Baby born in car boosts bond between parents
AFTER failing to conceive for more than a year, Tebogo Setsetse and Sindile Mahlangu from Silverton were blessed with a positive pregnancy test.
But little did they know that when the time came to deliver the baby, it would be in their family car.
On September 16 came the anticipated labour pains, and the mother, excited, jumped into the car to be driven to
Mamelodi Hospital, where she was due to give birth.
But Baby Kemiso had other plans and would not wait to get to the comfort of a hospital bed, instead forcing the mother to give birth inside the car.
Mahlangu has an 8-yearold son and Setsetse two daughters from previous relationships.
Kemiso is their first child together.
Mahlangu had expected to give birth between September 17 and 20, but in the early hours of that Thursday morning, labour pains started and intensified.
“On the way to the hospital, my partner was driving like Michael Schumacher, and I think that also intensified the pain, broke the water, and rushed baby Kemiso,” she said.
The father continued: “Within a minute after telling me that the water broke, she said the baby was coming. I panicked and thought maybe the baby was stuck. I then lost control of the car and hit the pavement, but after a few seconds, I heard a baby cry.”
They said that the experience drew them closer together and to their child as well.
The baby girl has three names – Kemiso, Paris and Nanku. “We love Paris as it is known as the City of Love. We hope to go there one day, and Nanku is my mom’s name, who sadly passed on last year,” Setsetse said.