Live in the studio: contractions begin, heavily pregnant journalist continues to present
The co-anchor of a local news program from Albany, New York, completed a three-hour newscast even after going into labor and her water breaking.
"We have breaking news this morning—literally," co-anchor Julia Dunn announced at the start of the CBS6 Albany broadcast Wednesday morning. Olivia's water had broken , which is why she was now anchoring the news "while she goes into labor ." Jaquith, who was two days past her due date, reassured viewers, responding, "Early labor, early labor. I'm glad to be here, and I'll stay at the desk as long as I can. But if I disappear, so be it."
The anchor could have gone home, but decided to spend the time at her workplace. In a statement to the New York Times Union, she wrote: "Having the entire morning team by my side, cracking jokes, helped me get through labor much more easily." The birth of her son, Quincy, was announced on Thursday.
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