Mum Delivers Own Baby On Roadside With Kids In The Car

When it comes to rockstar mums, Heather Skaats takes the cake. The incredible mum calmly pulled over on the side of the road and birthed her baby, while her five other children waited patiently in the car.

She then drove herself back home, with the baby still attached via the umbilical cord.

“Well, I had another wonderful water birth planned at home just as I had in the past,” Heather explained in a Facebook post. “That didn’t go as planned.”

She says she was driving the car with all of her children aboard (Kaelynn, 13, Aneleigh, 11, Austin, 6, Luke, 3, and Alyssa, 2) when she felt like she needed to pull over.

“Got out of the car, went to the other side in the grass and literally had a baby. It was so quick! I only thought these things happened in movies! I then proceeded to drive to the house with him still attached where my midwives arrived about 10 minutes later. And then we had to pick the grass off him.

Roadside birth

“I’m still in shock that I delivered my own baby on the side of the road. But he is perfect, all of the kids are happy to have him here, and today was a day I will never forget.

“My husband is not too happy about missing it but at least he was on the phone with me when I called to say, ‘I’m going to have a baby on the side of the road,’ and 5 seconds later he came out.”

Roadside birth

Heather says when started driving she was only having light contractions, and given her other births had taken around eight hours, she wasn’t concerned.

“I was literally just out in the barn feeding horses 20 minutes before he came out. It was that fast.
And no, he still doesn’t have a name. Have to keep that tradition alive! Although Austin wants to nickname him The Flash!”

Heather told TODAY that they’re considering naming him Porter or Wolf – after the street names near where he was birthed.

42 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 02 Sep 2024
    10:29 am
Seriously woman are amazing creatures. Go Mum

- - Lividanke said
  - 29 Aug 2024
    4:24 pm
What a wonderful story with a happy ending for this family!

- - kell_jenkins said
  - 18 Jul 2022
    2:30 pm
Well done mum and kids for staying calm and delivering a healthy beautiful addition to your family

- - mom160289 said
  - 27 Jun 2022
    8:37 pm
That is incredible

- - Zmijka86 said
  - 25 Jun 2022
    5:39 pm
What a story. She is such an inspiration

- - Lokhushkaau said
  - 02 Jun 2022
    1:54 pm
That is an incredible story! Well done mumma!

- - Ordinary mum said
  - 30 May 2022
    7:29 pm
I wonder how far the hospital was? Although if the midwife arrived 10 minutes later it couldn’t have been too far. I probably would have waited for an ambulance rather than drive home but then again she needed yo get her other kids home.

- - tessie said
  - 27 May 2022
    2:42 pm
That was quick and I’m so happy there were no complications. I think this is one birth that your whole family will never forget. He’ll probably grow up to be a kid who loves playing outside and getting dirty. Congratulations on your adorable son and those other beautiful children of yours.

- - mom461384 said
  - 25 May 2022
    8:18 am
How lucky all went so safely and smoothly. What a lovely story to be able to tell him when he grows up!

- - mom487937 said
  - 23 May 2022
    10:26 am
So glad it all went well. Baby number six, her body new what it was doing. What a story to tell bub when they’re older.

- - alyise_ said
  - 22 May 2022
    11:50 am
She still seems so casual about it, haha how amazing
- mom466087 replied
  
  22 May 2022 , 3:23 pm
  Yeah ! Well I guess with so many kids it’s a natural thing now
- - romvar said
  - 22 May 2022
    9:23 am
What an incredible story. Mum, you did well!

- - mom265671 said
  - 21 May 2022
    10:48 pm
What a story to tell! That’s crazy I couldn’t even imagine

- - Forgetful Mumma said
  - 20 May 2022
    6:00 pm
Hospital is definitely my preferred place of birth that’s for sure! I wonder what her other children were thinking at the time. I definitely would not have driven home afterwards and I would have put the baby in the car seat before I drove anywhere. Glad it all worked out for the mum and baby!
- mom466087 replied
  
  20 May 2022 , 8:50 pm
  Yeah I asked myself the same question. Wonder what the kids were thinking and their faces at the time. They must be confused
- - TraceyGail said
  - 20 May 2022
    6:22 am
Well done but I definitely wouldn’t have been driving with the baby loose in the car like that. A cool and calm mother.
- mom466087 replied
  
  21 May 2022 , 10:59 am
  I agree ! Very impressive!
- - Ellen said
  - 20 May 2022
    3:01 am
Amazing indeed ! I wonder if her driving back home with the baby still attached and all the kids in the car was so smart and safe ?
- Mum2archer replied
  
  22 May 2022 , 10:59 pm
  I wouldn’t have driven with the baby not safely restrained. But well done to her for staying so calm! I wish my labor was that quick, mine was a horrible 40 hours
- - mom101628 said
  - 19 May 2022
    11:49 pm
Well this mother is one cool customer – obviously very capable and doesn’t get fazed easily. Good luck to her and her family.

- - Mom7534689 said
  - 19 May 2022
    11:11 pm
Wowza an amazing story. Congrats

- - mom466087 said
  - 19 May 2022
    10:49 pm
Wow so brave! Love that she will name him like the streets! People say labour gets quicker with every pregnancy.. but geez this is too much

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 19 May 2022
    10:20 pm
That’s amazing. What a cutie too