Claire Diaz-Ortiz, Twitter employee and author of “Twitter for Good: Change the World One Tweet at a Time,” decided to live-tweet her own childbirth experience. We expect there will be a break in the action while the child is actually being delivered, but the story begins several hours earlier in the day.
Currently googling: Did my water just break? #labor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Moved on. Now officially googling "Am I in Labor?!?"
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
So this is a contraction. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Contractions 5 minutes apart. My @twitter jacket on. Headed to hospital. #inlabor pic.twitter.com/ZYANny1ZsB
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Speed bumps on road and contractions don't mix. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
When you go into labor weeks early, you don't remember to pack a baby bag. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Car overheating?! Stopping at gas station. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Filled tank with water. Back on highway. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Car overheating again. Another gas station. Woe is me. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Mechanic says car fine. Gives me thumbs up. Tells us to get to hospital. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Car now broken down. On side of road. Need taxi. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Can't find taxi. Is this a joke?!? #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Taxi found. Checked in at hospital. Screaming women abound. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
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Where are my ice chips? #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
When you give birth several weeks early, you forget hospital essentials. Like @usweekly. And chocolate. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Please stop asking what we are planning to name the baby. We don't know. And it's getting awkward. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Now it’s getting awkward?
Yes, I'm the girl in the ward playing @daveramsey podcasts as I puff away. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
This is how I feel: BLERGH!!!!! #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
To reiterate my labor pains: BLERGH!!!! #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
I got married in an April thunderstorm. I am having a baby in an April thunderstorm. Different Aprils. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Husband confused by what happens next. Aren't we all? #inlabor pic.twitter.com/mvQlK0m76H
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Husband upset he forgot his absurd ukelele to welcome child. In our broken car on side of highway? Prolly. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Can we take the placenta? Want to plant tree.(Husband wants no part in this; still focused on lost ukelele).#inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Abandoning placenta + tree = love plan in face of pain. Also, the wifi here sucks. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
They say that babies born in storms bring with them the luck of the Argentines. She's a lucky one, then;) #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Lesson: when you live-tweet your own labor, some will hate. Luckily, your husband will laugh in the corner. #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
To be continued …
Baby girl born! Now, to bond. (Read: See 'ya in a bit, @twitter). #inlabor
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014
Hey, the baby’s already tweeting!
i think i liked it better on the other side. #born pic.twitter.com/ikW5R7HeqB
— Lucía Paz Díaz-Ortiz (@lucia) April 5, 2014
Welcome to the world Lucía Paz Díaz-Ortiz! And to Twitter, @lucia😉 We love you! #inlabor pic.twitter.com/GD2lhO1BzO
— Claire Díaz-Ortiz (@Claire) April 5, 2014