After being turned away from a UK hospital, a mom-to-be ended up giving birth right outside of a strip club.
According to The Sun, Lizzie Hines rushed to University College London Hospital while in labor, but she was ultimately turned away.
In the end, Hines was forced to give birth right outside of a strip club because the hospital apparently refused to listen to her pleas for help.
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“Louis was born on a pavement opposite Spearmint Rhino,” Hines revealed in a now-viral Facebook post. “Some parts of this stranger-than-fiction experience are still very vivid.”
“I remember so clearly lying down, seeing the ankles of commuters around me and knowing what was about to happen,” the stunned mom continued. “I remember the feeling of Louis' limbs rushing out of my body.”
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“I remember trying to tell everyone that he had been born into my pyjamas — 'he's here!' and the incredulous face of my husband. Then press Louis against my skin,” she added. “I don't remember getting up off the pavement, the cheers of strangers declaring "it's a Christmas miracle!", the faces of the people, or who wrapped us up.”
Fortunately for Hines and her beautiful baby boy, a few quick-thinking strangers sprang in to help deliver little Louis and save the day.
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“Some people from the crowd found us later in the hospital which is a bit of a blur, one was a happy weeper from Venezuela,” Hines revealed.
After everything that happened, Hines also wrote on Facebook that the reason why she was turned away from the hospital was a “longer tale” that involves a “thorny issue” of how pregnant women are treated by hospital staff in the early stages of labor.
As BuzzFeed News reports, Hines was turned away and asked to return to the hospital in six hours because she had only been in labor for two and a half hours at the time.
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Though she decided to check into a hotel, when it finally was time to return to the hospital, Hines was forced to pull over and give birth because there just wasn’t enough time.
“But thankfully Louis was absolutely fine and this was a euphoric and beautiful birth, and a strangely festive entrance!” Hines said.
Hines is now hoping to reconnect with a woman who loaned her a scarf while she was delivering Louis.
“To the person who gave away their scarf to a stranger on a cold day and wrapped up my sweet baby Louis, I'm wondering if I can find you?” she said. “So, the scarf. If you can share this picture I'd be very grateful (here's me and Louis on the street, and Louis snuggling in it now.)”
“It feels like a fitting week to return it and introduce my babbling, toddling baby to a member of his welcoming party,” Hines added.
A University College London Hospital spokesman has since revealed to BuzzFeed that officials apologized to Hines about the misunderstanding.
“After Mrs Elizabeth Hines gave birth last December, we carried out an internal investigation so that we could learn from her experience and reduce the risk of it happening again,” the spokesman explained. “We have also apologised to Mrs Hines.”