A proud mother and father are celebrating their newborn daughter on Thursday after the dad delivered the baby along the 101 Freeway in Hollywood while stuck in traffic.
Angela Rembert, 24, woke up at her home on Tuesday morning and felt the baby was coming.
Her fiancée, Amaan Lowman, drove her to the hospital but doctors discharged the couple. Rembert was only two centimeters dilated and needed more time, doctors said.
“The doctor told me I wasn’t ready to give birth,” said Rembert. “She told me I needed to get discharged from the hospital, so I checked out.”
As soon as they got to their home Rembert started having crippling contractions. The frantic couple jumped in the car and began driving back to the hospital, only to hit traffic on the 101 Freeway.
Lowman, 25, called 911 while driving while the couple’s 2-year-old daughter, Lauren, helped in the back seat.
Amaan Lowman is shown in a family photo holding his newborn baby daughter on Oct. 25, 2016.
“My face was in her car seat and I was screaming, and she was rubbing my head saying it’s okay mommy, it’s okay mommy,” said Rembert. “I don’t think she knew what was going on. And he was driving and telling me we’re not gonna make it, we’re not gonna make it.”
The expectant dad pulled over near the Santa Monica Boulevard exit and delivered his daughter,
“I was like ‘I can feel her coming, can you take my shorts off cause she’s coming,'” said Rembert.
Leighton Love Lowman was born nearly 30 minutes later around 3:28 p.m. weighing 7-pounds 9-ounces.
Rembert noticed a nearby ambulance and raised baby Leighton in the air to grab their attention. Once paramedics noticed the mother they pulled over to assist, officials said.
Bystanders and employees at a nearby salon saw Rembert and congratulated the couple, making sure to take pictures and videos of the successful delivery.
“We just saw in two minutes the baby was like on her arms,” said Maria Baca, a witness to the special delivery.
“I feel my time go back when I have babies too, and the father here he look so nervous,” Delia Han added. “Everybody love the baby. Happy Birthday, baby!”
The family was transported to Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center where doctors pronounced both mother and daughter healthy.
“I’m really thankful that’s she’s healthy. I was really scared to deliver her because I didn’t want to mess up,” said Lowman. “There’s a God. It could have been worse but it came out like I delivered her in the hospital.”
The family recently relocated to Southern California from the Detroit area. This is Rembert’s first delivery in California.
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