes any difference. I don't believe this story is that far fetched. You would have to be a horrible person not to save a kid.
Great thought, bad example. A "frightened" look, isn't by itself justification to jump into the pool, especially one with only one lifeguard. A frightened look is also subjective. As a lifeguard, you are trained to look for specific signs of distress. This child may or may not have been exibiting them. The kid could have been playing, and to the untrained eye, the pregnant woman determined he was drowning, thus she jumps in, endangering the boy, herself, the baby, and the lifeguard.
What she did was stupid.