While driving with her family along Interstate 64, Stephanie Stonis suddenly went into labor in the car. Stephanie began feeling contractions, so she told her husband Mark Stonis to get the girls ready for school and get to the hospital.
Unfortunately, the hospital was 30 minutes away. With their two previous children, Stephanie went into labor so quickly that they barely made it to the hospital those times.
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The couple knew the baby would be arriving sooner than later. Mark pulled the car over at I-64 and had to deliver the baby himself.
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“So, I had that thought running through my head, too. So, I kind of thought this could happen fast, so let’s get in the car and be ready and get there,” Mark said.
That’s when dad got out his shoelace. He used the string to tie off the baby’s umbilical cord.
“I really did not want to pull over. I did not want her to have that baby on the road in the car, on the side of the road,” Mark told WAVY.com. “I wanted to be in the comfort of a hospital, the professionals dealing with what they do best.”
While Mark was panicked the entire time, he managed to successfully deliver the couple’s healthy baby boy.
Watch the video below and SHARE if you thought this was some great improvisation in a critical moment.
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Mom Gives Birth In The Middle Of The Highway, Then Dad Uses His Shoelace To Save Day
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