New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez Passes Out at Birth of First Daughter
NEW YORK (AP) -- Alex Rodriguez passed out during the birth of his first daughter.
``The one nurse had a cold cloth on his head. The other nurse had the blood pressure on his arm. And my mother was like rubbing his back. And he is passed out on a couch. And I am there, in the middle of labor,'' Cynthia Rodriguez, wife of the New York Yankees star, said on an episode of the YES Network's ``YESterdays'' that is scheduled to be broadcast Wednesday night.
``And really, I am not being paid much attention to besides the doctor and a couple of nurses,'' she said. ``And he is there moaning. In between pushing, I am going, `Honey, are you OK?' and `Are you breathing? Are you OK?' ``
Natasha Alexander Rodriguez was born on Nov. 18, 2004.
``As tough and big as he seems, he is real wimpy around doctors or any type of medical situation,'' Cynthia Rodriguez said, according to excerpts released Tuesday by YES. ``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. 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.' Uh, and the color came back to his face when I told him he could call my mom.''
A-Rod traveled from New York last week and arrived at a Miami-area hospital about 10 minutes after the birth of his second daughter, Ella Alexander Rodriguez, on April 21.
Alex and Cynthia met in 1996 at a gym in Miami.
``I scouted her out for a month,'' he said. ``I wanted to see her routine, and I wanted to see what time she came in, see how consistent she was. And sure enough, she was like a machine. She would come in right after work, and get on the treadmill and do her abs. And finally, I build enough courage after about 3 weeks. And I said, `I know you are going to go do some abs after. And do you mind if I join you?''
Cynthia said she was unaware of his celebrity status at first.
``I know he played baseball, because everybody in the gym said, `Do you know who that is? And he plays baseball' or whatever,'' she said. ``I didn't grow up in a sports-oriented family. So, I wasn't aware that you could have an entire livelihood off of a sport. So when they would say, `Oh, he plays baseball,' I always think, `Oh, I wonder what else he does', like `that's a nice hobby, but what does he really do?''
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``The one nurse had a cold cloth on his head. The other nurse had the blood pressure on his arm. And my mother was like rubbing his back. And he is passed out on a couch. And I am there, in the middle of labor,'' Cynthia Rodriguez, wife of the New York Yankees star, said on an episode of the YES Network's ``YESterdays'' that is scheduled to be broadcast Wednesday night.
