. >> reporter: down the hall, amanda hess, also ready to give birth to a baby girl. >> my husband hadat lady screaming?" and i said, "i think so." >> reporter: so amanda, who is an ob/gyn, jumped into action. turns out dr. hess was one of leah johnson's doctors. >> i didn't notice anything out of the ordinary at all and my husband noticed that she had a hospital gown on. >> i said you know the baby's heart rate keeps dropping with your contractions i think we probably ought to just go ahead and break your water and let's have a baby. >> reporter: and she did, a perfect delivery. >> i walked back into my room, where my husband had been waiting and he said, "did you just deliver a baby?" and i said, "yes, i did," and i was ready to go. i got all my nerves out and i was like it's our turn, let's go ahead and have a baby ourselves. >> reporter: and dr. hess did, little ellen joyce. >> i felt like the whole pregnancy, this little baby girl was my sidekick. all of the surgeries that i was doing, she was always there with me. and i feel like just there up until the last minute she was workin

amanda hess was ready to give birth to her second daughter when she heard one of her former patients screaming in the same hospital. that woman was going into labor and her on-call doctor had not arrived yet. dr. hess went into action, delivering that baby as her own contractions began. 12 hours later, dr. hess gave birth. doug: low humidity, plenty of sunshine. z2e2bz z1a2z y2e2by y1a2y >> hey everyone, thanks for joining us for whiz kids week. we've got some of america's best young students here today. they may know their way around a final exam, but they've never been tested quite like this. this is "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ welcome to whiz kids week on "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] today's whiz kid was the arkansas state quiz bowl mvp not once, but twice, and got a perfect score on the english portion of the act. he's 14 years old. from springdale, arkansas, please welcome sojas wagle. [cheers and applause]

amanda hess is an ob/gyn in frankfurt, kentucky. was due to give birth when she heard screams from a woman in labor and it was one of her patients. the on-call doctor was on his way so she jumped into action. >> i put on a gown to cover my backside and put on some boots over my shoes, you know, to keep from getting any fluid and all that stuff on me. and went down to her room and i knew her. >> after that delivery hess gave birth to her daughter, ellen joyce. >>> a friendly cat who only has three legs is in need of a loving home. abc7 news was in burlingame where the peninsula humane society and spca is putting knox the cat up for adoption. the 3-year-old black cat was brought in as a stray with a severely injured front leg. that leg had to be amputated to save his life. knox quickly recovered and is now ready to go home with a loving owner. >> even though he's missing a limb, he's basically a tripod cat. he's incredibliay agile. agile. >> anyone interested should contact the society center in burlingame. >>> some east bay ferry pas

. >> reporter: down the hall, amanda hess, ready to give birth to a baby girl. >> high husband said that's a baby screaming. >> amanda who is is in obgyn jumped into action, turns out doctor hess was one of her doctors. >> my husband noticed that she had a hospital gown on. >> the heart rate is dropping with the contractions be she said let's break the water and have the baby. she did. >> i walked back into my room where my husband was waiting, he said did you just deliver a baby? i said yes i did, i got all the nerves out and said let's have a baby ourselves. she was working with me and delivered a little baby with me before she came into the world. >> beautiful baby. great story. >> that's an amazing story. >> reporter: our weather is amazing, as well. feeling more like fall. >> reporter: it's going to stay that way, some folks feel you needed a sweater first thing this morning. you get way north of philadelphia, into the poconos, they had temperatures down to 50 degrees, that's unheard of in july around the delaware and lehigh valleys. we'll take it, with all the heat and humidity we're

. >> reporter: new doctor amanda hess is counting her blessings, marveling in the death of her sweet to give birth herself, down the hall she heard screams by a woman in labor. >> my husband said, is that a woman giving birth? she was completely dilated. >> reporter: she recognized patient she had just seen days before. >> i put on a gown to cover my backside and put on some boots over my shoes to keep from getting any fluid and all that stuff on me and went down to her room, and i knew her. >> reporter: she said johnson's baby was ready for her big debut, and mom was happy to be able to just start pushing. >> i love doing what i do. i lover taking care of mothers and babies. most doctors are always thinking of their patients even when they're a patient themtselves. >> reporter: just moments after jumping in as the stand-in physician, she was back in her own room giving birth to her own bundle of joy. >> giving birth is something you get to share. she worked with me up to the last second. >>> i'm sure you've noticed that airplane seats seem to get smaller and smaller each and every y

