Amazing pictures show baby girl’s birth in car on highway roadside

INCREDIBLE images have been captured showing the moment a woman gave birth on the side of a north west Victorian road.

Breanna Gravener gave birth in her car near Bendigo. MUST CREDIT Thebirthstory.com.au Birth OF MATILDA

INCREDIBLE images have been captured showing the moment a woman gave birth on the side of a north west Victorian road.

Corinne Cinatl was rushing to Castlemaine Hospital with husband Mishi and their son Charlie, 3, when their baby girl couldn’t hold on any longer.

Parking near an apple shop on the Midland Highway at Barkers Creek, Mrs Cinatl gave birth to Matilda in the front passenger seat of the car.

Baby Matilda shortly after her birth. Picture: Thebirthstory.com.au

“I didn’t think she would come so quickly,” she said.

“I just closed my eyes and focused on my breathing.”

Mrs Cinatl, a hypnobirthing teacher, said she managed to relax and let her body do the work.

Proud parents Corinne Cinatl and husband Mishi. Picture: Thebirthstory.com.au

All the while, she didn’t realise her birth photographer, Breanna Gravener, had tailed them to the hospital and captured images of the rare moment.

“I saw her and I said, ‘Oh my God, Bree’.

“She said, ‘I got everything’.

“I was completely elated when I knew she got all the pictures because the whole experience was so surreal.

“I kind of needed the photos to know it was real.”

Mishi Cinatl makes those important calls with son Charlie, 3. Picture: Thebirthstory.com.au

While giving birth on the side of the road wasn’t the ideal experience, Mrs Cinatl believes it was meant to be.

The Little Red Apple shop was just nearby, making her feel as though her grandfather, who worked on an orchard, was looking out for them.

“It made me feel like he was looking over,” she said. “It was pretty special.”

Mishi and Charlie watch mum Corinne bond with newborn Matlida. Picture: Thebirthstory.com.au

The Bendigo parents will now cherish 40 beautiful images that tell the story of their daughter’s welcome into the world.

Now six weeks old, baby Matilda is happy and healthy.

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