Aine Laffan (34) marked her unforgettable new year by delivering her son Odhran on the kitchen floor.
Aine from Lisnagry, had wanted a home birth, but didn’t expect it so soon, little Odhran arrived three weeks ahead of schedule.
“I’m feeling great, tired, but great. I’ll never forget it; I had him in the kitchen, on the floor. We’ll never be able to look at the spot on the floor in the same way,” Aine laughed.
Proud dad Denis Kelly, raced from his family home in Roscommon to be with Aine, to “catch” his son who arrived home at 4.42am.
“I got down around 12.30am, and Aine woke me at 3.40am. I caught (Odhran) as he came out, and the ambulance arrived on ten minutes later,” Mr Kelly said.
“I’m very excited. He was three weeks early so we never expected it to happen when it did. We’re very lucky everything went ok.”
“We had wanted a home birth but we didn’t think it would happen like it did. He still came at our home,” he said.
Beaming mum Aine added: “We had a few complications, as he was in a breech position, but in the end everything went ok; It was a lovely experience.”