--- title: Massachusetts Woman Has Baby on Street in Surprise Pregnancy description: A Massachusetts woman didn't know she was pregnant until she was in excruciating pain, and started giving birth on the sidewalk canonical: https://time.com/4816109/massachusetts-woman-unexpected-pregnancy/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-13T13:26:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:26.350Z og:title: Woman Who Didn't Know She Was Pregnant Has Baby on Sidewalk og:description: "I was like ‘Huh?’ But she’s gorgeous” og:url: https://time.com/4816109/massachusetts-woman-unexpected-pregnancy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte197f54be46fb0ea/6988d091cf40a89ba4c48066/gettyimages-512158496.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Baby Names og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Woman Who Didn't Know She Was Pregnant Has Baby on Sidewalk twitter:description: "I was like ‘Huh?’ But she’s gorgeous” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte197f54be46fb0ea/6988d091cf40a89ba4c48066/gettyimages-512158496.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Woman Who Didn’t Know She Was Pregnant Unexpectedly Gives Birth on Sidewalk by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 13, 2017 1:26 PM UTC  Baby shoes with labels of names. Baby shoes with labels of names.Getty Images/iStockphoto by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 13, 2017 1:26 PM UTC A Massachusetts woman who had no idea she was pregnant unexpectedly gave [birth](http://time.com/4809377/john-legend-chrissy-teigen-baby-at-baseball/) on she street on Monday. Christine Harvey of Malden, Mass. was in so much excruciating pain that she had arranged for her friend to give her a ride to the hospital. But she never made it to the hospital — instead, going into labor and giving birth to a[ newborn baby](http://time.com/4815554/please-dont-ever-call-me-or-my-family-basically-white/) on the street, according to Boston’s [WCVB-TV](http://www.wcvb.com/article/surprise-woman-gives-birth-to-baby-girl-on-malden-sidewalk/10014310). Harvey told her boyfriend, Doug Rogers, she was experiencing intense cramps, not realizing they were actually contractions ahead of labor, according to WCVB. “She went from here to there, and the baby came,” Rogers told the local news station. Before first responders arrived at the scene, Harvey gave birth to a 6-pound, 6-ounce baby girl. “She was holding something really small, and there was a lot of blood,” Rogers said, adding that he was pleasantly surprised by the unexpected addition. “I held her. 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