RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - If a pregnant Stephanie Green asks for a ride to the hospital, beware: she has a history of giving birth in cars.
On Tuesday, for the second time in 17 months, Green had a baby while en route to a hospital. Doctors had planned to induce labour Thursday but baby Zaria had other plans.
"I thought I was going to make it this time but she changed all that very quickly," Green said.
Green's other daughter, 17-month-old Semajai, was born in a car after Mom was stuck in traffic.
Tuesday's first contraction came around 7 a.m.
EDT and Green called friend Shanika Lewis for a ride to the hospital. They were on the highway just blocks from a Raleigh hospital about an hour later when the contractions became more intense.
"We saw the exit on Lake Boone Trail and said: 'We are almost there,"' Green said.
"But the water broke and then out came the baby. Yep, we are not going to make it - yet again."
Lewis, who works at a hospital, helped with the delivery until emergency workers arrived.
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