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'Bucket loads of love': Baby born in parking lot of KFC earns sweet nickname
A couple in England recently welcomed their baby boy in the parking lot of their favorite KFC restaurant, and their special nickname for their son commemorates his unique birth story.
Katie Murphy and her partner Stephen Kirby went to the hospital to give birth to their baby but were told they had come in too soon.
They left, but later that day headed back to the hospital. This time, they were too late.
Baby Cody was born in the parking lot of a KFC before paramedics could arrive.
He earned himself the nickname "Colonel Cody" for his unique entrance into the world.
Katie Murphy, 33, had begun experiencing labor pains at home the morning of August 29 when her partner, Stephen Kirby, 32, drove her to the hospital. The hospital sent Murphy home, telling her it was too early for her to deliver the baby. But Murphy’s labor pains continued and the couple headed to the hospital again that evening.
But the baby wouldn't wait.
“My water broke and…as we had to ring an ambulance, my partner could only get into the KFC car park, and I gave birth at KFC car park before the ambulances could get here, in the front seat,” Murphy recalled.
Kirby caught his son just as he was born, the couple said.
Ambulance staff soon arrived on the scene.
“Thankfully, the ambulances arrived shortly after and the amazing staff took us to the hospital directly, with my shell-shocked partner following closely behind us in the car,” said Murphy.
Baby Cody weighed a healthy 7 pounds, 8 ounces and quickly became a favorite of the midwifery staff, who ordered KFC in his honor, Murphy recounted.
“It was decided that we have to take him to KFC for his first birthday and get him his first weekend job there,” Murphy said.
Inspired by his unique birthplace, Cody’s parents have come up with a special nickname for him — Colonel Cody — after Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of KFC.
“We call him Colonel Cody, and I think that nickname will definitely stick with him for life… It was definitely not the birth I expected, but it was worth every bit of pain, and now he has a very weird story to tell his school friends when he grows up,” Murphy said.
KFC staff are also celebrating Cody’s birth.
"We're honored to have been the place of Cody's birth and are sending bucket loads of love to the whole family, along with some KFC merch and vouchers to help them celebrate,” stated a member of the KFC team.
Cody has joined his four-year-old big sister at home, and the happy parents are thankful for the first responders and hospital staff who made sure mom and baby were well cared for.
Cody is not the first baby to be born in a restaurant parking lot.
Analysia Beck gave birth to her son Micah in the snow at a Wisconsin McDonald's parking lot. Baby Micah was fittingly dubbed "Little McFlurry."
Sha’nya Bennett gave birth outside of a Krispy Kreme in Alabama. Krispy Kreme promised baby Dallas a yearly birthday party until adulthood.
Michelle Cisneros gave birth to her daughter Valentina in the parking lot of a Jack in the Box restaurant in California.
“In life, there are a lot of things you can prepare for,” Valentina's father, Darren Campbell, said. “You can’t prepare for delivering your child in the passenger seat of your car.”
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'Bucket loads of love': Baby born in parking lot of KFC earns sweet nickname
A couple in England recently welcomed their baby boy in the parking lot of their favorite KFC restaurant, and their special nickname for their son commemorates his unique birth story.
Katie Murphy and her partner Stephen Kirby went to the hospital to give birth to their baby but were told they had come in too soon.
They left, but later that day headed back to the hospital. This time, they were too late.
Baby Cody was born in the parking lot of a KFC before paramedics could arrive.
He earned himself the nickname "Colonel Cody" for his unique entrance into the world.
Katie Murphy, 33, had begun experiencing labor pains at home the morning of August 29 when her partner, Stephen Kirby, 32, drove her to the hospital. The hospital sent Murphy home, telling her it was too early for her to deliver the baby. But Murphy’s labor pains continued and the couple headed to the hospital again that evening.
But the baby wouldn't wait.
“My water broke and…as we had to ring an ambulance, my partner could only get into the KFC car park, and I gave birth at KFC car park before the ambulances could get here, in the front seat,” Murphy recalled.
Kirby caught his son just as he was born, the couple said.
Ambulance staff soon arrived on the scene.
“Thankfully, the ambulances arrived shortly after and the amazing staff took us to the hospital directly, with my shell-shocked partner following closely behind us in the car,” said Murphy.
Baby Cody weighed a healthy 7 pounds, 8 ounces and quickly became a favorite of the midwifery staff, who ordered KFC in his honor, Murphy recounted.
“It was decided that we have to take him to KFC for his first birthday and get him his first weekend job there,” Murphy said.
Inspired by his unique birthplace, Cody’s parents have come up with a special nickname for him — Colonel Cody — after Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of KFC.
“We call him Colonel Cody, and I think that nickname will definitely stick with him for life… It was definitely not the birth I expected, but it was worth every bit of pain, and now he has a very weird story to tell his school friends when he grows up,” Murphy said.
KFC staff are also celebrating Cody’s birth.
"We're honored to have been the place of Cody's birth and are sending bucket loads of love to the whole family, along with some KFC merch and vouchers to help them celebrate,” stated a member of the KFC team.
Cody has joined his four-year-old big sister at home, and the happy parents are thankful for the first responders and hospital staff who made sure mom and baby were well cared for.
Cody is not the first baby to be born in a restaurant parking lot.
Analysia Beck gave birth to her son Micah in the snow at a Wisconsin McDonald's parking lot. Baby Micah was fittingly dubbed "Little McFlurry."
Sha’nya Bennett gave birth outside of a Krispy Kreme in Alabama. Krispy Kreme promised baby Dallas a yearly birthday party until adulthood.
Michelle Cisneros gave birth to her daughter Valentina in the parking lot of a Jack in the Box restaurant in California.
“In life, there are a lot of things you can prepare for,” Valentina's father, Darren Campbell, said. “You can’t prepare for delivering your child in the passenger seat of your car.”
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