"On Aug. 10, which also happened to be Rotunda's birthday, she was certain she was in labor. Hospital staff, however, sent her home, insisting she was not, but by the evening, her contractions were coming hard and fast once again, signaling that there was no time to waste. Rotunda's husband, Kevin II, called his mother-in-law - at this point it was around 2 a.m. - to let her know it was go time."
"With the dispatcher on speakerphone, Kevin II pulled into a bright McDonald's parking lot. Rotunda remembers stumbling out of the minivan, with Kevin II trying to help her out of her pants. "The 911 operator was yelling at me to get back in the car, and then a police officer showed up with his spotlight on us, saying, 'You need to get back in your vehicle,'" Rotunda recalls, laughing. "I just screamed, 'NO!'" There was no way I could do anything other than stand"
""Her birth was a STORY, but we will save that for another day," Rotunda wrote on Facebook. That day has finally arrived, and Rotunda is now sharing the full tale of Matilda's dramatic debut in a McDonald's parking lot. The Rotundas had always planned to call Matilda "Tilly." But after their little nugget's unexpected arrival under the golden arches - a detail reflected on her birth certificate - the family now lovingly calls her "McTilly.""
Alyce Rotunda gave birth to her fourth child, Matilda, in a McDonald's parking lot after hospital staff sent her home earlier in the day. The birth occurred on Aug. 10, which was also Rotunda's birthday. Contractions returned that evening and intensified, prompting husband Kevin II to drive rapidly toward the hospital while calling 911. Kevin II pulled into a McDonald's parking lot with the dispatcher on speakerphone as Rotunda exited the minivan. A police officer arrived and urged them to get back in the vehicle, but Rotunda could not. The family planned the name Tilly but recorded Matilda as 'McTilly' on the birth certificate.
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