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Jennifer Resner thought she had another 24 hours.On April 1 at 11:30 a.m., she was leaving her doctor's office, assured that she would soon give birth to a baby girl, but not yet. Since her 20-month-old son was born after 12 hours of labor, it seemed improbable that a little more than an hour later she would give birth to her daughter in her car on the shoulder of Braddock Road, with a little help from the Fairfax County Police.
"We thought we were going to be fine," Jennifer Resner said hours later, since it takes about 20 minutes to drive from her Lorton home to Inova Fairfax Hospital.
Resner said she was on an exercise bike when her water broke at 12:15 p.m.
Meanwhile, less than three hours after clocking in at the West Springfield District Station, officer Syad Ahmed was driving to Lake Braddock Secondary School to direct a school crossing when a car flashed him down. The driver, Chad Resner, said, "My wife's going to have a baby, right now!"
Seconds before, while driving on Braddock Road near I-495, the Resners had spotted Ahmed's cruiser, and Jennifer Resner said to her husband, "I don't think I'm going to make it to the hospital."
After both cars pulled over, Ahmed called 911 and put on his latex gloves, but by the time he turned around, "The baby was already halfway out."
Ahmed helped position the baby and moments later Chad Resner held his newborn daughter.
"It was intense … I wanted to make sure everyone at the scene was OK, that the baby was OK," Ahmed said.
Within minutes an ambulance was on the scene and the family was taken to Inova Fairfax Hospital.
With a head of short brown hair, Kaitlin Sue Resner was born at 12:54 p.m., 19 inches long and weighing 6 pounds, 4 ounces.
"I haven't had a chance to talk to the family. I just congratulated the father at the roadside," Ahmed said.
Reflecting on his memorable moments in his four years as a police officer, Ahmed added, "This is definitely number one."
The Resner family wished to express thanks to Ahmed and to the EMTs at the scene.
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