'What do you mean, she's out?': Mum delivers her own baby in Target parking lot

A pregnant mother was forced to take matters into her own hands after she unexpectedly went into labour several days before her due date.

Sara Tolliday, from Stratham, New Hampshire, US, was rushing to hospital with her husband Sam in the early hours of Saturday morning when her waters suddenly broke.

"You know, I delivered her myself, I guess," she told US television station WMUR9.

Sara Tolliday had no choice but to deliver her own baby. Source: WMUR 9
Sara Tolliday had no choice but to deliver her own baby. Source: WMUR 9

After her husband pulled over in a Target car park, Tolliday said it was all over in a flash as things "progressed a little faster than expected".

"It was just so intense and fast, but then I was like, 'She's out.' And (Sam) was like, 'What do you mean, she's out?' And he stopped the car, looked over and there she was," she said.

Her husband had called 911 for assistance with the delivery but the baby had other ideas. Source: WMUR 9/ Sara Tolliday
Her husband had called 911 for assistance with the delivery but the baby had other ideas. Source: WMUR 9/ Sara Tolliday

After making a 911 call from their car, Greenland Police Officer James Cormier arrived with a blanket as the family waited for the ambulance.

Both mother and new arrival Liv are resting at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and were due to head home on Monday.

"It's pretty amazing. Your body just does amazing things," Tolliday added.

The baby arrived in this Target car park. Source: WMUR 9
The baby arrived in this Target car park. Source: WMUR 9