When it's time, it's time. That's what Wisconsin mom Analysia Beck learned after she gave birth in the parking lot of a McDonald's because she couldn't make it to a hospital. While it's not the most ideal place to give birth, the family now has quite a story to tell.
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"It was my worst nightmare," Analysia told TODAY.com about giving birth in the parking lot. "I’m still in shock."
"It was pretty intense," her husband Daniel said of the situation.
Analysia was 38 weeks when she began feeling mild contractions that she wrote off as Braxton Hicks. Shortly after, she was jolted out of her sleep by intense contractions and knew that she was actively in labor.
"We were in the car for like two minutes when I was like, ‘Daniel, you have to pull over, I feel like I’m sitting on the baby’s head,’" she explained. "At that point, I knew he was coming, and we weren’t going to make it to the hospital."
Daniel quickly pulled into the McDonald's parking lot, calling 911 in the process. Analysia climbed into the back of the couple's SUV to have more room to deliver her baby boy.
"I pushed three times and he came out," she revealed. "The paramedic barely made it, but they were there to catch him."
She then explained that the baby was blue when he came out. "I think it was because of how cold it was — snow was blowing into our car and it got on his face," she explained, adding that the baby was "totally healthy and everything was fine."
The couple chose the name Micah, but they gave him the sweetest nickname in honor of his official birthplace, Little McFlurry.
"Between the blizzard and the McDonald's, we think it's very fitting!"
