Our plan for the birth of kid number three is to go to the hospital, then have the baby. It seems they do things differently down in Southern California. Seventeen-year-old Xochitl Parra was getting ready for school at 5:30 in the morning last Wednesday; alone and in the shower, she felt the contractions start. "I felt his head coming, so I sit down and pushed so he could come out," she said.

Her phone was disconnected and it was too early to bother the neighbors, so instead of calling for an ambulance, she got dressed and walked eight blocks to the hospital, carrying her newborn son, still attached by his umbilical cord. "She still had the placenta and the baby was still attached, so of course everyone said, 'Don't move!'" said Dr. Jose Perez, director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Despite the odd circumstances of the baby's birth and the subsequent trek to the hospital, the 8 pound, 3 ounce baby boy named Alejandro is normal and doing fine. Parra hadn't told anyone about being pregnant because she was worried about her mother's response. She is a sophomore in high school and didn't want to get kicked out of the house. Since the birth, however, her mother has come to accept the situation and will help take care of the baby so her daughter can continue her schooling.

Even though Parra -- still a kid herself -- seems like she's not really prepared to have a kid of her own, it also appears that this is going to work out okay. "We hear so much negative with teenagers throwing their babies in the Dumpsters," said Perez. "This baby is fine, and hopefully there will be a happy ending with the extended family." Good luck to Parra and to little Alejandro!