Woman gives birth in toilet paper aisle of Walmart as customers cheer
There may be little to celebrate in the toilet paper aisle of most stores these days but one woman created her own joy amid the empty shelves.
The manager of a Walmart in Springfield, Mo., said a customer on Wednesday gave birth in the store in just 45 minutes.
“We were like oh my gosh, is this actually going to happen,” store manager Jessica Hinkle told KY3-TV.
As the woman’s water broke, she warned the store staff that her last baby arrived in 30 minutes, Hinkle told KY3.
“We were like what do we do now?” she told the news station. “Another lady comes around the corner and she says ‘I’m a delivery nurse, can I help?’ and we said yes, yes please. She had gloves in her pocket [and] she was ready.”
Hinkle reportedly used a sheet to give the woman some privacy from a crowd of cheering onlookers.
“You know a feel good moment, everybody’s going through so much and with a baby it’s like everything comes full circle,” she told KY3.
The manager followed up with the new mom on Thursday and told KY3 that she and baby are doing well.
Steven Adams is a Tribune-Review manager/photography. You can contact Steven at sadams@triblive.com.
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