A woman gave birth to a healthy 9-pound baby boy on a roadside as she drove herself to a hospital.

Devi Ostler, 32, began her labor right before getting in her car. Her labor got more intense as she was driving along the interstate highway, triggering her to call 911.

Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Jalaine Hawkes said Ostler was initially calm during her conversation with the dispatcher, but later told 911 her water bag broke and that she already needed to move to the other land and push.

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She gave her complete name, and the details of the car she was driving, then exclaimed that the baby was coming.

Ostler, who drove from the North Ogden area, pulled over the side of Interstate 15, the highway that runs from south to central Utah. 911 dispatcher Brittney Chugg helped her through her labor and instructed her to lay her seat back and breathe through contractions.

Police Chief Jean Loveland who came from a nearby town and Utah Highway Patrol trooper Josh Carr rushed to the scene. Ostler gave birth to her 9.9-pound baby boy just seconds after the two officers arrived.

"He came right out in my hands," said Carr. The officer told Ostler she had just given birth to a baby boy, a news the mother heard for the first time. "It was very emotional. Probably next to my own children's' birth, it was a very satisfying moment in my career." Carr added

The newborn is Ostler's third child. She said, the contractions began as she was driving her 6-year old son to her mother's house. When the contractions came minutes apart, she knew the baby was coming.

On Sunday, Ostler recounted how she fought to stay calm because she knew panicking would not help. She set her mind to the possibility that she would deliver the child on her own if no one got to her in time.

The mother and the baby, wrapped in a sweat shirt, were taken immediately to a hospital in Brigham City, north of Salt Lake City. Both were in good and stable condition. The baby was supposed to be due 3 days later.

Officials said roadside births happen occasionally in Utah, where people from far-flung areas find it hard to get to hospitals quick.

Highway troopers have been trained to respond to roadside births and are equipped with complete delivery kits. When babies are born, it is not just a happy occasion for mothers, but for emergency crew as well.

In June 2013, another Utah woman gave birth to twins on the side of Interstate 80. Both babies were brought to a hospital in good condition.

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