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A-Wuss Fainted at Baby's Birth: Wife

A-Rod 'real wimpy' when it comes to medical situations

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted May 7, 2008 8:50 AM CDT

(Newser) – A close-up look at childbirth when his first daughter was on the way knocked slugger Alex Rodriguez out cold, AP reports. "One nurse had a cloth on his head. The other nurse had the blood pressure cuff on his arm, and I'm there, in the middle of labor," wife Cynthia told YESterdays in an interview airing tonight.

"As tough and big as he seems, he is real wimpy around doctors or any type of medical situation," she added. "I don't know why I thought the birth of our child would be different." The third baseman didn't get a chance to tough out witnessing the birth of second daughter Ella last month. He rushed to Miami from New York but missed the birth by 10 minutes.

New York Yankee star Alex Rodriguez and his wife Cynthia watch the Shahar Peer and Nicole Vaidisova match at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007.
New York Yankee star Alex Rodriguez and his wife Cynthia watch the Shahar Peer and Nicole Vaidisova match at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007.   (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
In this April 12, 2008 file photo, New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez reacts after striking out with two men on while trailing the Boston Red Sox 4-3 in the eighth inning..
In this April 12, 2008 file photo, New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez reacts after striking out with two men on while trailing the Boston Red Sox 4-3 in the eighth inning..   (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Alex Rodriguez smiles in the dugout after hitting a first-inning, two-run home-run against the Toronto Blue Jays at Legends Field in Tampa, Fla., in this March 11, 2008 file photo.
Alex Rodriguez smiles in the dugout after hitting a first-inning, two-run home-run against the Toronto Blue Jays at Legends Field in Tampa, Fla., in this March 11, 2008 file photo.   (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, file)
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