Paul Valen Gomez Jr. came into this world Friday morning at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, just as his mother planned.

Not in mom's plan? Giving birth in her car in the hospital parking garage.

Natalie Diaz of Fort Worth said she started having contractions about 2:30 a.m. They were coming about 10 minutes apart, and a call to the midwife reassured her there was no rush.

"Take your time; take a warm bath," the midwife told Diaz, 23.

Diaz took a shower and the contractions came faster and stronger. When they were four minutes apart, Diaz and her fiancé, Paul Gomez, dropped her two kids at her mom's house and headed for the hospital about 6:30 a.m.

From there, things happened a little faster than they figured.

By the time they pulled into the parking garage, Diaz was pulling down her pants.

Her shocked fiancé grabbed a pillow. "Cover yourself! There are people here!" Gomez told her.

"Babe, we're gonna make it," he reassured her.

"No, we're not," Diaz said.

She said she needed to push, and soon the baby's head appeared. Gomez raced for help, but Diaz was pulling their son out as he got back to the car.

"He looked like he was gonna faint," she said of the first-time dad.

A team of nurses arrived, including labor and delivery nurse Amy Staton.

"The baby was sitting there with mom, on her chest," Staton said.

The nurses talked Diaz through delivering her placenta where she sat.

"My car is a complete mess," Diaz laughed.

After already having two kids, she felt she was ready for Paul Jr., who was due March 29.

"I was very mentally prepared, I thought," she said. "I thought."

Diaz said she's a little sore from giving birth while sitting down — and still a little bit in shock. Her older kids, Jacob and Ava, were thrilled to meet Paul Jr., who will go by P.J.

Although most mothers' timing may be a little better, Staton, a 19-year veteran nurse, said things worked out just fine for Diaz.

"They did a great job," Staton said of P.J.'s parents. The 8-pound, 1-ounce baby is beautiful and healthy.

"She wanted a natural delivery," Staton said of Diaz. "She got it."