A mum welcomed her second child into the world with her daughter sitting in the back of a car while her partner drove them to hospital.
Loren Cash thought she had enough time to get to the hospital but little Luna Rae Patrick couldn't wait any longer. The mum went into labour at 1.30am on June 6 while her partner Andy Patrick was driving to hospital.
Her 20-month-old daughter Nova watched on as Loren gave birth to her younger sister.
Loren told WalesOnline: "With my first daughter Nova the pain had been unbearable and when I went to the hospital they sent me home because I was only 2cm dilated so I thought it would be the same again and it was not as painful so I thought I had lots of time.
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"But when I had the urge to push just before 5am I phoned the hospital and when I explained what was happening to the midwife they said I needed to get to them as quickly as possible. There wasn't even any time to dress Nova so we had to put her in the car in her pyjamas and the midwives stayed on the phone."
The nine-mile trip from their home in Maesteg to Princess of Wales hospital in Bridgend usually takes around 20 minutes. But, Loren knew time was of the essence and that she couldn't wait any longer.
She said: "We were on the dual carriageway so Andy couldn't stop and I was having the contractions really close together and then I saw the baby's head and I sort of leaned on [Andy] and she just landed on the passenger seat chair."
A shocked Loren wasn't sure what to do but they managed to make it to Sarn train station car park where they stopped. Andy ran around and picked up his daughter and made sure she was breathing before wrapping her in a towel that had been packed in the hospital bag.
She added: "Thankfully my daughter was breathing and he put her in my lap and got to the hospital where a team of midwives were waiting at the doors to A&E. They cut the cord and got me upstairs to deliver the placenta. It just all seemed to happen very fast.
"It was all a bit of a haze. Luna Rae was not small either. She was 9lbs 9.5oz and all I had was adrenalin. There was an early-morning jogger in the car park at Sarn so they must have been wondering what on earth was going on.
"My poor partner was traumatised and Nova had no idea what was going on but everyone is well and that is the most important thing. They kept Luna in for six days just to make sure there were no infections and now she is safely back home with us. It was certainly an experience neither of us will ever forget."
