Mitchener, a mother of four, went viral after giving birth in a livery car. While the birth itself was shocking and unexpected, the video that captured by the interior dashcam and the driver’s hilarious commentary ended up going viral.
“About 3 a.m. I started feeling pain and I was like, ‘Wait. We have to go to the hospital. Boy, call a cab,’” she told her fiance, who was still groggy.
They instructed the driver to take them to a hospital 30 minutes away, and even though her contractions were coming quicker and quicker, she insisted they would make it.
Eventually, it became obvious that they wouldn’t.
“Something just didn’t feel right, I couldn’t close my legs anymore,” Mitchener said. “When I put my hand down there, I felt a head.”
Amid speeding to the hospital, the cab driver and her fiance reassured her, telling her to take deep breaths and stay calm, “and I’m like, ‘No, her head is in my hands,’” Mitchener said.
Even though she was the one giving birth, she said the only thing she could hope was for the cab driver to get them to the hospital without getting pulled over and for her fiancé to not pass out from the sight of blood.
“My adrenaline was going, so it wasn’t that painful,” she said.
Minutes later, baby Nyomi Ruby Hardy was crying in her arms.
“She was healthy, there were no complications and we came home in the regular two days,” Mitchener said.
Ultimately, she said they’re just thankful the cab driver was so happy to help.
“It was funny but it was inspirational too and helpful,” Mitchener said. “Any cab could have been like, ‘We’re not taking you,’ but he took us and he rode it out.”