. >> reporter: down the hall, amanda hess, also ready to give birth to a baby girl. >> and my husbandd, is that a laid screaming? i said, i think so. >> reporter: amanda jumped into action. dr. hess was one of lea's doctors. >> i didn't of the ordinary. and my husband noticed she had a gown on. >> the baby's heart rate is dropping with the contractions. i said, we should break your water and have a baby. i walked back to my room, where my husband was waiting. he said, did you vus deliver a baby? i did. i have all of the nerves out. let's have a baby ourselves. >> reporter: and dr. hess did. little ellen joyce. >> i felt like the pregnancy, this little baby girl was my sidekick. all of the surgeries i was doing, she was there with me. until the last minute, she was working with me and delivered a little baby with me, right before she came into the world. >> reporter: tom llamas, abc news, new york. >> what did you do today? i delivered a baby and had a baby. how about you? >> overachiever. that's impressive. can you imagine? she's there and like, how are your contractions? how are your

amanda hess arrived at the hospital when a husband her another woman screaming. that patient was down the hall. her con stractions speeding up. the on-call doctor wasn't there yet. really? so even though she was nine months pregnant and ready to go, she went to scrubs and went to work. >> i had seen her a few times in the pregnancy. so i put another gown to cover my back side. it looked normal. i don't think you could tell except for back i was in a hospital gown. jonathan: the baby girl was delivered without any problem at all and then doctor hess had her own baby 12 hours later of the both moms and babies are doing great and now they shir a bond. nancy: that is true dedication. jonathan: she ran in with a apron. ventilation behind you. questions. good for all of them. jonathan: dedication. nancy: it is. jonathan: now time to check in with alison starling in the newsroom to tell us what is coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00". alison: my new hero, by the way. what a story! john, of course, you know we are following breaking news. another major personnel shakeup at t

new mom and doctor amanda hess is counting her blessings. marveling in the birth of her sweet little girl. >> this is ellen joyce. >> reporter: as the ob-gyn was preparing to give birth herself, just down the hall, she heard screams from a woman in labor. >> my husband actually said, is that a woman screaming? she was completely die lated. >> reporter: with the on-call doctor still on the way, dr. hess jumps into action. recognizing the patient, leah halladay johnson. she had seen just days before. >> i put on another gown to cover up my backside. put on boots to cover my shoes to keep from getting fluid on me and went to her room. and i knew her. >> reporter: she says johnson's baby was ready for her big >> i love doing what i do. i love taking care of mothers and babies. you really, a lot of doctors, most doctors are always thinking of their patients, even when they're a patient themselves. >> reporter: just moments after jumping in, supermom dr. hess returns to her room, giving birth to her brand-new bundle of joy. >> bringing life into t

amanda hess siz the last thing she was expected on the day of her own delivery was to scrub up.ked up to the monitor when her husband said, is a woman screaming? turns out that woman was league johnson, and her contractions were speeding up. the on-call doctor had yet to arrive. so dr. hess jumped into action. a short time later, lee's baby girl made her debut. 12 hours later, dr. hess's daughter made hers. they reconnected for the first time over skype. >> so happy. you deserve to be recognized. i had no idea when you came into the room that that's what was going on. >> i'm impressed with how you did. i can't believe how fast you went, and you were totally in control. it was amazing. >> lee says she lucked out to be in the same hospital with dr. hess. >> a zoo in germany is giving us a different perspective on water conservation. a zoo placed a camera at the bottom of a bucket of water. a host of animals are featured including elephants, even a tiger who swatted at the water. the video begins with a quote from da vinci that states water is the driving force of all nature. >> an

