Woman who didn’t know she was pregnant gave birth alone in the shower

Dimitty felt a sudden urge to push (Photos: Dimitty Bonnett/SWNS)

A girl obtained the shock of her life when she gave delivery alone within the bathe – having had no thought she was pregnant.

Already a mum-of-two, Dimitty Bonnet, 28, had given up hope of getting one other baby and was completely baffled when she felt the sudden urge to push whereas within the bathe – catching the infant’s head between her legs.

Dimitty and husband, Jason, 42, – who're mother and father to Nate, 5, and Darci, three – thought that their household was full and had stopped attempting to have any extra kids.

Dimitty had common durations and had even achieved a adverse being pregnant check a couple of weeks earlier than the shock delivery at 1.30am on February 26 2022.

Her husband was in mattress on the time, and as she known as out for assist he rushed into the toilet to seek out his spouse lined in blood and holding a child.

She had no concept that something was fallacious till she began to really feel ‘a bit off’ the night earlier than she gave delivery.

Dimitty Bonnett and husband Jason have already got two youngsters (Image: Dimitty Bonnett/SWNS)

Dimitty, an admin supervisor, from New South Wales, Australia, says: ‘My weight has fluctuated my entire life, so I didn’t suppose something of it once I placed on a couple of kilos. I assumed it was only a little bit of lockdown weight, and it was nothing too noticeable.

‘I’d flown on a airplane a month earlier than, and even had an x-ray after a rugby harm six weeks earlier than I gave delivery. There was no a part of me that thought I could possibly be anticipating – to make sure I even took a check a month earlier than giving delivery and it got here again adverse.

‘The night earlier than he was born, I simply felt a bit yuck. My abdomen felt a bit off, so I put the youngsters to mattress and obtained an early evening myself.

Child Harvey was born wholesome and a superb weight (Image: Dimitty Bonnett/SWNS)

‘I awakened round 1am, and felt so uncomfortable. It was like I actually wanted the bathroom, however I wasn’t capable of go. The ache began to worsen, so I made a decision to have a bathe to make myself really feel higher.

‘I didn’t wish to wake my husband, so I stored the sunshine off and showered at midnight.

‘I felt a sudden urge to push, and the subsequent factor I knew, I used to be holding a child’s head.’

‘It was such an enormous shock that the primary few days are a little bit of a blur’ (Image: Dimitty Bonnett/SWNS)

In a state of shock and confusion, Dimitty managed to sit down down on the ground at midnight, and after a remaining push, her child was born within the early hours.

She known as for her husband, Jason, who rushed into the toilet and was shocked to seek out his spouse cradling their new child son.

The panicked pair known as for an ambulance, which arrived round quarter-hour later – simply in time to assist Dimitty ship the placenta.

After the paramedics minimize the wire and made positive that mum and child had been okay, they took the household to Campbelltown Hospital, New South Wales, the place the pair had been monitored for twenty-four hours.

Dimitty’s older kids Nate and Darci had been delighted with the brand new arrival (Image: Dimitty Bonnet/SWNS)

Dimitty and Jason named their shock child boy, Harvey Eric Barry Timmins, and he weighed 6lbs 8oz.

While Dimitty was within the hospital, the mother and father facetimed Nate and Darci, telling them ‘Mummy has a shock’, earlier than exhibiting them their new sibling.

They had been each over the moon.

‘It was such an enormous shock that the primary few days are a little bit of a blur,’ Dimitty explains.

‘My older youngsters had been so excited once we instructed them, significantly my daughter as she’s all the time wished to be a giant sister. She’s so caring and has taken on her new function rather well.

Family and friends chipped in to donate child provides (Image: Dimitty Bonnet/SWNS)

‘Our household and mates have all been so supportive as we weren’t ready in any respect – in actual fact we’d thrown away all our previous child stuff a month earlier than.

‘However everybody got here collectively to ensure we had a pram, garments, nappies, and a mattress for him.

‘It took us about 24 hours to give you a reputation for him, however we selected Harvey after Jason’s grandfather, which is basically particular.’

Dimitty says her two different pregnancies had been so totally different, and she or he by no means thought one thing like this might occur.

‘It’s taken my mind and physique a little bit of time to course of what’s occurred, however we're discovering our toes and feeling extra settled now,’ she provides.

‘He’s such a tremendous child and we really feel so fortunate to have him be part of the household, even when it was fairly a shock at first.’