Mother gives birth in her husband's car for the second time in four years

A mother has delivered her own baby on the back seat of her husband’s car - for a second time. Frantic Faye Lygo was racing to hospital with husband Carl when baby Rex, weighing 9lb 7oz, popped out in the back of their Land Rover.

Amazingly, it was the second time it had happened to the couple, with daughter Scarlet born in a Range Rover outside a soup factory in the same village four years ago. The mother-of-five from Blean near Canterbury, Kent, whose first two children were born after labours lasting a combined 42 hours, said:



‘For it to happen once was something in itself, but to happen twice is extraordinary. You just wouldn’t expect it in a million years. The doctors and nurses said it was unheard of and even we’re still trying to take in what happened.’ The couple thought about naming their latest addition after the car he was born in, but settled on Rex.

The 43-year-old father said: ‘We did think about Rover, but it sounded too much like a dog’s name, so Rex was the closest we could get. It’s certainly a story to tell them when they’re older. We’re just hoping Scarlet doesn’t think Rex has stolen her thunder.’