When pregnant New York woman Karen Hollander went shopping on Christmas Eve, she thought she'd beat the crowds and buy a car seat before the stores closed for the holidays. But it seems as if her baby had other plans!
While on her way home, Hollander went into labor–more than two weeks before her January 9 due date! Looks like her little one just couldn't wait until the new year!
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Hollander called her husband, Roger, and the two agreed to meet at a point halfway between them. But she didn't make it that far. When she realized her labor was speeding up, Hollander called 911 and the operators started to guide her through the motions.
"The 911 operator was like, 'OK, when the baby comes out you're going to have to use suction,' " the mom told the Daily News. "I'm like, 'I'm driving. I'm by myself. I'm not delivering my baby in this Prius.' "
Thankfully, she didn't have to! An ambulance eventually pulled up next to her car, brought her in and started to drive her to the hospital. But the birth was happening quicker than expected and soon, medics were forced to pull over on the side of the road and deliver the baby right there.
Can you imagine?! I don't blame Hollander for panicking a little … I think any woman would've done the same!
Despite her chaotic entrance into the world, little Alexandra Leah Hollander was born safely. Meanwhile, her dad was taken by utter surprise by he finally arrived at the hospital. He had no idea she already been born! Ha!
But Hollander's not the only one to experience an, err, unique labor this year. Below, check out some more of the craziest birth stories of the year!
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Lynette Hales
Lynette Hales gave birth to twins in the middle of the road in an uninhabited stretch of Utah desert after she went into early labor. As if that wasn't harrowing enough, one of Hales' twins wasn't breathing when he was born, so Hales jumped into action, performed CPR, and successfully revived him. Did I mention this was minutes after giving birth?! Talk about Superwoman!
Karen Rodger
Scottish mom Karen Rodger defied all odds by giving birth to her THIRD set of twins back in June–even though typically the chances of that happening are about 500,000 to 1!!
Katrena Leonard
Katrena Leonoard was forced delivered her own baby in the front of seat of a car that was going 80 MPH on a highway after she went into labor and couldn't make it to the hospital! As if that wasn't crazy enough, she actually hid the newborn under her dress to hide it from her husband so that he wouldn't crash the car when he realized what had happened!
Nadia Watson
Nadia Watson got the surprise of a lifetime when she woke up with what she thought were period pains–and then ended up going into labor on the bathroom floor in her home! Her neighbors woke up after hearing her screams and called the police. But the absolutely most unbelievable part of the whole story? Watson's boyfriend was in the house with her at the time and somehow slept through the entire ordeal!
Edonna Bean
Bermuda mom Edonna Bean welcomed her twin boys into the world a full EIGHT DAYS apart! We didn't even know that was possible, but it's apparently due to an extremely rare condition known as delayed interval birth__.
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Christi Cason
Christi Cason, a 42-year-old grandmother from Lake Elsinore, California, gave birth to her 17th child this year, an 8-pound baby boy named Vaughn. That's right … 17TH!! And that's not the most shocking thing: Christi says she's still open to more! Wow!
Evonne Derrico
An Arizona mom's family doubled in size in less than five minutes when she delivered quintuplets. Evonne Derrico knew she was pregnant with quadruplets, but it wasn't until the later that a fifth baby was discovered in her womb. Can you imagine?!
Kateri Schwandt
Michigan couple, Jay and Kateri Schwandt were trying for their first daughter but ended up giving birth to their–wait for it–12TH son this past August. TWELVE boys?! That must be one hectic household!
