Overview
- Amethyst Blumberg, nearing the end of her shift around 8 a.m. in Grimes, felt an urgent need to use the restroom and soon realized she was in labor.
- Johnston-Grimes Fire District crews reached the facility at 8:29 a.m., and the baby was born at 8:33 a.m., according to medic accounts and radio traffic.
- The delivery occurred on the workplace floor after coworkers responded to her calls for help, with responders heard saying, "We are delivering the baby now."
- Blumberg said she had no pregnancy symptoms and even lost weight during the pregnancy, describing only back labor and fetal descent at the end.
- She and her son, Onyx King Easterlie, weighing 6 pounds, 8 ounces and measuring 19 inches, were taken to a hospital and reported healthy and resting.