A birth photographer who was fortunate enough to follow the mother’s car as she gave birth on the side of the road while traveling to the hospital was able to capture this amazing moment. The front seat of the family car was where Corinne Cinatl, 29, of Bendigo, Victoria, welcomed her daughter Matilda in front of her husband and son, who was three years old. But little did she know that Breanna Gravener, 28, a friend and birth photographer, was following the family in case anything unexpected occurred on the way to the hospital. Ms. Cinatl experienced rib discomfort on May 21 at 2:40 a.m. but dismissed it because it had been happening every night for the previous two weeks. Upon awakening and stretching six times in three hours, she realized she was actually awakened by contractions.
A birth photographer who was fortunate enough to follow the mother’s car as she gave birth on the side of the road while traveling to the hospital was able to capture this amazing moment. The front seat of the family car was where Corinne Cinatl, 29, of Bendigo, Victoria, welcomed her daughter Matilda in front of her husband and son, who was three years old. But little did she know that Breanna Gravener, 28, a friend and birth photographer, was following the family in case anything unexpected occurred on the way to the hospital. Ms. Cinatl experienced rib discomfort on May 21 at 2:40 a.m. but dismissed it because it had been happening every night for the previous two weeks. Upon awakening, 29, had timed her and noticed they were only four minutes apart.
He started packing up in the car to the hospital and contacted Ms Cinatl’s midwife and birth photographer to let them know the labor was progressing quickly.
“I think I have more time,” Ms. Cinatl said.
‘Our Doula told my husband to get me out of the bathroom because I didn’t want to get out of there, she knew I needed to go to the hospital.
‘I was reluctant to go out, and things really sped up, I could hardly get from room to room without having to stop to speed up.’
The family got in their car to begin the 35-minute drive to the hospital, unaware that photographer Gravener had already arrived at their home before they left and followed them ‘in case something happens on the road’.
Miss Cinatl was very uncomfortable sitting upright in the car, and at one point she exclaimed: ‘I don’t want to do this in the car, it’s so hard!’
She had been on the road for about 20 minutes when she realized she wanted to stop. When Mrs. Cinatl’s water broke and she said she could feel the baby’s head, Mr. Cinatl grudgingly stopped thinking they might go to the hospital. I was astonished and delighted when I bent down and felt a warm small head, said Ms. Cinatl. Then my husband stopped the car, hopped out, and proceeded to the passenger side to open the door. For me, the baby’s head fully emerged with a stream of warm amniotic fluid when I pulled my butt out of the chair and barely had time to pull my jeans down to mid-thigh. slipped into her father’s arms, I bent down to pick her up down to pick her up and bring her to my chest. Ms. Cinatl said she didn’t think she was in the car. working in an upright position in the car, that’s not the position I chose,” she said.
Meanwhile, Miss Gravener also pulled over and grabbed her camera to run around to the passenger door. ‘Almost the first image I shot was of the baby coming in so I didn’t miss a second,’ Ms. Gravener told Daily Mail Australia. We were all genuinely happy and there was no tension among us, which was wonderful. We immediately noticed that her infant was doing well.
Ms. Cinatl was startled to discover that the woman who had asked her if everything was well after the birth was none other than Mr. Gravener, who had captured the entire episode on video. It’s strange that it occurs in automobiles. Although it wasn’t stressful, I had to pinch myself afterwards to be sure it truly did happen that way.
After giving birth, Mr Cinatl called an ambulance and the family was taken to the hospital to cut Matilda’s umbilical cord. Ms. Cinatl and Matilda were healthy and were discharged six hours later. Ms Cinatl wants other mothers to know that if they find themselves in a similar situation it is not necessarily a cause for concern.
