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A NEWS anchor decided to continue working right after her water broke right before she went live on air.

Host Olivia Jaquith persevered through her morning newscast despite her coworkers encouraging her to go to the hospital.

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Host Olivia Jaquith went into labor before her newscastCredit: WRGB
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The host decided to stay through the morning before going to the hospitalCredit: WRBG

Jaquith was just about to host her show on local CBS affiliate WRGB when she shocked her colleagues by going into labor.

Co-anchor Julia Dunn started off the newscast saying, “We do have some breaking news this morning, literally.

“Olivia’s water has broke and she is anchoring the news now in active labor.”

“Early labor,” Jaquith chimed in.

The host said she had one contraction beforehand, but brushed off Dunn’s suggestion that she goes home.

“It’s been a few minutes since then, so we’re still in good shape,” the soon-to-be-mother said.

“Her decision to stay on the desk by the way,” Dunn added.

The two hosts then pointed to the upper right-hand corner of the screen, where a box read “Days past due date: 2.”

“Well, I’m happy to be here and I’ll stay on the desk for as long as I can,” Jaquith said.

Off-air, Dunn shared a video on Facebook of the expecting mother going into labor.

“Guys, this isn’t April Fools. Olivia’s water broke in the newsroom,” she said in shock.

Dunn then passed the phone to a confused but excited Jaquith and asked her to fill in the viewers on what’s going on.

“I don’t know what’s going on, this is my first time. I’m new here,” she laughed.

“Yesterday I was getting cramps when I was on the desk and I didn’t really think anything of it…this morning I got up to go pee, but then stuff just kept coming out.”

After explaining how she found out she was going into labor, Dunn asked her co-host why she decided to stay at work.

“I think I could get through a three-hour show,” Jaquith replied as she typed on her computer.

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