What began as an ordinary workday inside an Iowa FedEx facility turned into a moment Amethyst Blumberg will never forget.
Blumberg’s shift in Grimes was winding down early Monday morning when she suddenly felt something was wrong, according to PEOPLE.
With just minutes left on the clock, she headed to the restroom — unaware that she was about to give birth.
According to local outlets KCCI and KENS 5, Blumberg, who did not know she was pregnant, delivered a baby boy inside the FedEx facility on Jan. 26.
She told KCCI she was nearing the end of her shift around 8 a.m. when the urgency hit.
“After that, I couldn’t even get off the toilet,” Blumberg told the outlet and KENS 5, explaining that she managed to call for help by opening the restroom door.
What happened next left no doubt about what was unfolding.
“I get up, and I’m like, I feel his head,” she continued.
Emergency crews from the Johnston-Grimes Fire District rushed to the scene and arrived just moments before the baby was born, according to KCCI.
“We are delivering the baby now,” someone said in audio from radio traffic obtained by the outlet.
A medic told KCCI responders arrived at 8:29 a.m., and the baby was delivered just four minutes later at 8:33 a.m.
Blumberg and her newborn son were transported to a local hospital, where both were reported to be healthy and resting.
The baby boy, named Onyx King Easterlie, weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 19 inches long.
Blumberg, now a mother of two, said the pregnancy was completely different from her first.
“With my first one, I had all the symptoms,” she told KCCI. “With this one, I had nothing at all. I was losing weight at work.”
She said the only indications came at the very end.
“The only thing I felt was when my back started hurting from back labor. And when he was descending, I felt him move,” Blumberg explained.
Describing her newborn as “perfect,” she added, “Our FedEx baby.”
First responders involved in the delivery said the situation, while unusual, ended in the best possible outcome.
“I’ve seen a lot of things in my field, so I don’t get too much surprised anymore,” Nick Pearson of the Johnston-Grimes Fire District said. “I’m just very happy that she was healthy and the baby was healthy.”
