Slav 101: Pregnant Russian woman gives birth in forest while officers fight off bears

Childbirth can be an extremely stressful event for a new mother, but for one young woman in Russia, it got much more dangerous than usual. UPI reported that a 26-year-old woman gave birth in a remote Siberian forest under some very unusual circumstances—which just so happened to involve bears. Aleksandra Matrosova was outside the town of Mirny in Yakutia Republic over the weekend when she went into labor and was forced to give birth to her child in the woods. According to local officials, police officers had to be called out to defend her and her family from a group of bears that had been following them. Rescue workers say that Matrosova, who was 40 weeks pregnant, made a reckless decision in accompanying her family on a routine fishing trip.

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