Cherry Hill woman helps daughter deliver baby in a car just hours after her own mother died - 6abc Philadelphia
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Cherry Hill woman helps daughter deliver baby in a car just hours after her own mother died
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Friday, February 28, 2025

CHERRY HILL, N.J. (WPVI) -- At just 6.5 lbs, baby Noah couldn't wait and arrived nearly 2 weeks early.

> "Just still can't believe he's here and everything happened the way it did, but just very thankful," said Alysa West, Noah's mother.

But was it coincidence or fate?

Alysa said her lunch was cut short at her mother's house in Cherry Hill, New Jersey on February 25 when suddenly she had a contraction.

> "We hopped in the car, drove halfway down the street, and she started screaming 'Mom, my water just broke,'" said Elissa Danielle West, Alysa's mother.

Immediately after, the top of the baby's head popped out, and a few seconds later, a baby boy emerged. The West family was in shock and overwhelmed. "I thought I was dead," Alyssa told NBC News. "They just sat there and looked at us, and they said 'Everything is going to be okay.' And we said, 'Let's get in the car and get back home' and we drove back to our house."

Elissa said her mother's condition was deteriorating, but she was determined to hold on to Noah. "My mother loved holding babies, and unfortunately, she won't get to hold this one, but she's there," said Elissa.

Noah was born 2 weeks early, with a healthy and stable condition. "He was the most beautiful thing I ever saw," Elissa said.

> "He would be my baby," Elissa said. "He would be my son."

Alyssa and Noah are expected to go home on Saturday, with the family's funeral scheduled for March 8.

The West family is still in the process of planning the funeral, but it will be on March 8 - which was Noah's due date.

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