Helene piled on additional stress, challenges during pregnancy and delivery
Pregnant and newly postpartum women found themselves displaced by Helene — confronting canceled appointments, reworked birth plans and the loss of their belongings.
Hailey Jones will never forget the first baby she delivered: Her neighbor and best friend’s baby girl entered the world at a home on the banks of the Swannanoa River in Buncombe County on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 9:16 a.m.
While a home birth was always planned, Mother Nature inflicted more challenging circumstances than they’d envisioned.
