Woman gives birth to baby boy in a California supermarket

Quick-thinking employees rushed to help a pregnant woman deliver her baby boy in the middle of a California supermarket. 

The woman had just walked into the El Parian market shortly before 7pm Tuesday evening when suddenly went into labor. 

Store owner Issamar Sepulveda told the Washington Post that the woman, who is a regular customer, had walked over to the soda fountain and started filling her cup with ice when she she started screaming. 

Quick-thinking employees rushed to help a pregnant woman (pictured) deliver her baby boy in the middle of a California supermarket. Video shows the woman falling to the floor inside the market 

The woman had just walked into the El Parian market shortly before 7pm Tuesday evening when suddenly went into labor

Store owner Issamar Sepulveda (pictured) said: ‘I heard her scream, “Oh my God, I think I’m having my baby!” said Sepulveda. ‘It happened in like seconds’

‘I heard her scream, “Oh my God, I think I’m having my baby!” said Sepulveda. ‘It happened in like seconds.’

Several employees called 911 but were all put on hold. That’s when they had no other option but to take matters into their own hands.  

Video of the birth shows the moment the woman fell to the ground as the employees rushed over. 

They all got down on the floor with her as they prepared to deliver the baby boy. 

In the video, the store’s butcher, Alberto Casias, is seen taking off his burgundy apron and catching the baby boy. 

Video also showed the moment paramedics arrived. They are seen in the video wrapping the baby (left and right) up and taking him and his mother to a hospital

Sepulveda said she went to visit the woman and her baby at the hospital. She said that both the mom and eight-pound baby, Toby, are doing well

But once the baby was delivered, Sepulveda said she noticed that the umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby’s neck. 

She then yelled for a pair of scissors and cut the cord from the baby’s neck. 

‘I thought, “What if the baby dies right here because I’m not doing this right?”‘ she told the Post.

Still, the baby wasn’t in the clear. All of a sudden the newborn started to turn purple. 

Finally, after several calls to 911, emergency responders reassured the employees that the baby was just cold. 

Casias then got his sweater from the butcher area and wrapped the baby, according to the Post. 

Video also showed the moment paramedics arrived. They are seen in the video wrapping the baby up and taking him and his mother to a hospital.

Sepulveda said she went to visit the woman and her baby at the hospital.

She told the Post that both the mom and eight-pound baby, Toby, are doing well. 

Sepulveda (right in light blue) said it took ‘teamwork’ to deliver the little bundle of joy 

Toby’s birth took place at the El Parian supermarket in Fresno, California 

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