(June 11) -- A pregnant woman, twice turned away from a hospital, took an important matter into her own hands... the birth of her child.
Rebecca Longley, 20, of Hampshire, England, delivered her daughter by herself in the front seat of a car while her boyfriend raced to the hospital for the third time that day, according to a report in The Daily Mail.
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"I had no drugs and I was screaming with pain but my natural instincts kicked in as soon as I saw the baby's head pop out," the first-time mother told the Daily Mail. "I just knew what I had to do."
She had sought admission to the Royal Hampshire County Hospital at 7 a.m. that morning and 8.p.m. that night and was turned away both times.
Longley's water broke two hours after the second rejection. Following another rejection over the phone from the maternity ward, she and her boyfriend, Andrew Mildenhall, jumped in his car and headed for the hospital.
Nature couldn't wait any longer and Longley went into labor on the highway, giving birth to 6 lb., 1 oz. baby Aaliyah.
"When it first started I was so scared and worried but that turned to relief and happiness when she was born and we realized she was OK," Longley told the Daily Mail. "I really had no idea what to expect because it was my first child. I had a real mix of emotions."
For more on this story, check out The Daily Mail.
