The Christchurch quake led to a record number of baby births at Christchurch Hospital.
Twenty one babies were delivered - the most ever for a Saturday.
New Brighton woman Miriam Garcia was in labour when the earthquake struck at 4.36am on Saturday.
She had just arranged to meet her midwife when the bedroom began shaking.
"I couldn't believe the timing. I had a lot of false labours in the weeks before and I was thinking, 'now it's happening?'."
Ms Garcia's parents called emergency services for advice and an ambulance was sent.
Baby Amelia was born two hours later.
Record number of babies after shake
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