'Super mum' gives birth while standing in hospital corridor
By Nikolina Koevska Kharoufeh |
Tonisha Petty-Jones gives the term 'super mum' a whole new meaning. The US woman stunned nurses and doctors by giving birth to her baby unassisted - while standing in a hospital corridor.
A video of the incredible moment shows Petty-Jones standing over her wheelchair before effortlessly pulling her baby out from her pants.
As midwives and doctors scramble to get their gloves on to assist with the quick birth, the mum doesn't seem at all fazed and just does what she needs to do in the moment. "Good job!" one of the midwives said once the baby is pulled out.
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The midwives then all cheer the mum for her incredible work and the man behind the camera gives a big "Wow!" Petty-Jones smiles - no doubt very happy to see her baby enter into the world safely.
The video captioned 'Birth happens' was posted to the Instagram @bada**motherbirther and seen hundreds of thousands of times by impressed viewers.
"This is incredible. How is she even standing up ??? Such a strong Mama. Beautiful video," one person commented on the clip.
Another wrote: "This is powerful and amazing! Mama smiles like it's no big deal that she just birthed a whole human standing up next to the wheelchair. That woman is a force to be reckoned with!"
Eventually commenting on her own video the mum proudly said: "No man can ever (and) I mean ever try to down play a woman. (I don't care) what it looks like this was not easy nor planned but I am woman, so men bow down."
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