amanda hess, babies are all in a day's work. >> delivering other people's babies is something i do everyn't soon forget. at frankfurt regional medical center in kentucky earlier this week, a twist of fate with one mom-to-be extending a helping hand to another. >> more comfortable with delivering someone else's baby than my own, for sure. >> reporter: as dr. hess was getting ready to give birth to her own child, down the hall of the maternity ward she heard screams of pain from leah halliday-johnson. >> i sent my husband to have dinner. i was worried that no one was going to be back in time. >> reporter: and leah's doctor was still on the way to the hospital. her baby needed help right away. >> seen the heart rate drop, that was something i didn't want that to go on any longer. that was something that needed some intervention. >> reporter: turns out, dr. hess was no stranger. she recognized leah, having done a checkup on her the week before. so as she was wearing her own hospital gown and shortly before getting her own labor induced, dr. hess stepped in. helping deliver leah's healthy bab

amanda hess was at the hospital to have her own labor induced sunday.oon to be mom screaming from another hospital room. the doctor on call that night was out of the building on his break but dr. hess says there was no time to wait so she got out of her hospital bed to go help. >> so, i just put on another gown to cover up, you know, my backside and went down to her room. she was just glad to be able to get to push and have the baby out and be delivered and longer. >> dr. hess helped the woman deliver a healthy baby and times welcomed her own baby girl into the world. >> doctors never off, are they? >> that's right. >> proof. >> leggett another let's get ro. >> matt here with an update. >> bad news rot on the roadway. we had an accident on southbound side of 95 right here. this afternoon, northbound side of 95 exact same spothere t north of the walt whitman bridge. it's a multi vehicle crash this afternoon. police and penndot are on the scene and it's taking out the left lane. so we were alra. now it's basically a solid line northbound from past the air

amanda hess says the last thing she was expecting on the day of her own delivery was to put on her own to get hooked up to the monitor when her husband said is that woman screaming init turns out that woman was lee johnson. her contractions were speeding up and the oncall doctor had yet to arrive. a short time later, lee's baby girl made her debut. 12 hours later, dr. hess's daughter made hers. they reconnected over skype. >> you deserve to be recognized. i tell you, i had no idea when you came into the room that's what was going on. >> i'm impressed with how he did. i can't believe how fast you went and you were totally in control. it was amazing. >> lee says she lucked out to be in the same hospital with dr. hess. certainly. >>> let's talk about something not so pleasant. how about our beach hazard statement. continues until 11:00 tonight. some sneaker waves, some large breakers, strong rip currents, especially on the south facing beaches like santa cruz and stinson beach. let's talk more about the game today. the bay bridge series. giants heading over to the a's. believe it or not,

amanda hess was in the maternity ward and about to have her own labor endorse oed when she heardlia haldyeemed to be in distress. because the on-call physician was still in the way she got up and put on a hospital gown and she delivered that baby herself. >> i feel very lucky that she was there and that she was -- the type of person to step up like that and did what she did. we really appreciate her. >> both women did have baby girls and she figured she would be working late into her pregnancy, but not that late. she already had the hospital gown and just put another one on to cover her back side when she went into surgery. sweet lady. >> we have to get her on to talk to her. >>> a lot more to come on a monday morning including a new show in the works from the creators of "game of thrones" is causing an uproar. >>> a rossen reports to keep you safe. spot train derailments before they happen. >>> and then some summer safety tips for your pets. >>> and we are going to cook with the one, the only camilla alvas. she will share one of her favorite summer recipes. first, these messages. rethink

doctor amanda hess says just moments before she was taken to her hospital room to deliver her own baby...she noticed another soon to be mother at the hospital. her husband said the woman was fully dialated and the doctor on call was coming back from a break. hess then insisted on helping this one last patient... "so i just put on another gown to cover up my backside and put on some boots over my shoes to keep from getting any fluid and all that stuff on me and went down to her room and i knew her.""she was just glad to be able to get to push and have the baby out and not have to wait any longer."(vicki) after a night of helping others doctor hess finally got to meet her own health baby girl. mw-007fr (grant) a colorado family's recent move into a new home came with new concerns for their four-year-old daughter. (vicki) she was worried about something that many kids know about... but home inspectors don't check for monsters.(grant) so, as reporter ashley michels explains the little girl did what any responsible homeowner would do -- she called in a professional - a local police officer

