Mom gives birth in school parking lot on the way to the hospital

Mom gives birth to baby girl in school parking lot

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A new mom is resting tonight after giving birth in a high school parking lot.

Mom gave birth Monday night in her car in the parking lot of Fremd High School in Palatine.

The baby's grandmother was driving mom to the hospital, when mom realized the baby was coming, and they weren't going to make it to the hospital.

Mom gave birth to baby Braelynn before paramedics arrived.

"Thankfully it was a normal childbirth except for being in a car," Palatine Fire Department Deputy Chief Anthony Lavacchi said in an email.

Baby Braelynn was born in the parking lot of Fremd High School when her mother realized she wasn't going to make it to the hospital after going into labor. Photo supplied to CBS

Paramedics took mom and her baby to Northwest Community Hospital in good condition.

Grandma told CBS 2 this was mom's fifth child

Both mom and baby are doing well, and expect to go home on Wednesday.

Mom holds her newborn daughter Braelynn Photo supplied to CBS

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