MESA, Arizona. – Mesa couple Brooklyn and Josh Neely made it to the hospital for the birth of their eldest daughter and son, thinking they had their third birth under control.
It turned out that baby Jenevieve had other plans and was born two weeks early.
“I would say it’s like in the movies. I never thought this would happen to me,” Brooklyn said.
At around 3:30 a.m. on Monday, the Neely family’s Ring camera caught Josh loading the car for the trip to the hospital when he heard his wife, Brooklyn, screaming at the top of her lungs.
Josh ran back into the house and they both knew they wouldn’t make it to the hospital in time.
“OK, everything will be fine”
“I mean, it happened so fast and like he said, by the time I got on the bed, her head was already out and, you know, what do you do then?” Brooklyn said. “Get the rest of her out, I guess!”
Josh called 911 at around 3:45 a.m. Jenevieve Neely was born happy and healthy, weighing 7 pounds.
“When the baby was born, I held it for maybe two minutes and Rural Metro was right outside the door,” Josh said.
“I asked, ‘Is she OK?’ and he said, ‘She’s beautiful,’ and I was like, ‘OK, it’s going to be OK,'” Brooklyn said.
Her oldest child was wide awake after hearing his mother’s screams, so 5-year-old Shane took on his first big task as Jenevieve’s big brother and greeted the paramedics at the door.
“They’re right here,” Shane could be heard saying over the Ring camera.
First responders quickly took Brooklyn and baby Jenevieve to the hospital.
“I was always close to her, training her and cheering her on, but I never expected that I would be the one down there,” Josh said.
A scary moment for these high school sweethearts as they add a new milestone to their love story.
“One of the most beautiful things I have ever seen, apart from my wife,” he added.
They said maybe another baby was planned, but not another home birth.
Next time, they say, they will be better prepared just in case.
