Michael and Helen Green, of the UK, took a family vacation to Toronto, Canada, as a family of three, but came back as a family of four after Helen gave birth following a "cryptic pregnancy."
The family was spending the very first night of their vacation at a hotel in Toronto when Helen woke up in the middle of the night with a stomachache.
Helen talked through what happened on the UK morning show, This Morning, telling hosts,
All of a sudden, my body just said, ‘Push.' It's - my body just took over. And, a big push, and then, I sort of wasn't sure what was happening, but I thought, ‘I kind of know this.'
And she should have known what was happening, as this wasn't her first pregnancy, but this time around, she reportedly had no symptoms of pregnancy, besides the actual baby at the end.
Just as Helen realized what was happening, she reached down to grab the 8 lbs 3 oz baby girl out of the hotel toilet, saying she just held her away from her and looked at her in shock.
Her 6-year-old daughter was sleeping in the hotel room, along with her husband, when Helen called out for help.
The dad woke up to the shock of his life, telling This Morning,
I genuinely thought it was a dream. When I first heard the baby cry, I thought, ‘I'm just having a dream,'
It wasn't a dream, and he quickly returned to the hotel room to call for medical assistance, telling his half-asleep daughter,
I think mommy's had a baby.
Paramedics soon arrived and took the shocked mom to the hospital. They did have difficulty in delivering the placenta, which they believed could have contributed to masking the baby's movements during pregnancy, but otherwise, the mom and baby had no complications.
Unlike many of these stories, baby Olivia was born to married parents who appear to be joyfully accepting of her surprise arrival, and a big sister who is thrilled with having a real live baby doll.
Helen told SWNS,
This was such a huge huge shock, and also such a lovely surprise. She just came along and it feels like she's always been with us.
The biggest hurdle for the family was getting their tiny dual-citizen her UK passport so that they could bring her back home. All in all, their family vacation across the pond ended up extending to about 5 weeks, but in the end they came home with the sweetest souvenir.
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