The birth of a newborn baby is truly a miraculous thing.
In the words of Anita Diamant, “Birth is a pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers.”
No mama could know the bravery required in this pinnacle moment better than Raelin Scurry, a woman whose one-in-a-million birth story is making headlines across the web.
At just 29 weeks pregnant, Raelin never expected that the contractions she was having were actually indicative of a baby on the WAY. But 45 minutes, one push and one adrenaline-rush-of-a-car-ride later, she witnessed a phenomenon that only one in 80,000 mothers gets to experience—a birth inside the amniotic sac.
But the new mom’s sense of awe quickly turned into sheer terror when she realized her beautiful baby was completely still.
“I was so scared,” recalls Raelin as she desperately prayed for her 3-pound preemie to show a sign of life…and surely enough, her miracle baby did just that.
Raelin details her harrowing birth story in a viral Facebook post that is gripping the hearts of mothers everywhere:
“Our birth story!
❤ The human body is truly an amazing thing. 8.5.2017 at about 10 AM I started having contractions. I was only 29 weeks and 4 days so I just figured they were Braxton hicks and decided to wait it out. After about 45 minutes of consistent contractions increasing in intensity I decided I should probably go in.
Well the contractions continued to get closer together and more intense and before I knew it, it was time to push. I called 911 because I was so scared. They couldn’t understand me between the screams with contractions. So I handed the phone to my fiancé. I pulled my pants off and reached down, sure enough his head was right there.
I pushed one time and my miracle baby was here. When I looked down I realized he was still completely wrapped in the amniotic sac.
The dispatcher told us to pull over but I knew we would make it to the hospital before they would make it to us. So I told Ean to keep driving. I was so scared. My Fiancé was so calm driving and on the phone with 911.
At first the baby was still and all I could do was pray he would be okay. And then I rubbed his face with my thumb and he pulled his little hands and feet up to his face as if he understood my prayers and wanted to reassure us he was okay.
About 7 minutes passed that I held this miracle baby in my hands until we made it to the hospital. He was 3lb 1oz. He’s doing wonderful, all things considered with all he went through I know he’s going to be an awesome little man!
