Pregnant Lady Gives Birth At The Mini-Mart

A firefighter carries the baby girl to the waiting ambulance.
The baby's mom is wheeled into the ambulance after her ordeal.

It's a girl! Mom gives birth at mini-mart

Apr 24, 2009
By Mark Miller KOMO News
Lynwood, Washington, USA

LYNNWOOD, Wash. - A local baby girl couldn't wait to be delivered at the hospital this morning in Snohomish County - she made her surprise debut at an AM-PM mini-mart in Lynnwood.

Her mom and dad were driving down the road - on their way to the hospital - when everything started happening at once.

Dad pulled over into the mini-mart parking lot - between the gas pumps and the corn dogs inside. And that's where the baby was delivered - right there in the car.

Dad then ran inside the mini-mart and called 911.

Firefighters say the newborn was lying in her mother's lap when they ran up to the parked car minutes later, and that the mother stayed calm.

The baby was having a little trouble breathing when firefighters arrived. But everything settled down - the little girl is full term and doing fine.

Paramedics bundled her up in a white blanket. Then they took the baby and mom - who was understandably exhausted after the ordeal - to the hospital via ambulance.

Firefighters say mom was in the front seat of the car when the baby just delivered itself - as dad desperately tried to make it to the emergency room.

The father, whose first name is "Aut," told KOMO News that the baby was on its own schedule.

"Try to make it on time but couldn't do it," he said. "Baby came out right in the middle of the road."

The little girl was named Teedah, which means "daughter of God" in Cambodian.

Paramedics said the parents did a great job, and dad kept his cool.

After making sure his wife was OK, he walked into the AM-PM and asked for the address so he could tell 911 where to come and pick up his new little girl.

Mom and baby made it safely to Stevens Hospital, where the little girl weighed in at 7 pounds, 4 ounces.

And she'll have quite a story to tell for the rest of her life.

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April 24, 2009 by tanya

One pregnant lady got more than just groceries this morning when she gave birth in a mini-mart.

The mother and father were taken by surprise whilst driving to hospital in Snohomish County, Washington.

After the father, who is named ‘Aut’, pulled the car over into the mini-mart parking lot, the baby made a quick entrance into the world. He told news reporters “Baby came out right in the middle of the road.”

Firefighters who arrived on the the scene after the father had called 911, said that the newborn girl and mother were calm. Although the baby did need help breathing initially, she was full term and weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces.

The mother and baby were taken to hospital by paramedics to recover from the ordeal. They have named her Teedah, which translates as “daughter of God” in Cambodian.