Childbirth

Mom Gives Birth In Front Seat Of Car With Kids In The Back!

Mom Gives Birth In Front Seat Of Car With Kids In The Back

Alexis Swinney, 25, was in labor and on her way to the hospital when her water broke.  At this point, the mom-to-be asked her husband to record the birth as they drove to the hospital.

While navigating his way to through the city, he documented the amazing arrival of the couple’s 5th child.

In hard labour, it wasn’t long before Alexis delivered the baby herself.

“It’s really surreal,” Alexis told Inside Edition. “There was no time to push. My body was like this is what needs to happen and I was just like a part of it.”

Their other children were in the back seat of the car, watching in shock.

“They were definitely a little, ‘What just happened?’” Swinney told Inside Edition. The family posted the video to Instagram, where it has been viewed more than 50,000 times.

Alexis wrote:

“There was something beyond special, about getting to deliver my own baby. No doctors or nurses, no lights, or busy people, no one interrupting a moment that should be the most special moments for families as they bring life into the world.

The pain was there, but the joy and peace that followed in those minutes we got to spend alone with our sweet girl was more rewarding than anything I could have asked for.

I honestly think that God allowed me to deliver safely in the car, instead of making it to the hospital, because He knew that my desire for a birth that was without interruption and full of hormones between baby and I, that desire was so deep. And something that the hospital just couldn’t provide for me.

People are shocked and often apologize that I didn’t make it to the hospital. They don’t understand that I just experienced something unrivaled to anything I could have imagined. I witnessed my body take over and a baby be born into my hands. My body is not swollen, and I have no tears. I had my husband and children around me, and for 5 minutes, we embraced everything that happened without any interruption.

Our family has preferred a unique chaos

It was crazy. But it was Amazing.”

After Jimmy Kimmel caught wind of the amazing delivery he had the entire family on his show and gifted them a new vehicle.

About the author

Lisa Arneill

Founder of Growing Your Baby and World Traveled Family. Canadian mom of 2 boys, photo addict, lover of bulldogs, and museumgoer. Always looking for our next vacation spot!

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