She had apparently slept soundly through the uterine contractions until the final strong pain, which awoke her, and which she imagined was a call for urination.
Samelson says that in 1844 he was sent for in Zabelsdorf, some 30 miles from Berlin, to attend Hannah Rhode in a case of labor.

She had passed easily through eight parturitions.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, after a partially unconscious night, there was a sudden gush of blood and water from the vagina; she screamed and lapsed into an unconscious condition.

At 10.35 the face presented, soon followed by the body, after which came a great flow of blood, welling out in several waves.
The child was a male middle-sized, and was some little time in making himself heard.

Only by degrees did the woman's consciousness return.
She felt weary and inclined to sleep, but soon after she awoke and was much surprised to know what had happened.