Struck by an overwhelming sense of nausea, Gemma Armstrong thought she was suffering a bout of food poisoning. Returning from work last Monday the 19-year-old made a dash for the bathroom. But rather than a nasty case of gastroenteritis, the teenager was shocked to be in the early stages of labour.
Miss Armstrong, from Alness, Ross-Shire, Scotland, had no idea she was pregnant.
She developed no tell-tale bump and just a month before giving birth to her surprise daughter Orla, the teenager had worn a bikini on a beach holiday in Malta - where partner Daniel Degan works.
With her partner Daniel Degan abroad, Miss Armstrong turned to his mother Katrina and sister Eilidh. The pair delivered their granddaughter and niece on the bathroom floor of their Alness home.
Miss Armstrong said: 'I had absolutely no idea.
'I made Sunday dinner the night before and was up all night with sickness and thought I had given myself food poisoning.
'I went to work on Monday morning, came back at 5pm, went to the toilet and that is when my partner's mother realised that I was having a baby and she delivered her on the bathroom floor with the help of my partner's sister.'
Mr Degan flew home immediately after receiving a call to say he had become a father. Miss Armstrong described the two-hour labour as a 'real family effort'. Ms Degan helped her throughout, and his sister cut the umbilical cord.
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