A woman gave birth to a baby Friday in the front passenger seat of a minivan alongside a road in Lakeside.
San Diego County sheriff’s deputies and the Lakeside Fire Department were called out around 3 a.m. to Julian Avenue in order to help Allison Lindsley, who was in the middle of giving birth.
“I remember waking up at two o'clock and screaming the whole time,” Allison told NBC 7.
Allison and her husband Jordan were on their way to the hospital when their baby boy number three couldn’t wait any longer.
“Oh man, we got a mile down the road and she's like, 'Pull over!'” Jordan said.
They didn’t quite make it to Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, so Jordan called 911.
“I pull over in somebody’s front yard in their driveway,” said Jordan.
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And that’s when it happened.
“You know, a couple minutes had gone by and nothing. Then I look down and I was like, ‘Oh her water broke,’” Jordan said. “Just, like, shock. How am I going to clean the front seat?”
Deputies arrived shortly after Allison’s water broke.
“[The deputy] just went in, gloved up, took charge, and then ten seconds later, baby was out,” Jordan told NBC 7.
Ollie Lindsley was born.
“It was a relief to have him out because it hurt so bad,” said Allison.
The couple said their newborn didn’t cry but was calm and quiet.
“I couldn’t be more proud,” Jordan said. “He is just perfect. Absolutely perfect.”
One firefighter held Ollie as Allison was loaded into the back of an ambulance.
The baby was then gently handed back over to his mom before they were transported to Kaiser Hospital in La Mesa.
Allison’s due date was Thursday.
