New Mexico ( Mother and child are ok - Kendra was struck by Lightning and gave birth to her baby )

Published at 2:13 pm EST, July 15, 2013

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A New Mexico woman and her newborn baby are said to be doing well after the mother was struck by lightning.
On July 4th, a very pregnant Kendra Villanueva, her partner, Ian Gordon, and a group of friends were sitting in the front yard of an Albuquerque home watching the fireworks. After noticing a storm approaching, the group was heading inside.
As they were grabbing their belongings however, a bolt of lightning struck right in the middle of the group.
A witness said Villanueva, who was and Gordon were knocked out, but regained consciousness within moments. Luckily, firefighters had just finished a call nearby and were able to arrive at Villanueva’s aid within minutes.
Villanueva was just two weeks from her due date when the lightning struck, and when she arrived at the hospital doctors performed an emergency caesarean section.
Newborn Kimberly Samantha Rose Gordon is said to be doing well, as is her mother. According to a University of New Mexico Hospital doctor, there have only been 11 recorded incidents of pregnant women being struck by lightning, with only about half of the babies surviving.
Her father is also doing well and is thinking of nicknaming the baby Flash Gordon, a nod to the flash of lightning that brought her into the world