BOSTON, MA (WCMH) — Sara Tolliday had no choice but to give birth to her baby girl in the parking lot of a Target while sitting in her vehicle.
Friday night, Tolliday and her husband Sam were on their way to the hospital after Sara went into labor, a few days before her due date.
“So I was getting ready and then things started to progress a bit, faster than expected,” Sara told WMUR.
Before they could reach the hospital, Sara’s water broke. A few minutes later, they were pulled over in the parking lot of a Target.
“I was just telling myself, ‘I have to do this right now. I have to do this myself,’ and I couldn’t even say it out loud because if I said it out loud, then I think I just would’ve panicked,” said Sara.
Soon after parking, little Liv Tolliday was born.
“I delivered her myself, I guess,” Sara told WMUR.
Liv’s official time of birth is 1:13am, Saturday, the moment dispatchers answered Sam’s 911 call.
Mommy, Daddy, and Liv are all doing fine at Wentworth-Douglas Hospital, the same place Sara works.
“It’s pretty amazing. Your body just does some amazing things,” said Sara.