A pregnant woman had to throw out her birth plan when she was forced to have her baby on the side of the motorway.
The expectant mum and dad were rushing to get to the hospital after she went into labour in the Netherlands.
But the ward proved to be too far away and she gave birth to a baby girl on an exit from the A13 motorway near Delft on Saturday afternoon.
The father had not long pulled over the car before their daughter was born and appeared in good health.
Astonishing footage showed the family's car pulled over at the side of the major road with the doors open on the passenger's side.
Emergency services scrambled to the scene but paramedics did not arrive until the baby was born.
The obstetrician had been driving behind the pair in order to be at the hospital during the birth, reports nieuws.
The tiny newborn was wrapped in a blanket and carried from the car to the ambulance in her unusual entrance into the world.
Her mum was seen holding a teddy bear as she was carried over to join her daughter on a stretcher.
The couple shared a kiss before she was lifted up into the vehicle to continue her journey to the hospital.
Despite it being a rather rare incident, the UK has seen its fair share of roadside births in recent years.
Last July, a woman gave birth in the footwell of her partner's car as he travelled at 70mph down the outside lane of the M65 in Lancashire.
Lee Reynolds, 34, thought he had "plenty of time" when Natalie Whitton, 31, went into labour in the early hours of Wednesday morning with their second child.
As the pair were blasting along the motorway in Burnley, Lee watched in utter shock as his new baby 'shot out' into his Ford Fiesta estate.
The dad, who was on the phone to a midwife throughout most of the journey, said he remembered thinking: "oh, s**t! We ain't going to make it."
Their daughter arrived weighing 7lb, 11oz, with the family immediately stopping in the hard shoulder to wait for an ambulance crew.
Earlier that year, a mum gave birth at the edge of the M8 in Scotland with the help of a midwife who heard her cries while out walking her dog.
Nicole Traynor, 28, was also en route to the hospital when she felt a sudden urge to push on New Year's Day, 2022.
She was being driven to hospital by her dad David when her labour pains became so intense he had to pull over onto the hard shoulder with her partner and their two-year-old daughter also in the car.
Ms Traynor, of Coatbridge, was still sat in the passenger seat when she felt the top of her baby's head suddenly appear.
An off-duty midwife was walking her dog with her daughter when she heard the mum's cries from the motorway bridge and rushed to help, reports the Daily Record.
