Photo: Village Idiot Amber Miller and her new daughter, June.Chicago, IL - Amber Miller was nearly 39 weeks pregnant -- expecting her second child any day -- when she set off from the starting line of the Chicago Marathon Sunday.
She ran and walked even as contractions started kicking in regularly toward the end of the race. But she managed to cross the finish line -- and grab a bite to eat -- before giving birth to baby girl June Sunday night.
"I got the OK from my doctor to run half, and my husband ran with me and supported me along the way," Miller told WGN-Channel 9 from her bed at Central DuPage Hospital. "I ran half and walked half, that's how I finished.
"Everybody just kind of stared as I'm running by.”
Miller said she had been running throughout her pregnancy and marathon officials did not discourage her.
"Nobody tried to do that," she said. "It wasn't too bad, you know? I have been running all the way up until this point anyway so I'm kind of used to it."
She said reactions from the crowd were "very interesting."
"Lots of interesting comments. It was fun for me to get everyone's reactions."
June was born at 10:29 p.m.: Seven pounds, 13 ounces.
So, going back to work today then? "No, I will not," Miller said, laughing. "I'm taking it easy today."
