California Woman's Water Breaks Just Outside Her Home And She Gives Birth Right There On The Walkway

Posted • October 1, 2024: California mom gives birth outside her home after her water suddenly broke. Natasha Downing, 39 weeks pregnant, was leaving her home in Calabasas with her suitcase. She suddenly felt intense pain and had to crouch down near the doorway. “I’m walking down the stairs and I feel my baby coming,” the 34-year-old recalled. “I had to squat down outside and then my waters broke. I knew I wasn’t making it to the birthing center.” - “I got into the squat and I just breathed, like, I just did not push at all, and her head cleared on her own,” Downing said. “As my husband looked, he told me the baby’s blue and only her head was out — and I feel her pushing backward.”

“I didn’t know how she was going to clear in this position. So, I got on my side and I’m lying with my leg in the air,” Downing said. “I was on call to my midwife and all I know is I have to push to clear her shoulders. My husband got her head,” she continued. “It’s like a wave going through my body and that was my only push. She came out and she was totally fine. One push and she came out.” - “She was perfectly healthy, it was everything I had ever dreamed of,” Downing said. “It sounds like it would be a traumatic birth, but it was very healing and really amazing.”