How Festival Dust Didn’t Stop This Burning Man Birth
How Festival Dust Didn’t Stop This Burning Man Birth
US · Published Sep 5, 2025
A neonatal nurse helped deliver a premature baby in an RV bathroom at Burning Man amidst challenging conditions.
The nurse, Maureen O'Reilly, kept the infant warm while other healthcare workers assisted before the baby was airlifted to a Reno NICU.
Grateful parents now affectionately call the nurse their 'third grandma,' underscoring the event's heartwarming nature.
Nurse helps deliver baby at Burning Man
In a remarkable turn of events at Burning Man, a 61-year-old neonatal nurse played a pivotal role in the premature birth of a baby girl named Aurora. Maureen O’Reilly, with decades of experience, found herself assisting Kayla Thompson in an unexpected labor inside the confines of an RV bathroom amidst the festival's characteristic dust and challenging conditions.
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