Both of Teyana Taylors kids have been delivered by Iman Shumpert in the bathroom
I read and cover a lot of baby & birth/delivery stories, most of which I’m thankfully able to forget pretty quickly. But one story that’s always stuck with me was Teyana Taylor’s birth story for her first child, daughter Junie, in 2015. Teyana was heavily pregnant but she thought she was weeks away from her due date. All of a sudden, she was in labor on the floor of the bathroom of her home, and her partner Iman Shumpert had to deliver Junie because the baby was coming THAT fast. Like, he barely was able to talk to the 911 operator and he had to tie off the umbilical cord with his headphone-cord.
Well, it happened again. Teyana once again thought she was weeks away from her due date, and she and Iman threw themselves a baby shower in their Atlanta home. Just hours after the shower, Teyana gave birth in their bathroom. When Teyana’s babies want to come out, they get in their jet skis and bust out. It’s crazy. Iman posted this on his Instagram:
At 3:28 am on Sept 6th 2020 Rue Rose 🌹 decided that the baby shower thrown for her and mommy was too lit. She didn’t make the party but she managed to make the next day her birthdate!!! Now…when we buy homes, we always find a bathroom with great energy… but not in a million years would you be able to tell me we’d deliver both of our daughters in a bathroom without the assistance of a hospital! Our newest edition entered the world in the water and came out looking around and ready to explore! A healthy child. A little sister. Another daughter. Black love wins….again. Welcome babygirl…we love you! 🌹 @babyruerose
I’m really moved by this? I’m sure Teyana and Iman were like “okay we’re really going to have a birth plan with this one” and those babies are like “nah, I’m going to come out in the bathroom,” and Iman and Teyana just roll with it. I imagine that – because there seem to be zero complications – it’s actually really beautiful to just have your partner/husband deliver the baby so easily. I bet Iman was more prepared this time. And Rue Rose! Cute name.
Photos courtesy of Instagram.
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