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Alyce Rotunda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sometimes life throws surprises that are both nerve-wracking and unforgettable. For one Michigan family, their daughter\u2019s arrival was just that \u2014 an early delivery in the parking lot of a McDonald\u2019s that ended with a healthy baby, a grateful mom, and a nickname that has people \u201clovin\u2019 it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alyce Rotunda, 32, was expecting her fourth child toward the end of August. But her baby girl decided to come a little early \u2014 and in a very unexpected place. Alyce had already been sent home from the hospital on Aug. 8 with what doctors said was a \u201cfalse alarm.\u201d Just three days later, on her own birthday, the contractions came back, and this time they weren\u2019t letting up.<\/p>\n

Late that night, Alyce called her mother to come watch her three kids \u2014 Genesis, 7, Kevin III, 4, and Boone, 2. She and her husband, Kevin, set out on the 45-minute drive to a hospital in Kalamazoo.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I had to have the baby in the car, then that\u2019s what I was going to do,\u201d Rotunda told Fox News Digital<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for the couple to realize they weren\u2019t going to make it to the hospital. They called 911 and planned to stop at a gas station, but when they arrived, it was nearly 3 a.m. and the station was crowded and bright. Kevin decided to keep driving until they found a quieter spot \u2014 a closed McDonald\u2019s in Schoolcraft.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pain makes you focused on what\u2019s happening and I only had a slight moment of thinking, \u2018Oh my gosh, can I do this?\u2019 as we were pulling into McDonald\u2019s,\u201d Rotunda recalled. \u201cYou just do what you have to do. There\u2019s no sense in fighting anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s exactly what happened.<\/p>\n

Even Kevin, who usually gets queasy at the sight of blood, rose to the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who knows my husband knows that, if you talk about a nosebleed for too long, he gets nauseous. Any blood, anything like that, you see him go white,\u201d Alyce said. \u201cSo for him to go from that, to catching his own child \u2014 I am so thankful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alyce breathed a sigh of relief when she heard her daughter\u2019s cry and saw that she was alert and breathing. It was especially emotional since Alyce\u2019s pregnancies are considered high-risk due to her Type 1 diabetes and history of complications.<\/p>\n

Within ten minutes, paramedics arrived and took the family to the hospital to be checked out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am just so incredibly thankful and blessed that there were no complications for the baby or for me, and the whole experience is wild, but I\u2019m just very thankful,\u201d Alyce said. \u201cI wanted her on my birthday, but she decided to wait three hours, and she gave me a story regardless.\u201d<\/p>\n

The little girl was named Matilda, but her entrance quickly earned her a nickname.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was talking to my husband, and they were talking about nicknames, and he came up with McTilly, and he just thought it was the best thing ever,\u201d Alyce said of her brother-in-law\u2019s idea. \u201cEveryone gets a kick out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even the local McDonald\u2019s got in on the fun, sharing on Facebook: \u201cAlyce and Kevin Rotunda got more than they ordered in the parking lot at the Schoolcraft McDonald\u2019s. During the early morning hours of Aug. 11, they welcomed their beautiful baby girl, Matilda, under the Golden Arches!\u201d<\/p>\n

The post continued, \u201cAlyce and Kevin, we\u2019re glad to know you\u2019ll have a story to tell for years to come. And as for baby Matilda? She\u2019s already part of the McFamily!\u201d<\/p>\n

From a stressful night to a story that will be retold for generations, little \u201cMcTilly\u201d has already made quite an entrance \u2014 and left her family with memories (and laughs) they\u2019ll cherish forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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