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ROCKLIN, Calif. — On Sept. 3, Elijah Meeker got the birthday gift of a lifetime: He got to deliver his son.
Wife Celeste Meeker woke up just after 4 a.m. on Elijah’s birthday. She knew it was time to head to the hospital. Actually, the time to go to the hospital would have been a few hours earlier. The surprise appearance by baby Augustine Blue Meeker (the family calls him August) happened sooner — way sooner — than expected. Even though the couple had been through this before with their other three kids, they thought they had timed it right.
“Honestly, I thought I had time,” Celeste, 34, told Fox 40 News. “I didn’t want to be dramatic.” But the way their baby came into the world was exactly that — dramatic. Mom did her best to keep the baby from coming out too soon. “I sat up thinking, ‘Oh, I’ll just hold him in,’ and the pain was overwhelming, excruciating.”
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