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Mum 'sets record' after giving birth in 27 seconds in her bathroom

A mum has 'set a record' after giving birth in just 27 seconds after thinking she just needed the loo.

Sophie Bugg, 29, was 38 weeks pregnant when she popped to the toilet in the middle of the night - only be holding her baby in her arms less than a minute later.

Her partner Chris, 32, had to spring into action when he saw Sophie outside the bathroom door with the baby's head between her legs.

Sophie Bugg's daughter Millie was clearly eager to arrive into the world (SWNS)

Just one push later and baby Millie was born into her astonished dad's arms.

The bouncing baby has now settled in with the family at their home in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Mum-of-three Sophie said when she nipped to the toilet, she had no idea her baby was coming.

She said: "She was ridiculously fast! One moment I'm texting my friend on the toilet about needing a poo and seconds later, I've got a baby in my arms.

Proud mum Sophie says she feels sorry for other women who have had to go through labour that last days (SWNS)

"Actually pushing her out from when the lady on the phone told me to push only lasted 27 seconds, it was so fast.

"I had no pains and my waters hadn't broken, there was no realisation I was having her at all. It sounds really crude but it just felt like I needed to go for a poo.

"I had messaged my friend saying I don't feel great, then put the phone down from where I was sat on the loo and went to get up from the toilet.

"As I went to lift myself up, my body just got that feeling like I needed to push for a poo. So I sat back down, pushed, and as soon as I did that push, I knew it was not from behind!

Sophie Bugg, 29, was 38 weeks pregnant when she popped to the toilet in the middle of the night - only be holding her baby in her arms less than a minute later. (SWNS)

"I put my hand between my legs and her head was completely out. I shouted to my partner for help, went from the toilet to outside my toilet door on the top of the stairs, did one push and she was out!"

Incredibly this is the second time Sophie has given birth in the bathroom.

Back in 2013, the mum went to the toilet in the middle of the night and ended up delivering her first baby, Paige, now eight, just 12 minutes later.

Little Paige was born still in her sac, which is why Sophie's waters didn't break, and a paramedic was able to pop the sac safely.

Millie in the ambulance on the way to hospital after her speedy birth (Sophie Bugg / SWNS.COM)

Sophie was then booked in for an induction for her second child Lexie, now two, to ensure she was in hospital this time around.

She gave birth to Lexie just 26 minutes after being induced.

She said: "My first baby was quite an experience - you don't expect anything like that with your first labour, to just be at home and then all of a sudden you've got a baby.

"You don't know what to expect. You get told all these different things from people like you're going to have a show, you'll have waters go, so you're waiting for these things to happen and they didn't for me so I didn't think I was giving birth until her head was out.

"My second baby, the doctors were so worried with the fact of how quickly I had my first that they had me induced so I was in hospital with my second, which was a relief.

"But then my third baby had the exact same plans as my first, but came even quicker! I couldn't believe how quickly she arrived.

Precious little Millie at five weeks old (SWNS)

"My body doesn't give me the signs of labour. My midwife and my consultant told me that I go from zero to baby, I don't dilate like every normal person does.

"I hear people's stories and I know several people who have been in labour for 72 hours and I can't possibly imagine that!

"I've never experienced that - my longest labour was 26 minutes and I've had three children. I do feel sorry for these people who have to go through it."

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