Nurse of the Week: Pregnant Nurse Ashley Chambers Finishes Shift While in Labor

Have you heard about the nurse who clocked out at 6:37PM, signed into a hospital at 7:10PM, and gave birth at 7:28PM. No? Then you don’t know charge nurse, Ashley Chambers. Last week, Chambers worked through her shift at Children’s of Alabama’s Intensive Care Unit before driving over half an hour to give birth to her child.

When Chambers went into labor during her normal shift she chose not to go to the hospital right away because she had other children to tend to – her patients. Focusing on how to make her young patients’ pain go away helped her work through her own labor pains. She had planned to work up until she went into labor, but had no plans of cutting it that close to giving birth. When another charge nurse arrived to take over her shift, she clocked out and was holding her newborn son Riggs Owen in her arms an hour later.

Chambers recalls moments on her drive to the hospital where she thought she might give birth in her car on the highway. However, she finally made it to the hospital and gave birth less than 20 minutes later. Her husband was the only one lucky enough to witness their son’s birth, and only via FaceTime because she gave birth so quickly after arriving at the hospital.

We’ve chosen to honor Ashley Chambers as our Nurse of the Week for her dedication to her job as a nurse. Congratulations to you and your new family.