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Three- month-old Addy McMain is pictured on the lap of her mother, Solena. Grandmother Sheila McMains is at right and Dustin Saylor, the father, is at left. ROD ROWE | The Goshen News

February 15, 2012

Baby born in parking lot of Old Bag Factory

By ROD ROWE THE GOSHEN NEWS The Goshen News Wed Feb 15, 2012, 11:00 AM EST

GOSHEN — Three-month-old Adeita McMains was so anxious to come into the world that she couldn’t wait for a short car trip across Goshen to the hospital.

When her mother, Solena McMains, decided her labor was at a point that she should go to the hospital, a friend began driving her from her Wilkinson Street home to IU Health about 9:30 p.m. last Nov. 3.

According to Dustin Saylor, Adeita’s father, as they approached the Old Bag Factory, the baby decided it was time to join the family. The driver pulled into the Bag Factory parking lot to take advantage of the lighting there.

Grandmother Sheila McMains was in the back seat of the car and assisted with the delivery. Goshen paramedics soon arrived to assist and took the mother and her baby on to the hospital.

“It was amazing,” Saylor said. “God was there.”

He said mother and baby are doing fine. The family visited The News office this week to tell their story. Saylor said he and Solena plan to marry on Valentine’s Day in 2013.

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