I remember thinking 'oh my goodness' because I didn't know I was pregnant until I gave birth in the street
Lytham mum thought she was experiencing severe period pain.
A professional dancer from Lytham who gave birth in the middle of the street didn't even know she was pregnant.
Katie Brown appeared on ITV show This Morning with new baby William, who she gave birth to despite having no obvious warning signs that she was expecting.
She told the show’s hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary that she thought she was experiencing severe period pain in the early hours of the morning.
The former pupil of St Bede's RC High School said she was experiencing monthly periods and did not have an obvious pregnancy bump.
"It was about 4am and I was having my period at the time - I was having normal periods every month,” she said.
"I woke up and I thought I'm having period pains, so I went and got some painkillers, and then I couldn't sit down.
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"It got to about 7am, and I thought, 'I can't do this anymore, I'm going to have to go to A&E.'"
When her pain intensified, she told her mother, who suspected appendicitis, and the emergency services were called but Katie did not make it into the ambulance.
She gave birth on her hands and knees in the street at around 9.40am.
Katie said: "I thought something had happened to my bowels.
"I was facing a lamp post and heard the baby cry.
"I remember thinking 'oh my goodness' and the lamp post was my only focus."
Katie had previously experienced a typical pregnancy with her daughter, including a visible bump and morning sickness, but this time there were no obvious signs.
She said her partner was "very shocked but great at calming us down and he's been so supportive".