amanda hess delivering babies is all in a day's work. >> i probably delivered since i started over 1,000ine months pregnant herself arrived at the hospital in the earliest stages of her own labor, preparing to be induced for the birth of her second daughter, the last thing she was expecting was to put on her scrubs. >> i was waiting for an iv, was waiting to get hooked up to the monitors and my husband actually said is that a woman screaming. >> reporter: down the hall, her patient leah johnson, was in labor with her fourth baby and her contractions were speeding up but the on-call doctor had yet to arrive. >> leah was a patient of mine and i had seen her a few times throughout the pregnancy. when i came down to the hall to her room, i made sure i put on another gown to cover my backside. it looked normal, i don't think you could tell i was wearing a hospital gown. >> reporter: leah's baby girl making her debut and 12 hours later amanda's daughter made hers. the new moms reconnecting over skype. >> i've been talking about you for a week now. i'm glad to finally get to speak to you. >> i

amanda hess was in kentucky devereaux room getting ready to have her second baby, both are about to bee heard the woman in the room next door having complications with her deliver recent the on call dr. -- we don't have the picture apparently. the on call doctor was not in the building so doctor hess jumped into action, delivered that baby, while she was still in labor. >> wow! >> yeah. >> still in labor. delivered somebody else's baby. then shortly after she gave birth to her own baby girl. >> that is a >> super woman. forget gal gadot at woman deal much that's the real deal. >> the real hess. >> to have the wherewithal to be in labor and then to go -- >> that's training. >> to be in labor and deal with a labor lady having complications whose in labor. >> just kicks in. >> that's amazing. >> that is amazing. all right. new study finds speaking of moms that working moms really work all the time. 98 hour work weeks to be exact. and for in ten mothers say the week feels like a never ending zero receives tasks. their me time comes to one hour and seven minutes day if you're wondering how

amanda hess gave -- >> she was preparing for induction. >> she did both. >> she induced herself. >> deliveredbaby down the hall. she needed to deliver immediately. but the doctor was not there yet. so dr. hess put a gown over her gown. >> it was more like a cape. >> this does sound like something that would have happened on "grey's anatomy." >> i think for a season, everybody walked in impaled by something. >> i remember that season. somebody delivering a baby and giving birth simultaneously isn't that farfetched. >> did you have to go into the surgery rooms or the delivery rooms to learn how to do that on tv? >> i was a plastic surgeon. >> i thought you were in real life. >> all that school. >> i was a plastic surgeon. and it was a lot hoff relationships i was talking about. and not a lot of surgery. i assisted on a surgery, just for fun, to see what it was like. >> and there were doctors, that would be on-set with you guys? >> shonda made sure we had the best technical advisers. we had doctors assisting us on surgeries. >> did the patients know -- >> usually, the patient on "grey's academy"

amanda has delivered a patient's baby right before giving birth to her own daughter. >> this is crazy. so dr. hesserself? >> yeah, she did both. >> she induced her sblefl she delivers a baby and then delivered her own baby. >> so leah holiday johnson was about to have her fourth child down the hall. dr. hess heard that she needed to deliver immediately but the doctor who was going to deliver the baby wasn't there so she put a gown on top of her own gown and she went to work. >> it was more like a cape. she put on her cape. >> this does sound like something that would have happened on gray's anatomy. >> all the time. >> right. >> well for a season was like i think somebody walked into the hospital every episode n impailed by something. >> i remember that season. >> so somebody delivering a baby and giving birth sim mun tainously isn't that farfetched. >> did you ever have to go into the surgery rooms or the delivery rooms or anything to learn how to do that on tv? >> well i was a plastic and i -- >> i thought you meant your in real life i was like, what. >> yeah are i gave it up to be an actor, all