Cynthia Rodriguez recalls chaos at Natasha's birth
To hear Cynthia Rodriguez tell it, her husband Alex — the third baseman for the New York Yankees — caused quite a scene at the birth of the couple’s first child Natasha Alexander, 3. Although we knew previously that Alex passed out during the delivery, in a new interview with the YES Network program ‘Yesterdays’ Cynthia says that it was sometimes hard to tell who was having a baby — she, or her famous husband.
The one nurse had a cold cloth on his head, the other nurse had the blood pressure on his arm and my mother was … rubbing his back — and he is passed out on a couch.
And I am there, in the middle of labor, and really, I am not being paid much attention to besides the doctor and a couple of nurses. And he is there, moaning. In between pushing, I am going, ‘Honey, are you OK?’ And are you breathing? Are you OK?’
That he recently missed the birth of the couple’s second child, Ella Alexander, 2 weeks, by just ten minutes prompted Alex to again joke that "the timing came from God."
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Though extreme, Cynthia said that Alex’s reaction to childbirth was not entirely unexpected. Despite appearing "tough and big" the 32-year-old three-time American League MVP is actually "real wimpy around doctors or any type of medical situation," Cynthia revealed.
I don’t know why I thought the birth of our child would be different. In the middle of the night, I realized that I needed to go to the hospital [to deliver Natasha]. I wake him up. The first thing that comes out of his mouth, ‘Can we call your mother?’ … A few hours later, I said, `I think you can call my mom now.’ The color came back to his face when I told him he could call my mom.
In the biographical program, Cynthia and Alex also recount their first meeting at a gym in 1996. The couple has been married since 2002. The full interview is scheduled to air today.
Sources: MLB.com, Sports Illustrated via YES; Photo by Startraks.
Thanks to CBB readers Maya and Kate.
