Dad headed to Iraq delivers baby girl

Dad headed to Iraq delivers baby girl
Associated Press
Dec. 30, 2009, 1:16PM

PADUCAH, Ky. — Spc. Mark May sat on the Motel 6 bathroom floor, crying and kissing his newborn daughter as he rubbed her frantically with a towel.

"Breathe, baby, breathe!" he told her.

When Amby Lynn May cried Tuesday morning, it was one of the most beautiful sounds he ever heard, he said.

Ambys mother, Amber May, 22, of Morehead, wasn't due to have Amby until Jan. 18. She'd even taken precautions to make sure an early arrival wasn't imminent. Before agreeing to drive her husband to Paducah to leave with the Kentucky Army National Guard's 2113th Transportation Company, Amber visited her doctor Monday.

"Everything is fine," he told her.

The Mays decided to drive to Paducah on Monday because Mark May, a construction and combat engineer, was supposed to be at the Paducah armory at 9 a.m. The unit was home on Christmas leave, but left Tuesday morning for training at Camp Shelby, Miss., in preparation for deploying to Iraq later this year.
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