Elana Nightingale Dawson breathed through the contractions
(NEWSER) - A recent Northwestern law school graduate was a little distracted as she completed the second and final day of the Illinois bar exam last Wednesday … by the very impending arrival of her newborn son, the Chicago Tribune reports. Elana Nightingale Dawson says the contractions began during the three-hour afternoon portion of the test—at first, they were 20 to 30 minutes apart. But the 29-year-old was determined to finish, since the test isn't valid unless it's completed in its entirety. By the time she left at 4pm, her contractions were 15 minutes apart. More»