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2008-08-15 04:29:32
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Alone and in labor, Jessica Higgins found the first place she could to give
birth her front lawn.
The 36-year-old was driving home from the mall Tuesday when little Mary Claire
gave her the shock of a lifetime by deciding to arrive six weeks early.
Higgins with her 2-year-old son sleeping in the back seat called 911 as she
arrived at her Fullerton home, but she had already pushed her daughter out when
police arrived.
"She was just standing in the driveway rocking the newborn, who was still
attached to the placenta," Officer Manny Ramos said Wednesday.
Higgins' husband, Jeff, arrived in time to cut the baby's umbilical cord under
the front-yard ficus tree.
The proud mother, who was recovering at a hospital Wednesday, said "everything
happened so fast." She said she had her son's portrait taken at the mall
earlier in the day and was on hold with the doctor's office when the baby
started pushing.
Mary Claire was born at 5 pounds, 11 ounces and was doing fine at St. Jude
Medical Center, Higgins said.