Teyana Taylor Went Into Labor in Her Bathroom; Delivers Baby Girl Into Her Fiance Iman Shumpert’s Hands

R&B singer Teyana Taylor and her fiance, the NBA's Iman Shumpert, became parents to a bouncing baby girl Wednesday morning.

But Taylor didn't have an ordinary delivery. In an Instagram post, she describes how she went into labor in her bathroom at home, and how she didn't even know she was in labor until she felt the baby's head coming out.

"Not knowing I was in labor until I felt her head...it took two ten count pushes with my fiancé playing Dr and she entered this world into his bare hands!" Taylor recalls.

On Dec 16th at 6:42am in our bathroom Junie decided she wanted to take her first breath into this world. She came out as a wonderful surprise to everyone! Not knowing I was in labor until I felt her head...it took two ten count pushes with my fiancé playing Dr and she entered this world into his bare hands! Eyes full of tears and barely able to speak to the emergency operator @imanshumpert tied a pair of red headphones around the umbilical cord and the ambulance made there grand entrance 5 min later. She opened her eyes right away, gazed into mine and never cried! He handed her to me wrapped in our bath towel and wiped her face for me to see what LOVE really is. She has blown Christmas away! Our family is complete. Her blueprint will be unmatched. Welcome Iman Tayla Shumpert Jr. Mommy carried you. Daddy delivered you. #MeetTheParents we love you baby girl💂🏾🐞👶🏾

Taylor said that Shumpert, of the Cleveland Cavaliers, played doctor and was quick on his feet, tying "a pair of red headphones around the umbilical cord." Good thinking, Iman! "[T]he ambulance made their grand entrance 5 min later."

Of Iman Tayla Shumpert Jr.'s arrival, Taylor continued, "She opened her eyes right away, gazed into mine and never cried! He handed her to me wrapped in our bath towel and wiped her face for me to see what LOVE really is."

What a wonderful story and a wonderful gift from God this holiday season. Congratulations to Taylor and Shumpert.

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Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele is a staff writer at The Root and the founder and executive producer of Lectures to Beats, a Web series that features video interviews with scarily insightful people. Follow Lectures to Beats on Facebook and Twitter.